PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2016

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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Alternative lending was the golden child among investors around 2015, but lately, the industry seems to have fallen out of favor thanks to regulatory uncertainty and questions over the viability of some business models. Alternative Lending. This week alone saw two examples of those concerns in action: One U.S. lawmaker, Rep.

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Lending Capital Fintech Data 109

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Not one of the four alternative lending startups that secured investments this week were from the U.S. Alternative Lending. Late last week, South Africa’s LulaLend brought some rare attention to the nation’s alternative lending space. There’s talk that alternative finance is dead. Well, in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2020

The three companies charged are Richmond Capital Group, Ram Capital Funding and Viceroy Capital Funding. Scrutiny against merchant lending companies has grown as of late, with the FTC looking into the industry as a whole last year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Robocash Group, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, aims to raise $5 million in the next half-year from investors in Europe who want to invest in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore, according to reports. P2P lending is becoming increasingly popular in Asia, exceeding some traditional European economies. billion two years later.

Lending 130

Lending Regional Groups Marketing 130

Abrigo

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Learn how credit unions can manage capital levels amid credit stress. Even as news headlines announce that “the sky is falling,” many Abrigo clients are relaying they can count only six or seven charge-offs since 2015 or so, he added. However, institutions in recent quarters are seeing some indicators of weakening asset quality.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2017

Alternative lending has shifted from a competitor of traditional FIs to a collaborator, often lending a digital hand to banks in need of upgrading their systems to provide faster, more agile financing to SMEs. s Big Four banks, with alt lending firms and P2P lenders acting as key vessels for BBB funding. As the U.K.

Lending 138

Lending Capital Report Customer Experience 138

Abrigo

OCTOBER 14, 2022

You might also like this whitepaper, "Stress Testing: Managing Capital Levels and Credit Risk." They are having to outsource a lot and increase their operating expenses without any offsetting revenue and while dealing with supply chain issues.” Read the whitepaper, "Stress Testing: Managing Capital Levels and Credit Risk.".

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Risk Management Management Policies Lending 195

PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Davies’ exit comes just four days after the London-based operation announced $80 million in new funding. Davies is leaving Revolut to take over the Allica Bank, which specializes in lending to businesses, according to the FT. What a journey in the last year – leadership teams and operations in Ireland, the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

The tallies are in: Innovate Finance has calculated the state of investment in FinTech for 2015, and we have the numbers. Innovate Finance released The 2015 FinTech Investment Landscape this month, a report that offers a snapshot at how investors are placing their money among financial innovators. It amounted to about $12.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

As more loans that expected went bad in the fall of 2015, investor/loan buyers started backing away – making it harder to attract desirable borrowers, making it harder to attract investor/lenders. Marketplace lending, in short, did not need more fireworks. Online lenders in the U.K. in the E.U. when compared to the E.U.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Goldman Sachs Private Capital provided the credit facility that will be used to promote Capify ‘s growth across Australia and the U.K., ” In another statement, Goldman Sachs Private Capital Executive Director Pankaj Soni described Capify as “one of the leading small business finance providers in the U.K.

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Capital Innovation Fintech US 108

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

PYMNTS also explores the venture capital and lending spaces as professional investors make some changes and as businesses look to invest in themselves. However, total investment in these startups — venture capital, in addition to angel, hedge fund and mutual fund investment and more — topped $17.8 and Europe dominated in 2015.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2016

6) a new round of equity financing led by new investors, including Pritzker family business interests advised by The Pritzker Organization and DNS Capital. The capital raise, which follows the close of a minority equity financing round led by Goldman Sachs in Oct. The round also included existing investors.

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Capital Innovation America Mobile 155

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The following is an excerpt from the Sageworks whitepaper "Optimizing Capital: Challenges and Opportunities for Financial Institutions". Yet all financial institutions face internal and external challenges that place demands on personnel, time and – perhaps most importantly – on capital. As Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

Cuomo on June 1, 2017, required DFS to study online lending in New York State and submit a report of its findings. Our review shows that while online lending has grown in recent years, our banking industry still supports the overwhelming majority of lending in New York while being subject to strong safeguards and oversight.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

In recent years, banks have even seen greater competition in the lending market from new FinTech players that can quickly approve loan applications and distribute funds to lenders. Some of the more prominent names in the marketplaces lending space include OnDeck, Kabbage and Orion First. New tools for new FinTechs.

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Innovation Lending Fintech Bitcoin 191

PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2016

The Federal Reserve published the findings of its research on small business lending habits in the U.S. According to the Fed, 80 percent of SMEs that sought funding in 2015 received it, a 15 percent increase from 2014 levels. In addition to increased bank lending, revenue was up for the businesses surveyed.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Venture capital has hit a plateau, according to some analysts. “After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower range through 2016,” concluded KPMG and CB Insights in their Q3 2016 venture capital report.

