Will Smith and Kevin Durant part of $20m investment in Mercury
The bank launched in April this year.
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Ben Jackson Joins NBPCA as COO
Ben Jackson, who previously led Mercator Advisory Group’s prepaid advisory service, has joined the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association as chief operating officer.
CFPB Snapshot: California Leads Nation in Complaints to Agency
The CFPB receives more than 20,000 complaints every month, according to Director Richard Cordray, and the bureau’s latest installment of its Monthly Complaint Report highlights consumer complaints at the state level. As of June 1, the CFPB has received more than 1.2 million complaints across the country since it began accepting them in 2011. The top three states with the most complaints are California, Florida and Texas with 159,158, 111,559 and 93,472 complaints, respectively.
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🇬🇧UK challenger Recognise Bank appoints new CEO, Jean Murphy @RecogniseBank, a UK-based #digital bank for small an… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
South Africa’s TymeBank to acquire SME funding fintech Retail Capital 🇿🇦South African #digital bank @tymebankza is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
B2B paytech Plastiq to list publicly following SPAC merger Florida-based #B2B payments platform @payplastiq is to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
NatWest’s director of payments leaves to join Bibby Financial Services @NatWestGroup director of payments, Marion… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Cartoon: Dancing in the rain “Dancing in the rain” by Ian Foley This new cartoon illustrates how different compan… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 5 August 2022 Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
XR, banks and rewiring the system I was recently invited to be a guest on the ‘What the FinTech?’ podcast, and one… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…