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344 Tiny Banks That Powered Cash App Grew Like Crazy. Then the Feds Came Calling

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Michael Roddan @ The Information 2 place · 10/12/2023 09:00 EDT

Tiny Banks That Powered Cash App Grew Like Crazy. Then the Feds Came Calling

When Lincoln Savings Bank struck a partnership in 2017 to process direct deposits for Cash App, it was a big break for the small, century-old lender based in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Venmo-like app, part of Jack Dorsey’s financial services company now known as Block, was growing quickly. By partnering with Cash App and other fintechs, Lincoln increased its customer count from 18,000 in 2014 to more than 2 million by 2019.

But things changed when more than a dozen examiners from the Federal Deposit Insurance.

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