CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law the Student Borrower Bill of Rights, AB 376 , as part of a package of consumer protection legislation. Like the licensing law, the Act applies to servicers located in California or whose activities are “directed to” persons inside California.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 8, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Emerging markets-focused money transfer app WorldRemit has raised another round of funding, bringing the total amount to $220 million. The new Series C funding of $40 million was led by LeapFrog Investments, a PE firm that focuses on Asian and African markets.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

5) just as the company’s stock is soaring on the election victory of Proposition 22, a California referendum to exempt ridesharing companies from the state’s AB 5 gig worker law. Shares of Uber and other gig economy companies were rallying a day after California voters backed Prop 22. London Reprieve.

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SWBC's LenderHub

JUNE 29, 2020

Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California dominated the headlines, as it certainly appears that the so-called “First Wave” of the virus has not ended yet. COVID-19 has pounced on some of our largest population centers that began relatively aggressive economic re-opening campaigns in mid to late May.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Guo presented himself to potential investors as an initial coin offering consultant and promised to perform marketing and publicity services. As long as we are above $20,000, we are still in a bullish market.”. Department of Justice. Instead, he embezzled their cash and cryptocurrency, the release stated.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

For example, some states, such as California and Massachusetts, plan to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by the year 2035. There are also some other things that should be communicated to consumers. The government has regulations for greenhouse gas emissions, and companies have carbon-neutral goals.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Card network Mastercard and California-based AI and speech recognition company SoundHound have partnered to establish a voice-based, drive-thru solution for quick-service restaurants (QSRs). Boston Market On The Fraud-Fighting, Customer Service-Enhancing Power Of AI.

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JULY 27, 2019

A host of potential resolutions to the mystery flooded across the web – the most popular being that this was some kind of marketing stunt by In-N-Out, possible portending a New York opening. The problem with marketing stunts is that they rarely thread that needle. But In-N-Out was pretty adamant that it wasn’t them. But they didn’t.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Despite an order from the European Union ’s antitrust watchdog to curb its anticompetitive practices, Google continues to boost its market power, according to Reuters , which cited a study released Monday (Sept. In 2017, the European Commission , responsible for managing the day-to-day business of the EU, fined Google 2.4 billion euros ($2.8

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APRIL 22, 2020

When you look at the history of retailing you see that some goods and services lend themselves to the standardized experience and market disruption that you’ve seen from the Amazons of the world,” said Shift CEO Toby Russell. Second, it announced a special pricing program for essential California workers who need to travel during the crisis.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Last week, the CFPB filed a lawsuit in a California federal district court against Performance SLC LLC, Performance Settlement, and Daniel Crenshaw, the owner and CEO of the two companies. Performance SLC is a debt-settlement company focused on federal student loan debt, and Performance Settlement is also a debt-settlement company.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2020

California lawmakers have introduced a bill that would attempt to more clearly define how cryptocurrency is meant to be treated, and definitively determine if it is an investment contract. Global Stock Exchange works with blockchain solutions to boost exchanges and cooperation between the cryptocurrency market and traditional ones.

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MARCH 22, 2020

San Francisco crypto exchange Coinbase saw a spike in traffic and a surge of $2 billion during one 24-hour period amid the chaotic strife of the coronavirus-ridden markets. Other crypto companies have struggled with outages, market deficiencies and other issues.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

the Irvine, California-based real estate investment trust which controls the hotel, said the notice to state officials “was not intended to imply that there is a permanent closure.” a division of CoStar Group that provides market data on the hotel industry worldwide. The notice said the 478-room hotel will shutter on Oct.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Homebuilders in America received so many orders for houses last month that the market experienced a January surge it hasn’t seen in years, according to a report by Bloomberg. Consumer confidence, job growth, strength in the stock market and a dip in mortgage rates can all be credited for the bump, said Rick Palacios Jr.,

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MARCH 23, 2020

One market expert says that the COVID-19 outbreak will probably bring the housing market to a stop. said in an announcement that it will halt home buying in all 24 markets where Zillow Offers is currently in operation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

EU Unveils First Drafts of Digital Markets and Digital Services Acts. The proposed Digital Markets Act (DMA) deals with the negative effects of some actions by platforms functioning as “gatekeepers” to a single market, according to the EC. Facebook to Migrate UK Users to California Privacy Agreement Due to Brexit.

