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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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Kabbage Acquires Lending Data Provider Orchard Platform Markets

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Small business lending platform Kabbage is making plans to acquire Orchard Platform Markets, a provider of lending data and services. Founded in 2013, New York-based Orchard initially provided Wall Street firms with data on the marketplace lending sector. Both companies declined to comment. billion.

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Lending Club’s Terrible Twos

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Two years ago today, Lending Club was ringing the bell on an IPO that one early investor called “a no-brainer.”. Lending Club’s model does not need bank branches on each street corner, and it can turn around in minutes and hours, not days. “I So what went so right for LendingClub two years ago today at its IPO — and then so wrong?

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Lending Club’s Bombshell And Alt-Lending Aftershocks

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Renaud Laplanche , Former CEO of Lending Club, in a 2013 interview. Those were the good old days of Lending Club, a Silicon Valley darling that was the next big thing in lending. Lending Club was the poster child of that alt lending movement. I want to create something new and innovative.”

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

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According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , community banks’ deposit market share dropped to 15% in 2022 from 22% in 2013. At the same time, asset-based liquidity options at some community banks have been constrained by large unrealized losses in available-for-sale securities. People have other options,” Kirby said.

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PayNet Links Community Bank BNB To Small Biz Loan Tech

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Small business credit analysis company PayNet is linking up with a community bank to streamline SMB lending for the institution. In another statement, BNB Bank EVP and Chief Lending Officer Kevin L. ” Analysis has also found that community banks are playing a larger role in small business lending. .”

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Capital Float On The Path To Video-Based KYC Implementation

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Developing a quick, seamless and secure onboarding process for financial institutions (FIs), lending startups and other financial services providers has long posed its trials. V-CIP’s biggest advantage is the elimination of risks associated with secure transmission and storage of documents.

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