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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Marketplace lending. Marketplace Lending.

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FinTech’s Bright Future Marred by Hype

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Unfortunately, “60 Minutes,” famous for investigative journalism, missed the really big story in FinTech. A few days later, one of the founding fathers of FinTech, Renaud Laplanche , was forced out of Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lender he founded in 2006, following scandals over loan disclosures and conflicts of interest.

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Renaud Laplanche Wants To Reinvent Consumer Credit: Here’s How

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When Renaud Laplanche founded LendingClub 12 years ago in 2006, the lending landscape was a very different place. Most consumer and business lending was done through traditional banks, and to say that peer-to-peer (P2P) or marketplace lending was nascent would be overly generous.

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115 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century: Changes to the List (October 2020)

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At FintechLIVE , we maintain a list of 21st century fintech unicorns* and update it at least monthly. Previously unrecognized: HealthEquity : The HSA (Health Savings Account) giant went public in 2014 and is currently valued at $4B Tinkoff Bank (TCS: LI): Public company founded in 2006 serving the Russian market.

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The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2021 update)

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At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. It’s currently tied for 96th most valuable across all fintech, and 36th most valuable payments company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value Date.

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The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. It’s currently tied for 96th most valuable across all fintech, and 36th most valuable payments company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value Date.

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Lending Club Launches Car Loan Refinancing Product

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P2P lending giant Lending Club has been offering car buyers an alternative borrowing experience since it launched ten years ago. Lending Club’s new Auto Refinancing product offers a solution that gives qualified borrowers a more affordable monthly payment and interest rate. Instead, the company itself will buy the debt.

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