Fintech Nexus Newsletter (May 22, 2024): CFPB proposes new rules for BNPL

It has been a busy last few days for the CFPB and their fintech work. For the third consecutive day this week our lead story concerns actions taken by the CFPB. This time it is around BNPL. The CFPB is proposing new rules that would essentially lump BNPL in with credit cards when it comes to consumer […]

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Top 10 Most Popular Articles in January

Welcome to a new series here at Fintech Nexus. We publish dozens of articles every month and I always think it is interesting to see what catches our audience’s attention. So, here we have the top 10 most viewed articles from our site in January. The Future of On Demand Pay and Earned Wage Access […]

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Backup servicing’s importance highlighted by SVB collapse

The Silicon Valley Bank collapse highlighted the importance of a little-discussed but key feature of healthy banks – backup servicing. Put simply, many fintechs and institutions that failed didn’t have one. Backup servicers assume portfolio servicing when a trigger event such as insolvency occurs. Vervent CFO and COO Dhruv Vakharia said investors often demand backup […]

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Fintech Nexus Newsletter (February 2, 2024): Why are banks not jumping on real-time payments?

We have been following the recent developments in real-time payments with some interest. While adoption is increasing it is not going as fast as many industry observers had hoped. Why? According to American Banker, many banks have been working towards receiving funds but have not done the work to start sending real-time payments. And therein lies […]

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Improving Merchant and Consumer Financial Wellness with Embedded Lending

We’re starting to see troubling indicators that the credit crisis, which eased as people paid off their cards during the pandemic, is creeping back up. Delinquencies rose at the 30-, 60- and 90-day marks in Q3 2023, above pre-pandemic levels, and only 33.18% of consumers paid off their balance in full that quarter, the lowest […]

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How AI will deliver more customer-centric products

Galileo’s chief product officer, David Feuer, said AI and improving infrastructure allow financial services innovators to create more responsive products, including in BNPL. And the innovation is just beginning. Feuer said payments evolved before the Internet economy because they behaved in an Internet-like fashion. Trusted companies brought structure when joining networks. A quarter-century into the […]

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Fintech Nexus Newsletter (February 1, 2024): New report says banking and tech will be most impacted by GenAI

There is a new report out today that looks at the impact of generative AI on the workforce and what industries will be most impacted. We have heard before that white-collar jobs, those people with college degrees will be most impacted. This report tries to quantify some of this impact. It analyzed the total payroll and the […]

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Jeffrey Rogers, President & CEO of LiftForward on embedded lending

Enjoying our podcasts? Don’t miss out on future episodes! Please hit that subscribe button on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or your favorite podcast platform to stay updated with our latest content. Thank you for your support! Jeffrey Rogers, President & CEO of LiftForward Embedded finance is a term that has only been around for a relatively short time. But some […]

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LendingClub delivers better than expected earnings in Q4 2023

LendingClub reported Q4 2023 earnings after the bell today and overall it was quite a strong quarter given the economic headwinds for lenders of all stripes. It beat estimates both in revenue and in earnings for the quarter. Here are some of the key highlights from the report: Revenue and Earnings: LendingClub reported total revenue […]

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