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On Friday, the CFPB announced it was suing mobile peer-to-peer lending platform SoLo Funds for multiple issues. SoLo Funds targets minority and other underserved borrowers with short-term loans of up to $575. This is a challenging population to serve and a difficult niche to profit from.

Yesterday, in a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutional. This is a big deal for financial institutions. Even though the agency has been a thorn in the side of many fintechs and banks, if the Supreme Court found it unconstitutional, it would undo more than a decade of work and could mean chaos for the industry.

Visa is hosting its annual Visa Payments Forum in San Francisco this week, and yesterday, there were some major announcements. Some are calling this the biggest thing in card payments since the card chip.

Chime is getting into the earned wage access business. The leading digital bank announced yesterday that it is launching MyPay, a new earned wage access service that will allow customers to access up to $500 of their paycheck before payday.