Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2018

The card processing landscape experienced significant changes in 2017, and this shift in players will impact financial institutions well into the future. professionals the same way they view professionals in their commercial lending and credit areas. Heloc Tax Deduction Suspension. A Shift in the Vendor Landscape.

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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? In a recent American Banker. In a recent American Banker. Source: DeBanked ).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

Traditional institutions are picking up steam in their efforts to collaborate with alternative financiers and FinTech firms, largely viewed as a way to spin the competition into allies and upgrade their lending services without the burden of in-house R&D. However, the Federal Reserve ‘s latest analysis of the U.S.

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Abrigo

APRIL 14, 2017

Experts agree that while commercial lending is a critical banking service, it has been one of the least automated and technology-reliant aspects of banking today. A credit risk manager at one bank with $900 million in total assets estimated that her team received approximately 8,220 tax returns in the 2015 calendar year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2017

According to the latest data out of auto lender Ally Financial, the auto lending segment seems to be encountering some engine trouble — brought on largely by rising defaults and falling used car prices. That is a bit of a softening of a January estimate that predicted growth would clock in at up to a 15 percent rate.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

China’s Central Bank To Start Re-Lending Funding To Fight Virus. billion in 2019, much larger than the $3 billion incurred in 2017 and 2018 combined. Amazon (And Others) Brace For India’s New eCommerce Tax. India has levied a new tax on eCommerce companies and platforms. The loans will soon be offered on a weekly basis.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. The Real “Lending” Stock Award – Goes to longtime player LendingTree. FinTech threats and distractions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2018

56 percent | Percentage of ground transportation expenses Uber secured for travel and expense company Certify’s customers in 2017, up 52 percent in 2016. The ridesharing industry overall landed 68 percent of 2017 ground travel spend, towering over car rentals (25 percent) and traditional taxis (7 percent). workforce by 2020.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Online lender Social Finance (SoFi) continues to struggle, recording an adjusted loss of around $12 million during the third quarter before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. According to The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), the earnings losses follow an adjusted profit of $56 million in Q3 of 2017.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The latest data also hints at the possibility banks may be feeling skittish about lending to small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers. Although hiring slowed in September, small businesses continue to remain optimistic and have even reported some significant benefits resulting from late-2017’s tax reform.

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Abrigo

JULY 20, 2017

Allaboutrisk.com (AAR) recognizes Sageworks as a credit risk vendor in its 2017 Risk Software Report. Electronic Tax Return Reader (ETRR). The fully integrated platform includes lending, credit risk and portfolio risk solutions to help commercial lenders lower costs and improve the borrower experience for their customers.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 8, 2016

As community banks and credit unions look toward 2017, many will be focusing on small business lending for loan portfolio growth, according to a recent Sageworks poll. However, small business lending comes with some unique challenges that banks and credit unions will need to address in order to grow their business lending portfolios.

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ZootBlog

JUNE 8, 2016

In July 2015, the Department of Defense (DoD) passed major changes to the Military Lending Act (MLA) with target compliance dates of October 3, 2015 and October 3, 2017. The 2017 date applies only to credit cards. The MLA’s overall goal is to prevent predatory lending against U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

small businesses had sought a loan online, compared to just 19 percent that did so in 2017. As online lending platforms proliferate among the SMB borrowing community, however, experts warn that a lack of regulation means these companies rarely publicly reveal interest rates and fees. ” Knowing Their Options. .

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Small business lending marketplace BitX Funding has struck an alliance with transportation equipment finance company Pelagic Capital, the companies said in a press release Tuesday (May 28). saw an estimated $35 billion in equipment loan and lease financing originations under $250,000 in 2017. ”

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

The American Bankers Association, joined by six other prominent industry trade groups, is seeking a six-month extension of the date by which depository institutions must comply with the Military Lending Act (MLA) final rule adopted by the Department of Defense (DoD) in July 2015 that dramatically expanded the scope of the MLA’s coverage.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

70 percent of SMEs didn’t use tax software in 2016 , found Office Depot in its most recent Small Business Index survey. Nearly a quarter of small businesses said they still use paper forms when filling out taxes. There are so many options available to small businesses today, the executive added. 37 percent of SMEs in the U.K.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 27, 2015

The Department of Defense (DoD) dramatically expanded the scope of the Military Lending Act (MLA) on July 22, 2015, publishing its Final Rule amending the MLA’s implementing regulation. The DoD consulted with the CFPB in developing the Final Rule, and the CFPB actively supported the DoD’s plans to expand MLA coverage.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

