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APRIL 19, 2019

Small business lending technology company Lenderfit has rolled out its services in beta, connecting financial institutions to solutions to facilitate small business lending. He told the publication that Lenderfit began as a way to address the small business lending challenges of nonprofit investment firm Access Ventures.

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APRIL 18, 2019

The Federal Reserve has released new data on small businesses’ appetite for capital, and it appears that financing demand is on the rise. Compared to 2017 figures, small businesses have increased their demand for capital. Nearly one-third sought financing online in 2018, an increase from 24 percent in 2017.

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JULY 12, 2018

New York’s Department of Financial Services is recommending that online lenders are subjected to the same scrutiny and regulations that traditional banks face. Cuomo on June 1, 2017, required DFS to study online lending in New York State and submit a report of its findings. A bill signed by Governor Andrew M.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

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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JANUARY 2, 2019

The P2P lending market in China has been rife with scams and controversy for some time now. Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the matter, noted that Chinese authorities are gearing up to shut down small and medium-sized P2P lending platforms across the country. trillion yuan by the end of 2017, reported Bloomberg.

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JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. Credit unions (CUs), meanwhile, are rarely the first point of contact for small businesses in need of capital or other financial services, according to a recent Federal Reserve report.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 19, 2017

EXCLUSIVE — The year of 2017 has been marked with more than a few good and not-so-good trends: but we’ll stick to fintech.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has, as finews.asia reported this past week, amended its credit risk management guidelines in a way that seeks to boost the embrace of analytics when lending to smaller firms. billion as of June 30 of this year and as measured since the August 2017 launch. Open Banking Partnerships – Focus On Romania.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Might banks be making inroads into the hearts and minds of smaller firms as they seek out capital – as some SMBs cite at least some dissatisfaction with non-banking lending conduits? Drilling down a bit further, about one third sought financing from online lenders in 2018, up from 24 percent in 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Marketplace lending platforms – Lending Club, OnDeck, Prosper and the like – have inarguably and fundamentally altered the geography of the lending landscape. The lending model has fundamentally changed,” Vallée told Harvard Business School Weekly. Now decisions are increasingly based on hard information.

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MAY 10, 2018

PayPal has released new data regarding the volume of financing placed with small business borrowers via the PayPal Working Capital solution. Reports in IBS Intelligence on Wednesday (May 9) said PayPal Working Capital has provided U.K. That compares with its 116 percent year-over-year volume increase between 2016 and 2017.

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JULY 10, 2018

million — already ahead of 2017’s full-year take of $167.7 million and four times the amount raised in the first six months of 2017. The two biggest players in the FinTech startup have been Cellulant — a digital payments operation currently up and online in 11 African countries — and the online micro-lending startup Branch.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 31, 2019

Financial institutions that want to play in the small business lending sandbox need to bring their digital toys. But how can community banks successfully compete with big banks and fintechs that are spending billions on their digital lending capabilities? While online lenders Kabbage and OnDeck lent $2 billion and $2.5

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APRIL 24, 2017

Small business lending activity across the globe is in flux. China saw a whopping 17 percent increase in small business lending in Q1, while U.S. We break down the latest on SME lending in these key markets. banks are rebooting their efforts to capture SMEs from their alternative rivals. A dip of 1.1

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JUNE 13, 2018

Holdaway, who has an MBA from Harvard Business School, joins Barclays after 15 years at Capital One , where he held a variety of senior leadership roles in new business initiatives, internet acquisitions and partnership finance. across credit cards, online savings and loans,” said Rodrigues.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Shortly after SoFi began to embark on the process of seeking a bank charter, Cagney stepped down from SoFi’s helm in September 2017. The firm has raised $50 million from investors, including venture capital firms Ribbit Capital and DCM. No word yet on what that product will look like exactly.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation 2017. Bank Innovation 2017, March 6-7 in San Jose, Calif., Adam Carson, managing director, global technology strategy & partnerships at JPMorgan Chase & Co., will feature dozens of speakers on investing in innovation, chatbots, blockchain and more.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Innovation 2017, taking place March 6-7 in San Jose. Yabuki joined Fiserv in 2005. Under his leadership, the company has grown revenue to exceed $5 billion annually, and serves more than 13,000 institutional clients. Fiserv also supports this site’s Read More.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Borrower protection initiatives have taken aim at predatory lenders, both online and brick-and-mortar, with legislators at the state and federal levels addressing concerns that include a lack of transparency and sky-high fees and interest rates. small businesses had sought a loan online, compared to just 19 percent that did so in 2017.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets. Despite lending £6.7

