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Zopa P2P Lender To Land 12th-Hour Investment To Become Bank

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Launched in 2005, Zopa is considered one of the world’s first P2P lenders, lending almost £4 billion to consumers in the U.K. A source told the Financial Times that Zopa will receive the funds from an entity linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based based fund, and its U.K. investment vehicle Silverstripe. since its inception.

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Zopa Secures UK Banking License

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Now, in addition to car and personal loans on behalf of retail and institutional investors, Zopa will introduce savings accounts this week, to be followed by the addition of credit cards later this year. But it plans to avoid the interest-free introductory deals common among the nation’s credit card market.

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Consumer Credit Update for 2Q 2023

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Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and bank card usage are up 24% and 17%, respectively. These are cash flow management tools that send a signal of future problems. Consumer Credit – Mortgage & HELOC Originations are down to the lowest level since 2005. Unsecured personal loan usage is up 21%.

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Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki to Speak at Bank Innovation 2017

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Yabuki joined Fiserv in 2005. Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Innovation 2017, taking place March 6-7 in San Jose. Under his leadership, the company has grown revenue to exceed $5 billion annually, and serves more than 13,000 institutional clients. Fiserv also supports this site’s Read More.

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Evolving Habits In Businesses, Banks, And Bills

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In this week’s Data Digest, we take a trip around the world to uncover the evolving habits of business payments and cash management. is strong, with the majority citing new technologies, an improving economy and favorable lending conditions as factoring into why they believe today is a great time to be in their position.

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The 85 Fintech Graduates of Y Combinator (YC): 2005 to 2016

Fintech Labs Insights

AlphaFlow : P2P real estate investment manager for individual investors. Emburse : Corporate prepaid cards that enforce spending rules. MeterFeeder : Enables all parking meters to accept credit cards. PayStack : Online card processer in Nigeria. TrueBill : Subscription payment management for consumers.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)