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Nebraska voters chose to cap annual interest charged for payday lending at 36%

CFPB Monitor

In last week’s election, Nebraska voters passed Initiative 428, a ballot measure that places a 36 percent APR cap on payday loans. Approximately 83% of Nebraska voters approved this Initiative, making Nebraska the 17th state, plus the District of Columbia, to limit interest rates on payday loans.

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Inside First National Bank of Omaha’s seven-person innovation lab

Bank Innovation

First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO), with $20 billion in assets and 5,000 employees, is building out its seven-person innovation group within the bank's namesake skyscraper in Omaha, Nebraska. The 162-year-old bank is remodeling the group's workspace to resemble a startup, with open, collaborative offices and Apple TVs adorning the walls.

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PayPal Provides $5M In Grants To Support Minority Businesses

PYMNTS

The nonprofits include: 1863 Ventures , Association for Enterprise Opportunity , African American Alliance of CDFI CEOs , Baltimore Business Lending , Black Girl Ventures , Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Micro Finance Group , EnrichHER , Expanding Black Business Credit Initiative , Grameen America , Kiva , MORTAR , Nebraska Enterprise (..)

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Rural U.S. states get larger share of PPP loans in latest round

American Banker

A rule change that allows farms with just one employee tap the Paycheck Protection Program means more pandemic relief funds are flowing into such states as Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming and North Dakota.

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Chase Plans Expansion In Top US Markets In 2019

PYMNTS

Chase said it will also open branches in locations close to major universities in Auburn, Alabama and Lincoln, Nebraska. Louis, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kansas City, Kansas and Greenville, South Carolina, among others. This is about new customer relationships, and better access to credit and local jobs.”.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending .

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Expansions, Partnerships And Reorganizations

PYMNTS

According to reports out earlier this week, Goldman Sachs and Amazon are in discussions about possibly partnering for small and medium-sized (SMB) business lending in the U.S. The partnership would apply Goldman’s lending technology to SMB loans on Amazon’s underwriting platform, according to unnamed sources.

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