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Regions Bank Announces Partnership with Self Financial
Regions Bank is promoting a new way for its customers to build and establish credit thanks to a collaboration with Self. About the partnership: This week, Regions Bank announced a new partnership with Self (formerly known as Self Lender). While the FinTech may be best known for its credit builder loan product, this partnership with Self instead focuses on the company's rent and bill reporting service. Through this partnership, Regions...
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eTip Introduces Instant Restaurant Tip Payouts to Platform
A FinTech service that specializes in cashless tipping is now looking to help waitstaff retrieve their gratuity more quickly. About the new tool: This week, eTip announced that it was introducing a new restaurant tip payout platform. With this option, locations will be able to offer instant payouts to their workers, with funds going directly into their bank accounts. As eTip notes, 71% of American diners use a credit card...
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U.S. Economy Adds 150k Jobs in October, Unemployment Ticks Up
This morning, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics released its initial jobs report for October 2023. About the report: Headlining today's report, the U.S. economy added an estimated 150,000 jobs last month. That's below the 170,000 jobs that economists surveyed by Wall Street Journal forecasted. But, it's expected that the figures would have been closer to 180,000 jobs if not for the auto workers strike in October. Despite that added...
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Intuit Closing Down Mint, Shifting Users to Credit Karma
Intuit has announced plans to close down its popular budgeting app Mint. What's happening: In a blog post, Intuit revealed that it would be closing down the Mint platform on January 1st, 2024. With the app's demise, the company is inviting Mint users to join Credit Karma. Intuit states that it intends to "build on the Mint legacy at Credit Karma and provide even greater value to Minters" and, in...
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Older Adult Banking Service Charlie Raises $23 Million
A neobank built to serve older adults has raised a new round of funding. About the round: This week, Charlie announced that it had raised $23 million. Specifically, the round included $16 million in equity as well as $7 million in debt. The Series A was led by TTV Capital and included participation from FPV and Better Tomorrow Ventures. Previously, the company raised a $7.5 million seed round in May...
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Robinhood Offering 1% Brokerage Transfer Bonus
Robinhood has announced a new offer that rewards customers who transfer their other brokerage accounts over to the app. About the bonus: Through December 8th, Robinhood customers can earn a 1% bonus on the net value of eligible assets transferred to a taxable (non-retirement) Robinhood account from another brokerage. According to the wording of the terms, it seems that this offer is valid for both existing and new Robinhood customers...
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