CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 14, 2018

The CFPB announced that it has settled a lawsuit that it filed in 2014 in a Missouri federal district court alleging that the defendants engaged in unlawful online payday lending schemes. The Order states that this amount represents the Defendants’ gross profits from January 1, 2008 through August 1, 2018.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The SEC found LCA, LendingClub and Laplanche guilty of fraud for improperly using LCA assets to benefit LendingClub Corporation, LCA’s parent company for which Laplanche was both founder and CEO. By 2008, the economy had lurched into crisis mode, and the world of credit suddenly become a very different place. The SEC Finding.

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Lending Fraud Management San Francisco 135

CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Below, we take a look at some of these frauds and the lessons they can teach entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own products, companies, and funds. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Virgin Hyperloop One’s utopian vision derailed by fraud. Some companies just push their luck a little too far. Total Funding: $1.1B.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The largest anxiety critics of the alternative lending space have today is a lack of regulation. So, in 2008, 2009, when lending ceased, Congress convened again and said we need to update this antiquated law.”. But what if an alternative lender was born out of regulation?

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FICO

AUGUST 10, 2022

The removal of the mortgage market affordability test in the UK could pose challenges at a time when affordability is an important lending issue. Last year saw the highest level of mortgage lending the UK has seen since before the global financial crisis. Affordability Assessments and Unrestrained Lending. by Matt Cox.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

A server running an Elasticsearch database contained sensitive data from as far back as 2008 that included loan and mortgage agreements, repayment schedules and other financial and tax documents. Unfortunately, the server wasn’t password protected, giving anyone access to the documents.

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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

Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2017

” According to the report, the regulator said the unauthorized sales happened from 2008 through 2016. “We The regulator contends Wells Fargo failed multiple times to fix the problems with its auto insurance and mortgage lending units, as well as its other business lines. The OCC gave the bank until Nov. 24 to respond.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

from 2008 to 2010 said in several interviews the pressure-filled sales environment led bankers in her branch to go after undocumented vineyard workers to meet the daily quota of opening eight new accounts each day. According to a report in American Banker , Guitron, who worked for Wells Fargo in St. Helena, Calif.,

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Regional America Lending Meeting 119

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

While it has not quite broken Lending Club’s record from this summer of longest consecutive number of days on the fizzle list, it has spent a rather unfortunate amount of time there since summer first started giving way into fall a few weeks ago. The motion to proceed was granted last week in the U.S. District Court.

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Fraud CA Policies Meeting 162

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2020

trillion, I have heard that the government is expecting there to be a level of fraud and they understand that, but they want to err on the side of getting people their money, even if they have to let a few crooks take advantage of them,” Edwards said, noting that there is a cost to doing business at a breakneck pace to outrun a crisis.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

Nationwide lending! Keystone expanded its lending to include high loan-to-value mortgages and home equity loans. However, it seems unlikely that McConnell didn't orchestrate the fraud. They feared he would discover the fraud. Cherry died in 2008 while still in jail. Booking the valuable "gain on sale of loans".

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In December, the founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange company FTX was arrested in the Bahamas (yah, don’t ask) and charged with fraud and conspiracy. 2008 called and wants its headlines back. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Now that’s what you call a change of momentum.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2018

As the financial affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group , Ant Financial encapsulates a fintech ecosystem that starts with its dominant mobile payments service, Alipay, and expands into credit scoring, wealth management, insurance, and lending. Between 2008 and 2014, China’s mobile internet users grew from 118M to 557M.

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US Fintech Mobile Regulation 78

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Fraud prevention tools. Business lending and corporate cards. Additionally, the company must underwrite risk, and is on the hook in the event of fraud or returned items. Payments companies assumed risk for losses associated with chargebacks, fraud, KYC, or AML, while also providing support, dispute management, and reporting.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Banking changed in 2008. So it alleviates some of the surprises that may come along in lending. Lastly, we will be offering two fraud-protection modules: ACH blocks/filters and positive pay to assist our customers in reconciling their accounts as well as protect and reduce the risk of fraud.

