by PawnMaster | Mar 6, 2018 | Bank Loans, Banking, Finance
Wealthy people looking to fund new ventures are turning to their Rolexes and art collections as collateral for quick and easy loans from high-end pawn shops. Business owners say the trend points less to financial distress and more to customers eager to seize...
by PawnMaster | May 31, 2017 | Banking, Business News, credit card swipe fees, debit card swipe fees, In The News, News, Small Business
Republican leaders in the House of Representatives have abandoned a plan to repeal debit card swipe fee reform passed during the Obama administration. Retailers say the swipe fee reform has saved them and their customers more than $40 billion, and brought badly needed...
by PawnMaster | Apr 27, 2017 | Banking, Business News, EMV, In The News, News, Small Business
Retailers and big banks are lining up for the beginning of a showdown on Capitol Hill this week as the House holds a hearing on legislation that would repeal debit card swipe fee reform that has saved merchants and their customers more than $40 billion over the past...
by PawnMaster | Feb 26, 2016 | Banking
When Wall Street and its regulators talk about servicing the so-called “unbanked,” people who are generally disconnected from the banking sector, it often sounds like a mission to do God’s work — bank unto others as thou banketh for...
by PawnMaster | Feb 11, 2016 | Banking
Florida is one of three key markets in which Fifth Third Bank hopes to increase the number of consumers it serves, by focusing on the unbanked and...
by PawnMaster | Dec 11, 2015 | Banking
One hundred years ago, the post office also provided banking services, and some people believe it should start again to service the millions of Americans who do not use...
