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Anticipation For Amazon’s SMB Lending Disruption Grows

PYMNTS

It was the (initially) small FinTech startups that delivered a collective shakeup to the small business (SMB) lending industry. Their next target could be small business lending, and according to some experts, it’s fast approaching the market. New reports in Bloomberg on Wednesday (Oct. We’re starting to see that.”.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Rex Johnson, Baxter Credit Union founder and former CEO – Rex was a legend in the credit union industry who will always be remembered as the “Yoda” of lending.

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Is your strategy and organization built around the customer?

Jeff For Banks

I was researching videos of positive customer experiences for another potential post when I discovered this gem from Forrester Research done in 2007. Based on Forrester’s research, Bodine identified five key elements of a customer centric culture as follows (see video): 1. Align company strategy with customer needs; 4.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Business lending and corporate cards. Braintree , a Chicago-based payment infrastructure company founded in 2007, aimed to replace the traditional model where merchants used different providers for a payment gateway and a merchant account. Fraud prevention tools. Supporting merchant partner growth. Virtual card issuance.

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Zopa Partners with Equifax, Boosting its Risk Profiling Capabilities

Fintech Labs Insights

. “Equifax has extensive experience of the P2P sector,” said Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana. “Its in-depth understanding of our business needs, coupled with the strength of its data, plays a vital role in ensuring we offer the best customer experience possible.” More than 50,000 active lenders. Staff of 150.

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New $175 Million Investment Earns Credit Karma a $3.5 Billion Valuation

Fintech Labs Insights

This spring, Credit Karma launched its Thin File customer experience , which helps members with little or no credit history review learn how to build a good credit history and see which credit products (cards and loans) would be most appropriate for their needs. Credit Karma last demoed as part of FinovateSpring 2009. Named to Inc.’s

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Mortgage Tech 101: What It Is & Why It’s Taking Off Now

CB Insights

Banks have receded from mortgage lending for a host of reasons, principally because the cost of complying with strict regulation from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on loan qualification and capital requirements has made the business more expensive. In 2011, just two of the top 10 biggest lenders were non-bank lenders.