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Community Community Bank Milwaukee Wisconsin 70

BankUnderground

JUNE 25, 2020

A wide variety of activities could be affected including insurance , and bank accounts and, lending , cross-border payments , know your customer / anti-money laundering / counter-terrorist financing measures, risk management , compliance, internal fraud detection, cloud computing and international settlement of securities transactions.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 8, 2021

1 back on the list after previoulsy falling below $1B (Lending Club). _. US-based fraud protection for financial instituions. US-based fraud protection for financial instituions. The total value is now $1.62 trillion, down $30B from last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (Mar 1) = 140. + 16 born this month (see below). +

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 3, 2021

. #72 (t) Forter: $3B US ecommerce fraud specialist. #97 US lending specialist. 97 Acorns : $2.2B US causual investing/savings app. #97(t) 97(t) Bitso : $2.2B Mexican crypto exchange. #99 99 Recharge : $2.1B US payments company. 110 (t) SpotOn : $1.9B US payments company. 123 (t) Zeta : $1.5B India-based banking technology startup.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

has strongly hinted that the agency she birthed in 2008 and opened for business in 2011 — the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) — should be given the authority to do even more. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D – Mass.) That business was called The Retail Credit Corporation.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 3, 2021

US-based fraud specialist. . #142 (tie) Groww : $1.0B India-based investing startup. 142 (tie) The Zebra : $1.0B US-based insurance lead gen company. 142 (tie) Clearcover : $1.0B US-based auto insurance provider. 142 (tie) Sift : $1.0B Full Fintech Unicorn List. values as of 1 May 2021). Value Date. 1 May 2021. United States. Ant Technology.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Being comfortable with the idea of alternative financial systems has opened the door to a variety of innovations, from alternative investment vehicles like cryptocurrency to point-of-sale lending alternatives. Borrowing: Credit-shy millennials embrace PoS lending. Jon Stein, a millennial himself, founded the company in 2008.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Date: Sep 29, 2008. While Wendy’s was never really in a position to unseat McDonald’s as the country’s top fast-food burger chain, its 2008 acquisition by Nelson Peltz (the billionaire owner of Arby’s) and merger with the roast beef sandwich chain never got it any closer to fast-food dominance. Date: July 1, 2008.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 25, 2015

And there are few fintech success stories bigger than 2008 alum, Credit Karma , which scored $175 million this week at a reported $3.5 That makes the credit score provider the second most valuable alum (after Lending Club , currently trading at $6 billion). Fraud detection. billion valuation. Total raised: $10 million.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Under the scenario the consumer can transfer much-needed cash as well get cash (that was earned, not paid yet) so no payday or online lending debt is added. Formed in 2008; is the connection to a web site a human or a bot? Peer lending meets machine learning, with LendingRobot. Peer lending solution that’s growing fast.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 27, 2016

Fintech Leader of the Year: Zopa Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Giles Andrews – FinovateSpring 2008. “This award is recognition of the strength of our idea for peer-to-peer lending and the growth we have seen since then as the idea has moved mainstream,” Giles Andrews said. Innovation in Lending: Marketinvoice.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 12, 2014

Table: YC Fintech Companies by Year Class Total Companies # Fintech Companies % Fintech 2014 (half year) 56 5 9% 2013 83 9 9% 2012 117 8 7% 2011 89 7 8% 2010 61 6 10% 2009 39 1 3% 2008 43 1 2% 2007 32 2 6% 2006 17 0 0% 2005 8 1 13% Total 545 40 7.4% ZenPayroll [link] We are creating beautiful, modern payroll.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Started talking about the challenge of having to change credit cards all the time (due to fraud). We are the global leaders in identity solutions while protecting FI’s and providers from compliance and fraud.” BLEND stands for better lending. Formed in 2008; is the connection to a web site a human or a bot? I like that.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

And then there were some uncommon and more dramatic causes of failure, including: Financial fraud. The startup, which was established in 2008, privately raised $185 million before its $100 million initial public offering was blocked by the Australian Securities Exchange last year. A most-wanted founder. via SFGate. Company: Sand 9.

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Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

more than we, Kamil Kurmakaev and I, spent since the company’s inception in 2008 till August 2014. BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. They have spent (in rubles) twice (!)

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