2017 was a transformative year for OnDeck,” CEO Noah Breslow noted at the beginning of his remarks. He reminded investors that the firm, which had a very rocky start in 2017, managed to end the year with its effective interest yield up by over 200 basis points and its net charge-off rate down by over 100 basis points.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 11, 2016

A number of prominent industry trade groups have written to the Department of Defense (DoD) seeking clarifications to the Military Lending Act (MLA) final rule adopted in July 2015 that dramatically expanded the scope of the MLA’s coverage.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The company said its capital value has jumped from 280 million pounds in 2017. While acquiring customers at a quick pace has resulted in widening pre-tax loss, the bank is improving on that thanks to a reduction in the cost to acquire new customers and launching some lending. That would give the company a user base of 2.3

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Marketplace lending. According to a Crunchbase article published in February of 2018, investments in blockchain and blockchain-related startups (excluding initial coin offerings, or ICOs) were already 40 percent of what they were in 2017. Honesty is the best policy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

Some economists say tax reform is also likely to boost the nation’s SMB population. NDP Analytics found that small business lending by the nation’s top-five online lending providers jumped 50 percent between 2015 and 2017.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

The breach of a tool that parents and students can use to streamline the student lending process has allowed information for 100,000 taxpayers to get out into the wild, according to Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen on Thursday. The scam led to about 8,000 fraudulent refunds — worth about $30 million.

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CB Insights

APRIL 13, 2017

Check out even more content at Future of Fintech 2017. Aggressive recent government initiatives in India, including bringing more people into a formal ID system (Aadhaar) and increased funding and tax … Continued. Use code “FoFInsights” to get $1000 off your ticket.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

The financing will leverage New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), alongside private capital, to provide short-term financing to small businesses with competitive rates and flexible terms, the company said. Greenline pointed to the retreat of banks in the SME lending space as adding to the struggle for small business owners to access financing.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Late payments and out-and-out defaults and charge-offs are on the rise across a few lending segments. According to the New York Federal Reserve, household debt surged in the final quarter of 2017 to $13.15 A fair portion of that interest rate, according to the Fed, was an uptick in mortgage lending. Rising Consumer Debt.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Although the DoD’s final rule took effect on October 1, 2015, it applies only to consumer credit transactions or accounts that are consummated or established after October 3, 2016 for most products, and after October 3, 2017 for credit cards. The request was made in a letter to the CFPB, the Fed, the FDIC, the OCC, and the NCUA (Agencies).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

billion | Visa’s revenue, according to its most recent earnings report for the first fiscal quarter, which ended in December 2017. Its results topped expectations, once impacts from recently passed tax legislation were factored out, including a bottom line at $1.08 Here are the numbers: $4.9 trillion, among other notable numbers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend. Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 Alternative Lending.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2016

economic health will temper in 2017. percent growth for 2017. The post-election sentiment has increased hopes for tax cuts and deregulations, which could lend a kick start to businesses, consumers and, ultimately, the economy. There is much speculation for how the U.S.’ percent growth and 2.1

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

In the address, Modi asked banks to step up and increase the rate at which they lend to the poor and announced additional measures, such as a 4 percent discount on interest rates for home loans taken out in 2017. The discount is on up to 900,000 rupees, or $13,200, Reuters noted. 10 and extending through Dec.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

That growth was outpaced by a record number of applications, up 30 percent year on year, as LendingClub looks to spur “awareness” of the benefits of fixed-rate lending in an era where interest rates are on the rise.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Funding Trends: Since 2017, these 250 private companies have raised $31.85B across 373 deals. This year’s cohort has already seen more mega-rounds in 2018 YTD than 2017’s Fintech 250 list in all of 2017, with 23 mega-rounds investments. Business Lending & Financing. General Lending & Marketplaces.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

In other news gleaned from the filing, unreserved legal costs in their entirety have been estimated at $1 billion as of the end of 2017, down from the $1.5 Elsewhere in the filing, and as reported by Reuters, the company disclosed the accounting charge in the fourth quarter stemming from last year’s changes in the tax law stood at $22.6

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2017

the lending arm of Ford Motors — announced yesterday (Jan 23) that going forward it will use AutoFi Inc. AutoFi doesn’t underwrite or decide loans on its own — as a marketplace for lending, it allows auto dealers to select banks, credit unions or alt lenders to pitch to prospective car buyers. Ford Motor Credit Co. —

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The Bombay Stock Exchange’s Sensex index also saw record highs, with a rally of more than 40,300 points due to a corporate tax cut and other business-boosting reforms. On Thursday (Oct. 31), shares were up 24 percent after trading about 30 percent higher than usual. He was replaced by Deutsche Bank executive Ravneet Gill.

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