Remove 2016 Remove Financial Technology Remove Lending Remove Online
article thumbnail

FTC holding FinTech forum on marketplace lending

CFPB Monitor

On June 9, 2016, the FTC will host a “ FinTech forum on marketplace lending ,” the first in a forum series described by the FTC as “exploring emerging financial technology and its implications for consumers.”

Lending 60
article thumbnail

FTC to host June 9 forum on marketplace lending

CFPB Monitor

The interest of federal regulators in marketplace lending continues to grow. In March 2016, the CFPB announced that it is taking complaints about marketplace lenders. Now, the FTC has joined in by announcing that on June 9, 2016, it will host a half-day forum in Washington, D.C.

Lending 60
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

House Financial Services Committee to hold hearing on marketplace lending

CFPB Monitor

Tomorrow, July 11, the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit will hold a hearing titled: “Examining the Opportunities and Challenges with Financial Technology (“FinTech”): The Development of Online Marketplace Lending.”

Lending 60
article thumbnail

Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks

Chris Skinner

These companies include firms like Stripe, a six-year-old start-up that is the preferred code for building online checkout services. Really easy to work with, the company is the chosen system for many other innovative companies including Kickstarter and Apple Pay, and valued at almost $10 billion by the end of 2016.

Fintech 361
article thumbnail

Prosper Shutting Down Secondary Market For Loans Later In October

PYMNTS

Prosper, the P2P lending marketplace, is reportedly closing down the secondary market for its loans later this month. 27, 2016, Prosper will no longer offer the Folio Investing Note Trader platform, the secondary market for Prosper Notes. Media reports said the privately held U.S.

Marketing 170
article thumbnail

LendingClub Settles With SEC, DOJ

PYMNTS

The DOJ investigation centered on whether LendingClub had – between January 2009 to September 2010 – misled its FDIC-insured loan originator, WebBank , leading the bank to underwrite over 200 loans that did not conform to the bank’s lending requirements. The build-back from the revelations of 2016 was a bit more of a lengthy process.

Lending 135
article thumbnail

How Corporates Receive — And Revive — Investment Strategies

PYMNTS

PYMNTS also explores the venture capital and lending spaces as professional investors make some changes and as businesses look to invest in themselves. billion was invested in FinTech startups in Q3 2016 , calculated KPMG and CB Insights in their most recent Pulse Of Fintech report. and Europe dominated in 2015. 83% of U.S.

Strategy 100