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Millennial Small Business Owners Are Most Optimistic About 2018 Growth, BofA Survey Says

Bank Innovation

The most optimistic owners are millennials, according to data from the Bank of America Fall 2017 Small Business Owner Report. The survey of about 1,000 small businesses, released last week, found that the majority of millennial entrepreneurs (81%, the survey […].

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It’s Time to Stop Ignoring the Millennial HomeBuyer, Better Mortgage Growth Suggests

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE— Digital mortgage company Better Mortgage has displayed rapid growth over the last year, originating $157 million in mortgages during 2017: a 1500% increase from the $10 million it originated in 2016.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

PYMNTS

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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Banking to the power of IBM: opportunity at SIBOS 2017

Insights on Business

At Sibos 2017 in Toronto IBM will show how we are empowering global banks by helping them digitally reinvent for tomorrow. Through our solutions in cognitive, cloud, payments and blockchain, IBM is guiding the financial industry through a period of unprecedented change – watch for IBM news from Sibos 2017 !

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China’s SMB Push Continues Amid Alibaba’s Taobao Festival

PYMNTS

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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Fintech Partnerships: A competitive advantage

Abrigo

It also “promote[s] a higher standard of trust with customers,” and provides an efficient and affordable “approach to innovation,”especially now that these partnerships are becoming increasingly popular among banks, says René Lacerte in a recent Forbes article. Are your primary customers millennials, demanding mobile banking services?

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AltFin’s Bumpy Ride Into An Uncertain 2019

PYMNTS

According to the PYMNTS/Unifund Financial Invisibles Report , 81 percent of participants said their financial situations have either remained stable or improved since last year, and the number of consumers seriously delinquent on debt dropped 11 percent between Q4 2017 and Q2 2018. Resetting Mortgage Services.