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title: How Digital Finance Is Changing The Credit Game In The Covid-19 Era
description: Katapult is mentioned in Forbes Magazine's article spotlighting digital finance during COVID-19.
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# How Digital Finance Is Changing The Credit Game In The Covid-19 Era
By Katapult on Mar 31, 2021 3:22:00 PM
Katapult is mentioned in Forbes Magazine.
"According to [Fidelity National Information Services](https://www.fisglobal.com/) (FIS), there was a 200% jump in new mobile banking registrations in early April 2020 and an 85% increase in mobile banking traffic." [Read the story](https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2021/03/31/how-digital-finance-is-changing-the-credit-game-in-the-covid-19-era/?sh=1de3fabef6a1).
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