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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

Abrigo

By leveraging their strengths in relationship lending and their access to technology in order to grow the small business loan portfolio profitably. CFIs are poised to regain the small business lending market Community Financial Institutions can leverage technology to improve customer experience and regain the small business lending market.

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KeyBank Acquires SMB Lending Tool Bolstr, Plans to Originate $2.5 Billion in Loans in 5 Years

Bank Innovation

For a long time, expensive underwriting kept banks away from small business lending. The most recent example of a bank taking note of this area is KeyBank’s acquisition of Bolstr’s SMB-focused digital lending platform, which it announced this week. Founded in 2010, Bolstr is a […]. But not anymore.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

PYMNTS

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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Personal Loans Are The Fastest-Growing Lending Category

PYMNTS

As a consumer lending category with the fastest growth, outstanding balances for personal loans jumped by about 18 percent to $120 billion in the first quarter. A lot of credit goes to the FinTech lenders for reinvigorating a loan category that’s been around forever,” Jason Laky, TransUnion ’s consumer-lending business lead, told Bloomberg.

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KeyBank Acquires Bolstr Digital Small Biz Lending Platform

PYMNTS

KeyBank has acquired a digital lending platform for small businesses developed by Bolstr , the financial institution (FI) announced Wednesday (June 20). The solution supports online loan applications and other digital features that accelerate the borrowing process for entrepreneurs.

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CFPB files complaint against online lender alleging MLA violations

CFPB Monitor

On September 29, 2002, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a complaint against online lender MoneyLion Technologies, Inc, and several dozen of its subsidiaries (collectively, “MoneyLion”), alleging violations of the Military Lending Act (“MLA). 10 U.S.C. § 987(c), 32 C.F.R. 12 U.S.C. §§ 5531, 5536(a).

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Mortgage Lender LoanDepot Looks Toward $15B IPO

PYMNTS

the San Francisco-based peer-to peer lending firm and OnDeck Capital, the New York-based online small business lending company, which went public at the time were already trading down, Housing Wire reported. In the company blog at the time, Hsieh said the recent volatility in the stock market, citing rivals LendingClub Corp.