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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

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And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Necessity is the mother of invention. Mortgages ?

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

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consumers owe roughly 26 percent of their annual income to debt, up from 22 percent in 2010. These secretly vulnerable consumers, Webster noted, often use debt to make ends meet, either on credit cards or through alternative vehicles like online lenders. According to the Federal Reserve , U.S. That amounts to $13.2 trillion, up 18.5

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Fighting Digital with Digital

Independent Banker

Community banks cannot afford to ignore the staggering pace of lending adoption by both individuals and businesses using digital-only platforms from various nonbank technology-based specialty lending firms. But community banks should not be without hope, nor should they underestimate the significance of customer relationships.

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Online Lending And A Tale Of Two Fed Studies

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Online consumer lending – in a variety of forms – has grown explosively over the last decade. In 2010, digital lenders originated $249 million in unsecured personal loans, and by 2016 that number had grown ninety-fold. So how did one branch of the Fed end up on such a different page from their counterparts?

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

CB Insights

While the media often portrays millennials as preoccupied with the rising prices of festival tickets and avocado toast, their real financial concerns are a bit more practical. But millennials face significant headwinds in making those financial dreams a reality. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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Why Aspiration Says Big Banks’ “Bad Decisions” Were Its Gain

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The new program, first launched in 2010, was a digital-only offer for customers with low-balance checking accounts. It’s a lesson that he believes banks will have to learn as well – because their customers are getting better offers from institutions that are also FDIC-insured, and that also offer a full suite of financial services online.

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Why Household Finances Under The Hood Don’t Look So Good

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Or are the 27 percent of the population — those high-income Bridge Millennials and Gen X-ers with college degrees who are steps away from financial catastrophe — happy, even if they do report feeling more positive about the stability of their financial situation than they did this time a year ago? Are the more than a third of U.S. Today, U.S.

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