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Phlatbed CEO: How Mobile Tools Keep On-Demand Wages Moving

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percent in 2019, its lowest rate in a decade since the FDIC first began tracking this statistic in 2009. Another FDIC report found that 31 percent of American consumers are now using peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile wallet apps, for example. This represents a noted reversal from trends of the past decade.

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Consumers Still Drawn To The Branches Banks Are Trying To Shut Down

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Which is a bit of a problem, since there are objectively fewer banks now than there were even five years ago. According to the FDIC, banking branches are at their lowest level in a decade with only 93,283 left open. Physical banks reportedly hit their peak in 2009 and have declined 6 percent since then.

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Chase Tries To Win Over More Unbanked Consumers

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recently fell to the lowest rate since the 2007-2009 financial crisis, but a new product launch from JPMorgan Chase & Co. The financial institution on Monday (March 18) “began offering checkless accounts with access to its mobile app, branches and ATMs for $4.95 The percentage of unbanked people in the U.S. In 2017, 6.5