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Lending Club’s Terrible Twos

PYMNTS

Two years ago today, Lending Club was ringing the bell on an IPO that one early investor called “a no-brainer.”. Lending Club’s model does not need bank branches on each street corner, and it can turn around in minutes and hours, not days. I crossed paths with Laplanche back in 2007 and wanted to back him right away,” Petrushka said.

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Investors Balk At Talk Of Alt-SME Lending Collapse

PYMNTS

The alternative small business lending market took home the biggest slice of cake this week with about $33.5 The company announced late last week that it secured nearly $29 million in Series C funding from Leumi Partners and Oaktree Capital Management, according to reports. million worth of venture capital across two deals. and Europe.

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Consumer Lending: Should Banks Do It?

Jeff For Banks

When I first read Standards Needed for Safe, Small Installment Loans from Banks, Credit Unions by the Pew Charitable Trusts that encouraged financial institutions to get back into small ticket consumer lending, I thought “what are they nuts!” So why would banks expand small-ticket, unsecured personal lending? Profitable moxy, though.

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UK Mortgages, Credit Demand To Decline Pre-Brexit

PYMNTS

For credit card lending, demand over the next three months declined to -20.7 Again, those are the weakest numbers since the quarterly Credit Conditions Survey started recording in 2007. The Bank of England survey found that demand for mortgage loans over the following three months dropped -17.5 in Q4 of ‘18, from 0.2

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How to develop a sound MBL strategy

Abrigo

From June 2007 to December 2012, MBL volume increased 66 percent, growing from $26.04 As many credit unions are just beginning to develop or expand member business lending (MBL) programs, it is important develop or tighten a sound MBL strategy to ensure long-term success in managing risks. Credit Union Profile. billion to $43.16

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FinTechs Link With FIs Down Under And Beyond

PYMNTS

insurance giant Travelers (which operates in commercial property and personal insurance) has taken a majority stake in Canadian FinTech Zensurance , which in turn offers a platform through which corporates can buy and manage their insurance packages. With FinTech’s Aid, Lending Down Under. The FinTech is Finserve Africa.

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

An entrepreneur with a background in accounting and finance, CEO and chairman of the board Thomas Swenson set up Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 with a focus on job creation and economic development lending. On Thanksgiving 2007, he founded Bank of Montana, which now has one branch and 13 employees. Reasons to stay.