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CA Denies Lending License For BNPL Firm Sezzle

PYMNTS

Sezzle — a “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) company based in Minnesota, but listed in Australia — was denied a crucial lending license from California. Afterpay released a statement confirming approval of its own California lending license six weeks ago, upping its shares by 4.6 The company offers U.S. ”

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Top News In Payments: Apple Shares Hit Record High; CA Denies Lending License For Sezzle

PYMNTS

In today’s top payments news, Apple’s share price hit a record high above $300 on Thursday, “buy now, pay later” company Sezzle was denied a lending license from California and a European Central Bank policymaker urged area banks to seek alternatives to Libra. CA Denies Lending License For BNPL Firm Sezzle.

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Credit unions continue to see growth in auto lending

Abrigo

Overall auto lending at credit unions is up more than 30 percent in recent years, a positive sign that CUs remain competitive in an evolving banking landscape. Utilizing the Sageworks Bank Information platform, Sageworks recently examined how steadily auto lending at credit unions – specifically for new vehicles – grew in 2014.

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Ebury Powers Global Payments For Crédito Agrícola Corporates

PYMNTS

payments platform Ebury and Portuguese bank Crédito Agrícola (CA) have forged a partnership to allow the bank to work with more customers online and in a wider range of currencies, Ebury announced Thursday (March 19). Duarte Líbano Monteiro, country manager for Ebury Portugal, said the company was happy to be working with CA.

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CA DFPI issues modifications to proposed regulations to implement 2018 law requiring consumer-like disclosures for commercial financing

CFPB Monitor

SB 1235, codified at CA Financial Code (Code) sections 22800-22805, requires a “provider,” meaning a person who extends a specific offer of “commercial financing” as defined in Code section 22800(d) to a recipient, to give the recipient certain disclosures at the time the provider extends the offer. Signature requirements.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending. The score combines the average of the bank’s percentile rank for lending concentration and for loan growth over the past year in each lending category. By Ed Avis. Methodology. AGRICULTURE.

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CFPB and 11 states file lawsuit against companies engaged in origination and collection of income share agreements

CFPB Monitor

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (CA DFPI), and ten state Attorneys General have filed a lawsuit against Prehired, LLC (Prehired) and two related companies, Prehired Recruiting, LLC and Prehired Accelerator, LLC, alleging that the companies violated the Consumer Financial Protection (..)

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