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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. “It comes in waves, there’s no doubt about it,” he said about the alt-lending boom.

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Calling All Startups: Reinvent the Mortgage Process (Please)

Fintech Labs Insights

The poster child for bad UX was the denial of a mortgage to previous Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke last year. That’s not nearly the amount of change I expected in this vital area, but the re-regulation of the mortgage industry, thanks to the housing debacle of 2008 to 2012, has taken it’s toll on innovations.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 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. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Now that’s what you call a change of momentum.

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