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Avin Arumugam, senior vice president of the Internet of Things at Visa, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place March 6-7 in San Jose. Arumugam was at JPMorgan Chase for four years prior to his starting at Visa in May 2016. Recent video footage also Read More.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Investors don’t need to wait for Initial Coin Offerings to reach their full potential: this way of raising capital is already redefining how businesses in certain markets can operate, Taynaah Reis, CEO for cooperative banking system company Moeda told Bank Innovation.

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APRIL 28, 2020

Prentice, a co-founder of Skype and ex-chief strategy officer, formed Oriente in 2017, along with Hubert Tai, a founder of Ping An’s Lufax and Chinese unicorn dangdang.com, and investor Lawrence Chu. Hong Kong-based FinTech Oriente has raised $50 million in its ongoing Series B round, according to finews.asia.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. Fintech funding has grown tougher for startups, but banks’ balance sheets are looking stronger– what does it mean for innovation?

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MARCH 12, 2019

Chinese regulators continue to crack down on shadow and alternative lending: Their latest target is the pawn shop financing space, which is often used by small businesses for quick capital. Average loan sizes now exceed $26,000, while in the U.S., the average size of a pawn shop loan is about $100, according to the publication.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 8, 2018

What is the state of banking innovation today? Each year, we poll the industry to find out. Bitcoin mania has died down in the fintech world, and the conversation has shifted to technologies like voice banking, payments, and alternative credit scoring. This year, the pressure for banks to innovate is high, as banks no longer […].

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Amid China’s efforts in recent months to boost small business activities – notably through initiatives that focused on small business lending in that country – Alibaba Group’s Taobao expanded its Maker Festival to be global in scope, with a spotlight on the youngest of entrepreneurs. The September event, which spanned Sept.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Online lender and tech startup Social Finance (SoFi) made recent news when its chief executive officer, Mike Cagney, stepped down following a lawsuit regarding claims of sexual harassment. billion | Value of loans funded by SoFi in Q2 2017. 134 million | SoFi revenue generated in Q2 2017.

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

What does small business (SMB) lending look like? seems to be kicking off, showing evidence of surpassing traditional bank lending at many times. SMBs are too unfamiliar with alternative finance to turn to online players. In Mexico, small business lending is muted across the board. Meanwhile, in the U.S., In the U.K.,

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 18, 2018

We all figured it would happen sooner or later, and now it has – by Thoma Bravo , which, as part of the deal, merged MeridianLink with CRIF Lending Solutions’ ACTion, Synergy and Achieve divisions. CRIF Lending has been a solid competitor in the consumer LOS space. The post Thoma Bravo acquires MeridianLink/CRIF Lending.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

Don’t miss your chance to secure your spot at Bank Innovation 2017 for the lowest available rate, and join attendees from companies already registered, such as: BBVA Braintree Capital One JPMorgan Chase Mastercard Rabobank Concentrix Silicon Valley Bank TD Bank U.S.

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AUGUST 25, 2019

Chinese social eCommerce platform Wanwu Xinxuan has raised $20 million in a Series B round of financing led by Fresh Capital, with participation from Redpoint China Ventures, according to Deal Street Asia. Launched in August 2018, Wanwu Xinxuan is an online retail platform selling children’s apparel, shoes and accessories.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Share in online lender OnDeck have dropped 20 percent on the announcement that growth this year will be slower than initially forecasted. These companies have been valued as if there’s really no credit risk or capital-markets risk whatsoever. I think that’s what changed.”. percent t0 5.9

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JULY 22, 2019

The funding round was led by LiveOak Venture Partners; debt came from Genesis Capital, Keystone Bank and others. In the Homeward model, done through an online platform, users who wish to sell their homes get credit upfront. The $314 million raised in all of 2017 pales by comparison. Sellers want higher margins. billion into May.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Their collaboration means Tradeshift, which provides eCommerce and eProcurement solutions to SMEs, will integrate Biz2Credit’s small business lending marketplace into its offerings for its own clients. They now can access working capital in real time and in a way that is seamless and transparent.”. percent during that month.

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