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MARCH 31, 2020

“I’d say at the beginning of the year, a third of our business was online, with the rest coming through our storefront,” says Dwight Steffenson, proprietor of Solvang Antiques near Santa Barbara, California. ” According to the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report of 2020, global sales of art and antiques reached $64.1

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JUNE 26, 2020

billion to acquire Zoox , the Foster City, California self-driving technology company, the Financial Times (FT) reported. . The source said Amazon would collaborate with Zoox to create a ride-hailing fleet, taking on Waymo Co, the California-based self-driving industry leader backed by Alphabet, Google’s parent company.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The company, based in Santa Monica, California, has spoken with some special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) about acquisition deals, although none have reached any agreements, Bloomberg reported, and some SPACs have expressed inbound interest.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Revolut's bank charter will be with California, but it will allow the bank to operate anywhere in the U.S., The nature of the market for FinTech startups breaking into the larger U.S. million losses total, with the company saying that happened because of expansions into new markets and debuts of new products.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Investors at Alcedo Digital Ventures provided the investment, which Envoy said will be used to accelerate company expansion in the Latin American market, as well as to develop new functionality around its NVOY Stellar cross-border payment solution. ClearMetal.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

help students create lasting memories and friendships through shared experiences, and look toward international markets.” . “This new funding will allow us to. The college calendars are monitored and updated by what IRL calls “student ambassadors,” to assist students with tracking activities and organizing events.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

As it approaches its potential introduction to the public markets, Palantir is reportedly set to be the newest in a line of tech firms to go public long prior to bringing in positive income, The New York Times reported. The California firm provided its investors with financial information before the intended market introduction.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

18) that it has secured a distributor license from California, bringing it one step closer to bringing its first electric SUV, Byton M-Byte, to the United States. At the same time, we are also confirmed in our concept by the current developments on the various European markets. Chinese startup Byton announced Monday (Nov.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The combined company, to be led by Metromile CEO Dan Preston , will have a pro forma market capitalization of approximately $1.3 Metromile launched in 2016 and is currently available in eight states, including California, New York, Washington, Pennsylvania and Arizona. Morgan Securities, Wells Fargo and Northland Capital Markets.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Their ability to market and add banking functionality … is a natural fit.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The firm recently closed a $100 million investment round that will partly back physical growth in international markets and bolster the size of its labor force, the Financial Times reported. In October, the firm will open its 22 nd retail location in its home state of California.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market. China approved Mastercard for a bank card clearing business with its partner, NetsUnion Clearing Group, giving the company access to a $27 trillion payments market. A judge rejected a request by Uber and Postmates to stop new California regulations on gig economy workers.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

Mastercard has partnered on the pilot with NMI and Global Payments along with Computer Engineering Group (CEG), a Napa, California-based independent IT services provider. market,” said Nick Starai , cChief strategy officer, NMI. The software is being hosted on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.

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OCTOBER 11, 2020

The suit, filed in federal court for the Northern District of California, alleges Apple has harmed both game-makers and payment processors and asks the court to compel Apple to grant easier access to the App Store. Epic sued Apple in August, accusing the technology giant of violating laws that restrict anti-competitive behavior.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

11), reported by CNBC , that retail behemoth Walmart has struck a partnership with Instacart to offer same-day deliver across a few, select markets in the United States, focused on four initial pilots in Oklahoma and California. News came Tuesday (Aug.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Albertsons spokesperson Wendy Gutshall told SFGate that the pivot to DoorDash was not one the company made lightly but was necessary to “allow us to compete in the growing home delivery market more effectively,” and that the new strategy resulted from “a great deal of consideration.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Lyft also confirmed it is ramping up spending on Proposition 22 in California, which would reverse a hotly-contested ballot item that forces gig economy companies to classify their workers as employees instead of contractors. Lyft joined Uber , DoorDash and Instacart in each spending $17.5 million more on that measure.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Our office continues to aggressively monitor this market to protect fair competition for consumers, authors, and other eBook retailers,” Mr. Tong said in a statement, per WSJ. Amazon had a 76 percent market share of all eBooks sold in the U.S. in September, according to Codex Group data, per the WSJ.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

“But just the need for financial services companies to wake up and finally digitize it all the way they’ve been talking about doing for a long time, I think that is the real enduring tailwind for the FinTech market,” Birnbaum said. The Gig Economy’s California Woes. The New Future of Bundling.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

The company, based in Oakland, California, is one of the growing numbers of eCommerce sites trafficking in used goods, competing with old stalwarts like Salvation Army Thrift Stores. Despite concerns in the market about the COVID-19 pandemic affecting purchases of used clothes, ThredUp says it's added customers this year, Bloomberg writes.

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