Bank Innovation

MAY 15, 2016

From then until 2008, you had some appreciation, but not much. You could have bought Priceline stock below $10 in 2001. For many years you had little to show for it. Then the stock shot up above $1,000 (as of writing it is $1,261). Yes that is 100x return from Read More.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

Misys is offering banking clients access to its P2P lending software, reports said Tuesday (Jan. The financial technology firm revealed it will offer banks access to its peer-to-peer lending technology to help banks compete with younger alternative lenders in the industry.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

The global financial crisis in 2008 was, in many ways, a catalyst to this innovation, especially in the area of small business (SMB) finance, as banks pulled their services away from SMBs and FinTechs stepped in to offer another option. Now, a decade on, small business optimism is up in the U.S., But a new report from the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2017

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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Silicon Valley startup Social Finance (SoFi) is closing a merger deal with blank-check firm Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. Social Capital Hedosophia is one of three special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) on the lookout for investment opportunities. V to file an initial public offering (IPO). . billion in cash proceeds.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

FinTech firms have taken a few approaches to this issue, either by working to replace paper checks with different payment rails or trying to work with checks by addressing their particular pain points. The check system creates a financial environment in which a small business has money, but can’t use it.

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CB Insights

APRIL 22, 2020

Unlike larger, more established firms, they have small cash buffers and depend on external capital to sustain growth. GET THE 102-PAGE State of fintech REPORT. Below, we dig into how the financial difficulties that many SMBs face could impact fintech companies (especially B2B fintech startups). worth of loan applications.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

The small business credit gap is a global issue, a problem that banks and FinTechs continue to hack away at, yet one that remains stubbornly persistent. It’s a self-perpetuating scenario that keeps barriers to capital in place. Improving The SMB Lending Experience. Asymmetric Information Exchange.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Banks and FinTechs have been both competitors and collaborators in the financial services space. In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. New tools for new FinTechs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Bork will spearhead Sezzle’s enterprise business development efforts, as the company focuses on client acquisition following its recent capital raise. As PYMNTS recently reported , the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm raised $55 million in its latest capital round.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

The 2008 global financial crisis forced traditional banks to pull back from small businesses (SMBs) considered too risky and unprofitable to finance, leaving a gap in the market for alternative lenders and FinTech firms to fill. The bank-FinTech collaboration trend has hit the small business customer segment particularly strong.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

Post-financial crisis, an influx of alternative lending players emerged to accelerate business finance digitization and expand choices for borrowers. Bjonerud predicted that mid-market firms may begin positing themselves to ensure they have access to more capital than they need. Overwhelming Choice.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Speaking with PYMNTS, Dare explored how this surge in funding availability has affected the alternative finance market, and what's ahead for FinTechs as government funding schemes eventually run dry. Yet these businesses only invoice at the end of the month, adding further delay to their capital in-flows. Funding Ebbs And Flows.

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Celent Banking

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The lack of “just right” solutions for many small business financial problems has been a golden opportunity for FinTech firms. In the FinTech space, much of the focus is on consumer-oriented solutions like Mint for financial management, Venmo for P2P payments, and Prosper for social lending.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

The small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lending industry is in a unique position during the pandemic. Interest in the space has been revitalized due to the harsh financial blows the pandemic has dealt, providing opportunities for SMBs to gain capital and for lenders to facilitate. The Speed and Security Balance.

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FICO

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Increased provisions, reduced capital, less ability to lend. All this will raise the question: Whatever capital I have got, how much can I lend to borrowers who have a low confidence on their own financial prospects, and are unsure if they should borrow or not? Low profits and high losses for credit grantors that survive.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

The alternative finance boom post-2008 financial crisis undoubtedly provided more options for small business (SMB) borrowers, but that doesn’t mean the industry is guaranteed to become a staple among entrepreneurs seeking financing. In the U.S., It’s on this business model that alternative finance in the U.K.

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Jessica Ellerm

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

On Wednesday Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison jointly announced the launch of a new fintech advisory panel, bringing together bankers and fintech leaders alike, and tasking its members with the job of making Australia the leading force in financial technology within the APAC region.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

As the fluctuations within the small business lending industry continue, SMEs must keep their eye on the state of the market: whether capital is available, how affordable it is and where it’s coming from. Marketplace lender Bizfi released today (Sept. For Sheinbaum, this came as no surprise. “They need the money.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 7, 2020

At FintechLIVE , we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). The popular Finovate demo company founded in 2008 by David Barrett, announced that it had achieved the $100M ARR (annual run rate) milestone, with a 25% EBITDA. Full Fintech Unicorn list (values as of 2 Dec 2020).

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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. Oct 2020 IPO.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

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. Oct 2020 IPO.

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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

He retired in 2008 from BofA, but they thought so much of him they brought him back to assist with the Merrill Lynch integration. Selection: Mitch Englert, EVP of Community Banking, Capital City Bank Group, Inc. Thirty-four percent of Capital City's deposits are non-interest bearing. What has he accomplished?

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NCR

MARCH 7, 2018

Initially, a wave of fintech startups were viewed as posing the main threat, but more recently, it has been suggested that it is the bigger tech players – the likes of Google, Facebook and Apple – that may pose the biggest challenge. ” The post Could regulation changes make retailers the next big threat to banks?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Capital One and Discover have both announced that they will be tightening their underwriting standards in the new year, and Goldman Sachs has gone from plans of expanding its online consumer credit product Marcus to plans of reining it in somewhat next year. It’s easy to lend money. When rates go low, those are tailwinds.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s foray into banking, financial services, and fintech. Amazon Payments.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2015

Next up, 3E Software debuted Teslar , a product that fosters efficiency for financial institutions: “Teslar is a revolutionary lending and credit management Software-as-a-Service solution that empowers bankers to be more efficient and effective by giving them a cradle to grave platform. Product Launch: December 2008.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

But regardless of all that, $1 trillion of value has indeed materialized and grown on blockchain-based financial networks since 2008. If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

But regardless of all that, $1 trillion of value has indeed materialized and grown on blockchain-based financial networks since 2008. If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. We love the robot as much as the next Fintech commentator.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Business lending and corporate cards. Most recently, Stripe has launched a Corporate Card and a Lending product geared towards small businesses.

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 25, 2020

Some of you are working on building a new Fintech company, using the leverage of Silicon Valley to remake an economic order under new rules. And banks and fintechs are realizing that packaging their products into APIs and opening up to digital brands is a life-saving growth strategy. Whereas Fintech is a bridge?—?trying

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

If you read anything but this newsletter, you’ve got to read: Blockchain Capital’s 2019 Year in Review Messari Research Crypto Theses for 2020 DappRadar 2019 dapp Industry Review Decentralized Finance Overview So let’s narrow our entire lens to decentralized finance. The lending product above is a bit more complicated.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2021

But as you can see from the chart below, the digital SMB lenders started in earnest during and right after the 2007/2008 financial crash. Whereas, 3 of the 5 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 17, 2015

Four out of the top 100 companies are Finovate alums: Kabbage , provides working capital to small businesses online. Founded: 2008. Prosper , online P2P lending platform. Founded: 2008. Further down this year’s list are Payoneer , ranked 1976 and CAN Capital , ranked 3206. Founded: 2009. 2014 revenue: $40.2

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Let's Talk Payments

APRIL 25, 2016

Post the financial crisis in 2008, SMEs’ credit conditions had worsened, and credit has remained tight for the past several years. We saw a reduced number of banks focused on.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

But as you can see from the chart below, the digital SMB lenders started in earnest during and right after the 2007/2008 financial crash. Whereas, 3 of the 6 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer.

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