A US fintech biz is writing to nearly 700,000 customers because a former employee may have accessed or acquired their data after leaving the company.

FinWise Bank, which offers banking services and technology solutions to other financial services organizations, said some of the data involved belonged to American First Finance (AFF), a poor-credit lender through which FinWise offered installment loans.

According to a filing with Maine's Attorney General's Office, the incident took place on May 31, 2024, but was only detected on June 18 this year.

The Utah-based fintech firm redacted the list of data types involved in the incident from public view, and neither it nor AFF released public statements offering further details.

The letter to affected customers stated: "Upon learning of the in

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