Oct 26, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Democrats Introduce Bill to Ban Discrimination in Financial Services A number of U.S. Senate Democrats recently introduced the Fair Access to Financial Services Act, which would apply the Civil Rights Act’s ban on discrimination against customers to the banking...
Oct 23, 2020 | FinTech, News
Amazon Launches Payday Advance Program for Warehouse Workers Amazon recently launched a program called Anytime Pay, which provides payday advances to the company’s most financially vulnerable warehouse workers, allowing them to instantly access up to half of the...
Oct 21, 2020 | Financial Literacy, News
Fed Study Finds that Americans Used Most of Their Stimulus Checks for Saving and Paying Off Debt A recent study published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Fed) found that the CARES Act’s economic relief payments in March were primarily used to boost Americans’...
Oct 19, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, FinTech, News
Lending Club Announces Retirement of P2P Lending Platform LendingClub, an online marketplace for borrowers to access loans funded by consumer investors in amounts as low as $25, recently announced that its peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform will be completely shut...
Oct 16, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Americans Continue Cutting Credit Card Balances in August, Fed Reports The Federal Reserve (Fed) reported last week that Americans cut credit card balances again in August for the sixth month in a row. Despite the predicted increase in credit card spending, revolving...
