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SMB Alt-Lending Gears Up For Another Industry Shakeup

PYMNTS

and other nations around the world as a result of the global pandemic continues to draw comparisons to the 2008 financial crisis — so it’s only natural that analysts may turn to the past in an effort to predict what could lie ahead. And it may be an opportunity for alt-lenders to once again initiate an innovation boom.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. 2008 called and wants its headlines back. Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. She was a trailblazer and an early innovator in analytics. Goes to Sen.

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Fintech’s Third Crisis is Tipping Point to a Digital-Only Future

Fintech Labs Insights

Companies were abandoned and it led to a 5- to 6-year drought in fintech innovation. Financial crisis (2007-2008). The fintech hits : Most of the fintech unicorns were created after 2008 including: Stripe, Ant Financial, Bitcoin, Chime, Robinhood, Betterment, Transferwise, Revolut, Coinbase, Monzo, and hundreds more.

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