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UltraFICO Takes Shape with FICO x Plaid, CFPB Targets ECOA Rules, Made Card Bets on Homeowner Rewards

UltraFICO Takes Shape with FICO x Plaid, CFPB Targets ECOA Rules, Made Card Bets on Homeowner Rewards

Made Card launches homeowner rewards, Wealthfront tests mortgages, Klarna rolls out a stablecoin, ChatGPT adds shopping research, Worldpay builds agentic tools, Cash App pilots a real time score, and more.

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Inside a 450,000 Square Foot Direct Mail Machine

Inside a 450,000 Square Foot Direct Mail Machine

Notes from my visit to ICS's production facility outside of Philadelphia

Carlos Caro
Carlos Caro
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Fresh Openings at Visa, Wells Fargo, Capital One, and High-Growth Fintechs

Fresh Openings at Visa, Wells Fargo, Capital One, and High-Growth Fintechs

New marketing, product, data, and fraud openings across Citi, PayPal, USAA, Plaid, Synchrony, Brigit, Insurify, and more.

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Intuit Taps OpenAI, Klarna Secures $6.5B, JPMorgan Rewrites Data Terms

Intuit Taps OpenAI, Klarna Secures $6.5B, JPMorgan Rewrites Data Terms

Also inside: rising credit stress, new compliance standards, shutdown aftershocks, and a full breakdown of earnings from Experian, Klarna, Mastercard, FIS, FICO, Enova, and Bread Financial.

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Inside This Week’s Fintech Hiring Wave: 70+ Open Roles at Credit Karma, SoFi, PayPal, and Pagaya

Inside This Week’s Fintech Hiring Wave: 70+ Open Roles at Credit Karma, SoFi, PayPal, and Pagaya

CTB1 and Fiat Talent bring two exclusive searches, plus fresh listings from MoneyLion, First Citizens, Intuit, Chime, and more.

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Visa & Mastercard’s $38B Shake-Up, Propel’s Bold Credit Move, Airlines Turn Debit Into Rewards

Visa & Mastercard’s $38B Shake-Up, Propel’s Bold Credit Move, Airlines Turn Debit Into Rewards

Also this week: Sezzle’s billion-dollar milestone, JPMorgan’s data alliance, and Robinhood’s smoothest product yet.

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Fintech Hiring Picks Up: 76 New Roles at Visa, Experian, and Credit Karma

Fintech Hiring Picks Up: 76 New Roles at Visa, Experian, and Credit Karma

Plus, Chime, SoFi, Bankrate, and more lead this week’s fintech hiring surge.

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Capital One & T-Mobile Partner on Credit Card Launch, Affirm Lands $750M Backing, Pagaya Adds $500M Auto Deal

Capital One & T-Mobile Partner on Credit Card Launch, Affirm Lands $750M Backing, Pagaya Adds $500M Auto Deal

Plus, the Fed’s SLOOS report signals cautious optimism for lenders, and Q3 results from Visa, PayPal, and Rocket Companies underline fintech resilience.

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Media Arbitrage vs. Brand Arbitrage

Media Arbitrage vs. Brand Arbitrage

The bigger lesson behind the recent SEO disruption

Carlos Caro
Carlos Caro
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This Week in Fintech Hiring: 60+ New Openings Across Marketing, Product, and Risk

This Week in Fintech Hiring: 60+ New Openings Across Marketing, Product, and Risk

Plus more roles at Wells Fargo, American Express, Citi, Pagaya, and more...

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Barclays Poaches Best Egg, PayPal Goes Agentic, and Fintech Giants Post Big Q3 Gains

Barclays Poaches Best Egg, PayPal Goes Agentic, and Fintech Giants Post Big Q3 Gains

Plus, Coinbase gives AI agents a payments rail, Mastercard rolls out new fraud intelligence, Thredd enters the credit game, and banks fight back against BNPL with DXC and Splitit.

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5 Insights From SVB's The Future Of Fintech Report

5 Insights From SVB's The Future Of Fintech Report

And what it means for Fintech Lenders

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