S.F. fintech lender Upgrade expands into checking accounts

Fintech lender Upgrade plans to double its San Francisco headquarters workforce to 200 by the end of 2019, after raising $62 million in a third round of financing last month. The company employs 300 people, including 100 in San Francisco. The compan.....»»

Personal finance app Empower unveiled checking and savings accounts aimed at younger adults who are tired of fees and low savings yields at .....»»

The company, founded in 2012, had raised more than $500 million in venture and debt funding over its history......»»

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Direct stimulus checks and enhanced unemployment benefits allowed lower-income Americans to increase their checking-account balances by 65% year-on-year in April......»»

Scottsdale fintech firm expands reach to Maryland with cannabis delivery deal.....»»

Detroit, MI, April 27, 2020 Credibly, a leading, national small business fintech lender, announced on Friday its desi.....»»

Alyssa Powell/Business Insider   Fintech company Kabbage has partnered with a bank that is an SBA-approved lender to provide automatic Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to small businesses. You don't have to be an existing Kabbage customer.....»»

Gatsby, a commission-free options trading platform recognized as a Benzinga Listmaker for outstanding achievement in fintech, formally announced a new funding round led by SWS Venture Capital. read more.....»»

San Francisco-based LendingClub said that it will cut 30% of its workforce as it copes with investors pulling back from its lending platform, the company said in a SEC filing Tuesday. The layoff of 460 people — which includes company President S.....»»

Americans are checking their bank accounts for the stimulus payments and some are surprised at how much or how little they got......»»

Americans are checking their bank accounts for the stimulus payments and some are surprised at how much or how little they got......»»

The top U.S. retail banks said on Wednesday they would provide relief to customers who had overdrawn checking accounts, so that they could reap the full benefits of the federal government's cash stimulus program......»»

Make sure you have three financial accounts to manage your money: Savings, checking, and retirement. They work toget.....»»

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Fintech challenger bank Revolut accelerated its plans to offer crypto buy and sell services due to recent actions by central banks, said head of crypto Edward Cooper......»»

When I recently sat down with Personal Capital CEO Jay Shah, he was eager to tell me the online financial adviser and wealth management company would not be joining the Bay Area exodus, saying that plans were underway to actually expand the San Francisco.....»»

‘After he signed a waiver, I removed my husband as beneficiary from my retirement accounts, and he took his name off our joint checking and savings accounts.’.....»»

‘After he signed a waiver, I removed my husband as beneficiary from my retirement accounts, and he took his name off our joint checking and savings accounts.’.....»»