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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

Abrigo

By leveraging their strengths in relationship lending and their access to technology in order to grow the small business loan portfolio profitably. CFIs are poised to regain the small business lending market Community Financial Institutions can leverage technology to improve customer experience and regain the small business lending market.

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SMBs’ Online Lending Surge Raises Borrower Protection Concerns

PYMNTS

Small businesses continue to flock to online platforms to find much-needed financing, with banks still failing to fill the demand for small to medium-sized business (SMB) loans despite economic growth in the U.S. But the majority of online SMB lenders do not disclose publicly their fees and interest rates, reports warned.

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3 Alternative Lending Startups to Watch

Bank Innovation

Large banks, e-commerce moguls like Amazon and eBay and tech firms are likely to enter the alternative lending space, and soon, according to Eden Amirav, co-founder, and CEO of startup LendingExpress. National Australia Bank set up its own alternative lending arm called QuickBiz Loans back in 2016. Over the […].

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Banks Return to Buying As Lending Club Records More Loss

Bank Innovation

Lending Club may be back on track with banks, but not soon enough to help its fourth quarter results. 2016 was a tumultuous year for the online lender. The company set high goals for the fourth quarter, including its determination to generate $2 billion in loans. The lender’s very narrow miss of Read More.

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Investors Turn Their Noses Up At Online Lending

PYMNTS

Online lending was all the rage even a few months ago, but funding going toward online lending platforms is on the decline. equity investments going toward online lending companies fell 44 percent in the first half of 2016 to $2.1 According to a new report from PitchBook Data, Inc., billion.

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2016 Innovators to Watch: 44 Executives Shaping the Future of Banking

Bank Innovation

Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture capital is growing scarcer; marketplace lending has gotten bruised — even the self-proclaimed capital of fintech, London, faces an uncertain future with Brexit.

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Things worth reading: 26th August 2016

Chris Skinner

Things we’re reading today include … French support for the EU project is crumbling on the Left and Right Apple tackles iPhone one-tap spyware flaws Schooled in the short run, central banks struggle with a long-term role US criticises EU tax probes ahead of Apple ruling US online lending platforms take a hit LSE-DB submit … The post (..)

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