Dec 30, 2022 | Banks & Credit Unions, FinTech, News
Survey: Most Americans Think Crypto and Fintech Companies Aren’t Held to Same Regulatory Standards as Banks A recent Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) survey found that nearly 90 percent of Americans are concerned that crypto and fintech companies are not held...
Dec 28, 2022 | FinTech, News
Sources Say Walmart Plans to Offer BNPL Loans Through Its Fintech Venture Walmart is planning to launch buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans through its majority-owned fintech venture as early as next year, according to three people familiar with the matter. The service...
Dec 14, 2022 | FinTech, News
Nearly Half of Fintech Lenders Now See Regulatory Challenges as Top Concern A recent survey of 100 fintech industry leaders found that 32 percent of respondents viewed regulatory challenges as the main threat to their businesses in the first quarter of 2022. For data...
Dec 7, 2022 | FinTech, News
More Consumers Turning to Buy Now Pay Later for Holiday Shopping A recent report by software and market-research company Adobe Analytics found that the number of buy now, pay later (BNPL) purchases rose 68 percent during the week of Black Friday (November 21 through...
Nov 4, 2022 | Federal Regulation, FinTech, News
OCC Announces Plans to Establish Office of Financial Technology Last week, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced plans to create an Office of Financial Technology in 2023 to help the agency adapt to the changing banking landscape. The office...
Oct 19, 2022 | FinTech, News
BNPL Remains Absent from Most Consumers’ Credit Scores Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion have recently begun allowing buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders to report their short-term payment plans for consumers’ credit scores, but many of the largest BNPL companies...
