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OnePlus Brings Mobile Payment Platform To China

PYMNTS

In large markets such as China, the United States and India, mobile payment is very popular. In separate news from December, Xiaomi , the biggest smartphone company in India, is offering a credit platform meant to bring in millennials and young professionals in the country.

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

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There were plenty of tailwinds that pushed the segment forward: A strong economy, healthy consumer interest in credit and advances in credit scoring technology were all instrumental in pushing more consumers into the market, particularly in the first half of the year. percent since 2012. According to the Federal Reserve , U.S.

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Why Banks Reach For The Unprofitable, Demanding SME

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The dominating narrative in small business lending is the rise in alternative finance to fill the gaps left behind by traditional banks. Sageworks , which develops financial data management solutions for financial institutions, has just entered the SME lending arena with a new solution that provides banks with small business lending support.

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Unbundling Bank Of America: How The Traditional Bank Is Being Disrupted

CB Insights

The pandemic has also accelerated recent trends in banking, especially among the millennial demographic, which tends to favor digital banking and online brands over traditional banks. Tech companies are chipping away at the traditional bank’s market share. SMB lending . get the full 45-page disrupting investment banking report.

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The Evolving State Of US Household Debt

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After hitting a peak a little north of $12 trillion in 2008, household debt began contracting in 2008 and kept falling through 2012, according to the Federal Reserve Board ’s Financial Accounts of the United States. The trend, according to the report, is visible in most major debt categories — particularly home and credit card lending.

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OnDeck Adds New Small Business Lending Options

Fintech Labs Insights

” Pictured (left to right): Miranda Lanzillotti, Marketing Communications Manager, and Pamela Rice, Senior Vice President of Technology, for OnDeck, discussing lending APIs at FinDEVr 2014. And last month, the company teamed up with Intuit to launch a $100 million lending fund for small businesses.

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Squaring The Circle That Is Square

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So, while McKelvey lost out on that $2,000 sale — he and his (friend) and Co-Founder Jack Dorsey — the founder of Twitter — did end up with a $17 billion idea (Square’s market cap at the time this piece went to press). Square has come a long way from being an mPOS solution for cash-based glass blowers and farmers market purveyors.

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