PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Online lenders will need the green light from the central bank to roll out new offerings or hike lending rates if the legislation is put into law, Quartz Africa reported. Online lending has brought about a number of complications in Kenya, with digital loans reportedly leading rising personal debt for users in the country.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

As the nation’s traditional financial institutions struggle to cope, alternative lending platforms and other B2B FinTechs are exploring how to put their own technologies to good use. Small businesses, meanwhile, can use the platform to apply online as fewer physical bank branches are available. Funding Circle.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 16, 2022

The CFPB recently issued its annual fair lending report covering its fair lending activity in 2021. . Small business lending—assessing whether there are disparities in application, underwriting, and pricing processes, redlining, and whether there are weaknesses in fair lending-related compliance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based The report, entitled “The Economic Benefits of Online Lending to Small Businesses and the U.S. billion in 2015.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 21, 2024

The Small Business Credit Crisis If you search online for “small business challenges,” the list that Google returns is nearly endless. Minority small business owners need ‘fair and accessible’ lending. Small business owners face a credit crisis—and the problem is even worse for minorities. Sounds great, right? But what is it?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2021

This will mark Figure’s fifth online financing facility, in which the company has closed almost $1.5 With the facility, Figure will work on fueling mortgage lending growth, which shot up nearly 50 percent month over month in the fourth quarter. billion, in partnership with numerous banks and facilities, including Jefferies.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Some of the largest global financial institutions are taking steps further into Mexico’s small business lending and finance space, the result of heightened competitive pressure imposed by FinTechs and alternative lenders in the market, reports in the Wall Street Journal said Thursday (March 14). ”

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The KSB Lends a Hand program took anniversary funds totaling $20,000 and distributed them to more than 100 local organizations. “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. The SBA and NCUA collaboration is a three-year agreement that aims to build upon that momentum, and heighten CUs’ share of the SMB lending market.

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Abrigo

JUNE 13, 2019

That topped satisfaction rates for small banks, large banks, and online lenders. And few credit unions are involved in lending programs backed by the U.S. This is the case, despite the fact that SBA lending has gained momentum among small businesses in the past five years. More room for business lending. billion from $27.8

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BankInovation

AUGUST 11, 2023

Credit unions are looking to digital lending marketplace Union Credit to grow their membership, gain national exposure and break into younger demographics. based Union Credit, […]

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

A new survey of 34 banks in Switzerland showed that only about 50 percent of the population bank online, according to a report by Reuters. . The survey was conducted by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and released on Tuesday (Aug. Overall, the banks have not yet reached their digitalization targets,” the SNB said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

However, Dave Gilbert, founder and chief executive officer of SMB alternative lending firm National Funding , said he’s seen a trend of growing traction within the small business community. However, according to Gilbert, there is little doubt that growth will continue.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Critical capital Should CRE lending be off the table? Recent headlines may lead bankers to believe that shunning commercial real estate lending is the safest path to limit or avoid credit risk, given stresses on CRE and regulatory concerns. But that might not be the best move for your financial institution or your community.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Power research shows that the number of customers doing their credit applications online has kicked into high gear. Consumers and Banks Both Like Online Auto Loans. Consumers are apparently so glad to dump the back-office haggle between dealer and bank that roughly one-third of car buyers are now doing the loan process online, J.D.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2018

The Kansas businessman – facing a 2017 conviction for violating federal truth in lending and racketeering laws in connection with his online lending business – attempted to apologize for the $3.5 But tribal lending has its defenders as well, who note that the funds it generates are essential to the tribes that offer it.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, cross-border payment platform dLocal has grown its network, while Mambu is joining forces with New Zealand digital lending platform Ranqx to enhance digital lending. Mambu, Ranqx Partner to Enhance SMB Digital Lending. dLocal Grows Cross-Border Payments Network in LatAm.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

New York Venture Bank, a new financial institution (FI) created by big names in the financial services industry, has applied for a national bank charter. There will also be deposit products and online banking, among other offerings. According to a Wednesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

India led the competition with the most funding rounds, as investors supported the nation’s efforts to develop the digitization and sophistication of more traditional business operations: eProcurement, eInvoicing, logistics and supply chain management. Alt-Lending. market struggles with investor doubt and regulatory scrutiny.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2016

