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Financial services at IBM Think 2019

Insights on Business

IBM will be hosting IBM Think 2019 from February 12-15 this year at a new location in San Francisco, CA. Digitally transforming operations, operating models and technologies to compete in a changing industry structure.

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B2B Startups Land Funding For Risk Mitigation Tech

PYMNTS

The company operates a business verification platform allowing corporate customers, including B2B buyers and suppliers, to verify their business partners and mitigate risk. Detected operates a platform that uses data points to confirm a business's identity, location and other metrics that are continually updated.

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B2B Startup Investors Go After The Niche Markets

PYMNTS

While there were no mega-deals in the B2B startup funding realm this week, it was still a busy time for companies and investors, with many funders targeting companies operating in less common markets. The debt funding marks the largest provided to an Indian startup in about two years, reports in VCCircle said. Growth Street.

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Renaud Laplanche’s Second Act

PYMNTS

Both Lending Club and Laplanche are currently facing shareholder litigation that claims they concealed material weaknesses in the online lender’s ability to monitor its operations. “I We’re ramping up volume over time as we learn more and get more comfortable with risk management, operating efficiency and marketing efficiency.”.

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CFPB announces advisory committee members

CFPB Monitor

Leigh Phillips, President and CEO, EARN DBA SaverLife (San Francisco, CA). Racardo McLaughlin, VP Mortgage Originations/Operations, TwinStar Credit Union (Lacey, WA), was appointed to serve as CUAC Chairperson. Mae Watson Grote, Founder and CEO, The Financial Clinic (Brooklyn, NY). Tim Lampkin, CEO, Higher Purpose Co.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Tim Chen, Chief Executive Officer, NerdWallet, San Francisco, Calif. Levchin, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Affirm, San Francisco, Calif. DeBery, Senior Vice President, Internal Audit and Risk Management, Bath Savings Institution, Bath, Maine. Kathleen C. Christopher G. Kathleen J.

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Planning Our COVID-19 Response is Also Planning for the New Normal

Gonzobanker

I was comparing today’s situation with a previous disaster – the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in San Francisco, where I was in charge of a bank’s disaster recovery plan. We have also seen the most abrupt change ever in assumptions, goals, impact planning and strategic focus.