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Small Business Owners See Expanded Use of Contactless, Some Increases in Sales During COVID-19
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Small Business Owners See Expanded Use of Contactless, Some Increases in Sales During COVID-19

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Small businesses are suffering, as a result, the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are some bright spots according to a new report from the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) and The Strawhecker Group (TSG) released. In a survey of small business owners conducted in late March, almost 40 percent reported that their......
New Consumer Research From Alpha: Only 45% of Consumers Say That Accessing Cash Is Important Right Now; Understanding How to Best Approach Short-Term Money Decisions Is Key
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New Consumer Research From Alpha: Only 45% of Consumers Say That Accessing Cash Is Important Right Now; Understanding How to Best Approach Short-Term Money Decisions Is Key

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Consumer Insights Platform Provides Rapid Feedback to Businesses and the Media to Understand Shifts in Consumer Thinking in Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic Alpha, the research technology company that brands like Uber, Nestlé and Experian rely on to understand how changing consumer attitudes and behavior influence product innovation, released the newest report in its COVID-19......
Sila Announces $7.7m Seed Funding Round to Break Open the Financial System and Make ACH Payments Programmable
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Sila Announces $7.7m Seed Funding Round to Break Open the Financial System and Make ACH Payments Programmable

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Round is Co-led by Madrona and Oregon Venture Fund with support from Mucker Capital Sila, the banking and payments API platform for software teams, announced the closing of a $7.7M seed funding round. The round is co-led by VC firms Madrona Venture Group and Oregon Venture Fund, with support from Mucker Capital, 99 Tartans, Taavet Kinrikus,......
LivePerson Launches New Gift Card Marketplace to Help Small Businesses Weather the Coronavirus Storm
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LivePerson Launches New Gift Card Marketplace to Help Small Businesses Weather the Coronavirus Storm

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LivePerson pledges $500,000 to support small businesses through new gift card marketplace LivePerson, a global leader in conversational AI, and the Dream Big Foundation announced the launch of HelpOthers.io, a new digital gift card marketplace letting consumers prepay for goods and services to help their favorite small businesses stay financially......
JPMorgan Chase Collaborates With Reonomy To Deliver Data And Insights To Power The Commercial Real Estate Industry
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J.P. Morgan Establishes an Electronic Foreign Exchange (FX) Trading and Pricing Engine in Singapore

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J.P. Morgan announced that its new electronic FX trading and pricing engine, designed to speed up trade executions for clients, is now live in Singapore, with support from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Read More: Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, QUID To Provide Cash To Illiquid & Laid Off Employees First announced......
TextUs and Textkernel Partner to Help Staffing Firms Source and Contact Candidates Faster
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Equifax Launches COVID-19 Financial Resource Center to Support Consumers

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Resources include free credit reports; guidance on unemployment benefits; and tips for protecting your credit As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, Equifax is launching a new online support platform called COVID + CREDIT: Financial Resource Center. Recognizing the widespread economic impact of this global pandemic, Equifax has brought together its existing services......
First Cohort of Cross River and Operation HOPE’s ‘Entrepreneur Training Program’ Graduates
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Cross River Partners With Operation HOPE and the Community to Provide Virtual Financial Literacy Resources

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Partnership will provide free, live online programming to deliver community support in response to COVID-19 pandemic Cross River Bank (“Cross River”), a leading innovator and provider of banking services for technology companies, announced that it is collaborating with Operation HOPE to provide live, virtual financial literacy programming in response to......
Harvard Researchers Recommend Federal Legislation to Standardize and Increase Consumer Protections for Financial Data Privacy and Security
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Harvard Researchers Recommend Federal Legislation to Standardize and Increase Consumer Protections for Financial Data Privacy and Security

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Recent Report Proposes Consumer Financial Data Bill of Rights As the scope and power of data have increased, recent legislative efforts to improve consumer financial data privacy and security at the state level have sparked a national discussion about what more can be done to ensure consumers are protected. Read......
McCune Wright Arevalo, Llp, Calls on Financial Institutions to Suspend Overdraft and NSF Fees Amongst COVID-19
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McCune Wright Arevalo, Llp, Calls on Financial Institutions to Suspend Overdraft and NSF Fees Amongst COVID-19

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McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP (MWA) — a law firm that has been on the forefront of consumer fraud and financial services class actions over overdraft practices and fees  — has called upon banks and credit unions to immediately suspend imposing predatory overdraft and NSF fees as consumers and small businesses struggle......
Shift4 Payments Launches Shift4Cares.com to Raise Over $200 Million for Small Businesses and Highlight Economic Impact of COVID-19
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Shift4 Payments Launches Shift4Cares.com to Raise Over $200 Million for Small Businesses and Highlight Economic Impact of COVID-19

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Payment Processing Data Shows Severe Impact on Hotels and Restaurants; California, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas Lead Dramatic Declines. Shift4 Payments, the leader in integrated payment processing solutions, has announced the launch of Shift4Cares.com, a round-the-clock online resource for government agencies, news outlets and businesses affected by COVID-19. The website offers a......
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