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Report: Digital Lender SoFi Eyes IPO Via SPAC

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Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for its application for a national bank charter. SoFi was valued at $4.8

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CFPB’s New Study Notes Bank Fees As A Hidden Cost Of Payday Lending

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As the nation waits and drama builds over expected new guidelines from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on short-term lending, the government watchdog has issued a new report that indicates that the high cost of payday loans is even higher than most people think.

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Competition Heats Up Between Large FIs, Small Banks, Alt Lenders ? And SMBs Win

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Biz2Credit’s latest Small Business Lending Index found that loan approval rates at alternative lenders stagnated – and at credit unions, they actually fell. Thirty-four years have passed since SMB optimism was this high , according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). But the story doesn’t end there.

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Don't Bank. SoFi

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billion in equity capital since its founding in 2011. billion in equity capital, with a market capitalization close to book value. Since 2011, SoFi has funded over $6 billion in loans (through December 15, 2015). SoFi started in 2011, so the tide has not yet gone out on them. By comparison, over 100 year old and $7.7

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Is It Officially Time To Start Worrying About Consumer Credit?

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Auto lending, particularly to subprime borrowers, has been looking especially concerning as delinquencies and default rates have steadily climbed. Add to that the diminished value of used cars — down about 8 percent this year — and auto lenders like Ally Financial are predicting a market that will be contracting this year.

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The Political Factor Weighing On SMEs’ Minds (It’s Not Brexit)

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referendum would impact the markets, but immediately after the nation voted to leave the European Union, it was too soon to decipher who got it right and wrong. ” But what about SMEs in other geographic markets? Analysts quarreled over how the U.K. Only 10 percent cited political uncertainty as a top barrier.

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Dr. Strangelove or: How Fintechs Will Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Regulation

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In China, online P2P lending exploded in popularity, with the number of P2P lenders growing from 50 in 2011 to 6,000 in 2015. Then the whole industry imploded when it was revealed that 40% of P2P lending platforms were Ponzi schemes. and China). A Prediction for the 2020s. Disruption-friendly regulations.