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Fintech Capital Analysis Trends 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

According to a report in the Financial Times , citing data from the European Central Bank, the loan growth the eurozone has seen since the middle of 2015 appears to be over, with zero banks reporting an increase in demand for loans in the first quarter compared to the fourth quarter of 2018.

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Lending Policies Survey Report 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

When reverse factoring is used to “stretch working capital,” Moody’s said, or when a customer’s credit quality degrades, risks can mount. The publication added that Greensill Capital, headed by Lex Greensill has played a key role in GFG’s financing strategy. Supply Chain Financing Scrutiny Grows. A History Of Skepticism.

Tools 160

Tools Capital Strategy Lending 160

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Their collaboration also extends to supplier sales representatives operating on the Handshake Rep solution — these professionals can accept credit cards in-person at trade shows and customer appointments using Handshake Rep with Square, the firms noted. .”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2016

Analysts have largely been looking at the impact on SMEs in particular, especially as Chinese authorities promote bank lending to small businesses. This month, the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) reportedly ordered local banks to boost lending to small and medium-sized corporate customers. Bank Lending.

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Abrigo

JUNE 25, 2015

During leaner years is often when the demand for ag loans increases , as it’s common for those full-time farmers to tap into their community bank to cover operating costs or invest is other lines of the agricultural business. The biggest name in ag lending is unlikely to be a surprise – John Deere Financial FSB.

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Community Bank Sacramento Lending Wisconsin 150

PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2017

Software-as-a-service saw a boom back around 2015, and the X-as-a-Service space hasn’t looked back. banking-as-a-service company emerging at the top of this week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup. banking-as-a-service company emerging at the top of this week’s B2B Venture Capital roundup. Across the U.S., Across the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Taking a page from Goldman Sachs’ book, Morgan Stanley is beginning to lend to FinTech startups in Brazil as it seeks more of a return on its investments. The company is also reportedly in talks with international investors about raising $50 million via an equity round that QMS Capital is handling.

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Fintech Marketing America Report 116

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

In a sign that small business lending may be well on its way to moving beyond the traditional conduits of big banks and other larger financial players, online platform Lendio, which helps smaller companies find access to capital, reported heady growth for 2015. The company said Wednesday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2016

And they are moving toward a number of lending alternatives, including credit unions and — though still in their nascent stages — online lenders. points from 2000 to 2015, up to 17.9 In addition, with less focus on the bottom line, the lending and underwriting process may be relatively smoother.

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Lending Meeting Online Management 100

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

’s Bank Referral Scheme, part of the government’s array of initiatives to expand access to capital for small businesses, has been marred by controversy and criticism since it first came into effect in late 2016. But the scheme faced some of its harshest attacks yet at the hands of the Corporate Finance Network, a U.K.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

billion in FinTech VC funding in the quarter, down 17 percent compared to the previous quarter — a stark decline from the $5 billion-plus quarterly investment values seen in quarters in 2015. Alternative Lending. Future Venture Capital spearheaded yet another funding round in the U.S. Late last week, MC Payment announced a $3.5

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2019

Founded in 2015, OakNorth is a digital-based SME […]. Fresh off a $400 million funding led by SoftBank, fintech lender OakNorth is close to establishing its first bank partnership in the U.S., which will also serve as its entry into the country, Bank Innovation has learned.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

payday lending startup Wonga has come to the end of the road, having filed for administration (similar in concept to bankruptcy in the U.S.) According to the Financial Times , complaints against Wonga’s lending practices, logged with regulators, were up 80 percent since that emergency injection. in the closing days of last week.

Lending 100

Lending Regulation Capital Report 100

CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

This teardown features annotations & commentary by four Social Capital partners. Thanks to the Social Capital team for updating/confirming their portfolio data on the CB Insights Editor. Social Capital is a VC fund with a focus on healthcare and education. CB Insights Note. Investment syndicates. BEST OF DISRUPTION REPORT.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Banks operating in oil and gas intensive areas of the U.S. Analysts examined banks with at least 25 percent of deposits held in oil- and gas-dependent counties in order to investigate the impact of direct lending to local oil and gas firms and indirect lending to companies servicing the sector.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

As with other forms of financing, alternative lenders have stepped into this space to fill that gap left by traditional banks – and yet, the gap remains, highlighting the limitations of alternative lending’s proliferation in recent years. Still, implementing such strategies is a significant operational challenge in itself.”.

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blockchain Lending Regulation Technology 100

Celent Banking

JULY 24, 2015

Banks must hold enough high quality, liquid assets (HQLA) to fund their operations during a 30-day stress period. The phase-in of the LCR started on January 1, 2015. Operational deposits include working capital and cash held for transactional purposes.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2017

Years in the making, the regulation was born from the JOBS Act, which was signed into law in 2012, with Title IV of the act — also known as Regulation A+ — enabling average joes to invest in companies seeking capital. It’s complex to set up a portal and get it certified and create a seamless operating model.”.

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