With an eye on what could be called a true greenfield opportunity, alternative lending platform Biz2Credit is launching its small business lending products in India.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 27, 2021

Ashley Harrington, Federal Advocacy Director and Senior Counsel, Center for Responsible Lending. In 2019, Congressmen García Grothman introduced the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act, which would extended the Military Lending Act’s all-in 36% rate cap to most consumer credit transactions. Professor Thomas W. Miller, Jr.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

With more financial institutions (FIs) turning to external third-party FinTechs to strengthen their small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and corporate offerings, the collaboration model is proliferating across national borders. National Australia Bank Chooses Eedenbull. TBI Bank Partners With NETOPIA Payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Yet, the small business lending gap remains. In a new report, PayNet and financial research firm Raddon examined the state of small business lending in the U.S. ” Banks have not invested in their small business lending operations to improve the process for the borrower, though. Filling The Gap.

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Lending Fintech Capital Report 159

PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

Online to offline coming to Walmart near you, and we mean that sincerely. Online lending . Suddenly the surge looks less based on fundamentals than fortuitous timing, which does not in fact lend itself to follow on IPOs from other companies, because the stars may not align like this for them. A pretty clear-cut sizzle.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In the Asia Pacific (APAC) region, small businesses that sell online have a particularly difficult time finding a loan, especially from traditional sources, according to Yochanan Forman-Zvezhinskiy, head of eCommerce at Hong Kong-based SMB and corporate payments company Currenxie. Companies repay Currenxie directly from their Amazon sales.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 9, 2020

The agency would first offer “Payments Charter 1.0”, which he likened to a basic national money-transmitter license. He explained that while banks have traditionally provided three fundamental banking functions – deposit taking, lending, and payments – the evolving needs of financial services customers may call for a different approach. (In

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Abrigo

JANUARY 29, 2021

Takeaway 3 The pandemic has increased online activity, while in-person events like sporting events and concerts waned. . January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, also referred to as Human Trafficking Awareness Month. Human Trafficking Shifts Online. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

division of L’Occitane has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, while AutoFi is shifting into high gear with the debut of its “lending as a service” division. California’s AutoFi is shifting into high gear with the rollout of its “lending as a service” arm targeted toward corporate clients. “In In today’s top retail news, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

At its peak, holiday shoppers were spending approximately $1 million per minute online to soak up big deals. $3 3 billion | Amount that Amazon Lending has lent to SMBs since the program’s launch in 2011, with borrowers primarily from the U.S., 60 percent | Portion of Singapore’s national spend done through payment cards.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On November 30, 2023 at 12:30 PM, ET, Ballard Spahr will hold a webinar entitled “Recent Important Developments in Federal Preemption for National and State Banks: What They Mean for Bank and Nonbank Consumer Financial Services Providers” during which this case will be dissected.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2016

Small businesses will be crucial to the expansion of the P2P lending market across the globe, analysts from Technavio said. 1) said micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) lending will help fuel growth in the global peer-to-peer lending space between 2016 and 2020. ” .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

To challenge the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s decision to allow online payment companies and lenders to have national bank charters, the top banking regulator in New York is suing the federal government. A bill signed by Governor Andrew M. Vullo announced the release of that report in mid-August.

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New York Fintech Lending Regulation 173

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for its application for a national bank charter. SoFi was valued at $4.8

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Abrigo

APRIL 18, 2020

Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer Glenda Sorotski said Western States Bank’s customers used an online application for the PPP loans, enabling lenders to process more than they would have been able to if they had relied on paper-based applications and documentation. It’s something we look at as our duty.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Not one of the four alternative lending startups that secured investments this week were from the U.S. Alternative Lending. Late last week, South Africa’s LulaLend brought some rare attention to the nation’s alternative lending space. There’s no doubt about it: Alternative lending had a stellar week.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Borrower protection initiatives have taken aim at predatory lenders, both online and brick-and-mortar, with legislators at the state and federal levels addressing concerns that include a lack of transparency and sky-high fees and interest rates. small businesses had sought a loan online, compared to just 19 percent that did so in 2017.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

Keith Noreika, the temporary head of the Office of Comptroller since May, is defending an idea that first came up under his predecessor Tom Curry: offering online lenders and FinTech startups banking charters. The acting head of the OCC also noted they have begun meeting with FinTech players seeking a national charter.

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