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MARCH 26, 2019

The industry indeed proved to be lucrative for FinTechs, with alternative lending often landing at the top of venture capital investment reports with giants like Kabbage , OnDeck and LendingClub securing an early lead in the industry. Further, GLI Finance revealed a $25.93 Further, GLI Finance revealed a $25.93

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JULY 10, 2018

Coming up on the half mark in 2018, total fundraising on the continent has hit $168.6 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. So why the boom? Cellulant raised $47.5

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MARCH 6, 2019

As has been reported, the company’s capital lending program lets companies receive cash advances against future revenues. The company said in a statement that the total amount of funding advanced to firms was up 60 percent, reaching that £1 billion tally in 2018.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 27, 2018

More startups should launch in the “niche” areas of banking that incumbent institutions have started avoiding, Ohad Samet, co-founder and chief executive officer for TrueAccord, told attendees of the 2018 Bank Innovation conference.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Goldman Sachs might be reining in its online lending platform due to concerns about the stage of the credit cycle and changes in market data. Initially, Marcus will start by providing easy access, online-only savings accounts, with lending products slated to be available at the earliest in 2019.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 4, 2017

EXCLUSIVE— Marketplace lender Prosper will make liquidity a top priority as the company moves into 2018, company CEO David Kimball said during a lending conference that took place last week. Our main concern… it’s always liquidity, and I think most people in this room understand that the best way to get to liquidity is to […].

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In addition to fireside chats, startup demos, and general sessions, Bank Innovation’s 2018 conference has added a pre-conference workshop on how to build an innovation team, added even more time […].

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

SoLo Funds announced it has added a Mastercard integration so users can link their debit accounts to the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform. This integration brings us a step closer to our goal of transforming the lending sector by providing timely access to small loans through everyday mobile users.”.

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Abrigo

JUNE 13, 2019

That topped satisfaction rates for small banks, large banks, and online lenders. And few credit unions are involved in lending programs backed by the U.S. Only 178 credit unions, or 3%, were active lenders in the most popular SBA program, the 7(a) loan program, in federal fiscal 2018. More room for business lending.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 24, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - Known as one of the first technology companies in Europe to procure a German banking license, solarisBank has lofty ambitions for 2018. That plan, according to Timo Weber, VP of strategy and internationalization, is to add 50 more partners over the course of the year. “A A big part of our effort this year […].

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Goldman Sachs booked a 4 percent year-over-year revenue increase for the third quarter of 2018, with that growth powered in part by increased lending through its Marcus by Goldman Sachs online consumer savings and lending platform. For the first nine months of 2018, net revenue for Goldman Sachs stands at $28.08

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Indeed, as far as innovation is concerned, 2018 was the year of the fintechs and nonbanks -- some friendlier to the traditional players than others. […]. Bank Innovation’s five picks for companies that made noise in fintech this year may not include any banks, but it does include a company owned by a collection of them.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

As diverse as they may be, they share a few common characteristics: an automated online application process, the use of proprietary algorithms to determine creditworthiness and a focus on speed and inclusivity. On that score, online lenders have been successful, according to a just-released study from the Cleveland Federal Reserve.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

As diverse as they may be, they share a few common characteristics: an automated online application process, the use of proprietary algorithms to determine creditworthiness and a focus on speed and inclusivity. On that score, online lenders have been successful, according to a just-released study from the Cleveland Federal Reserve.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

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. In Fiscal Year 2018, not one of the 100 top lenders participating in the SBA’s 7(a) loan program were credit unions, reports in American Banker said last month.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Fiserv’s consumer trends survey, Expectations & Experiences, shows that the majority of loans over the past two years were done online, the company said on Monday (Oct. Almost two-thirds – 65 percent – of loan applicants since 2017 completed their applications partially or fully online, up from 56 percent in 2018.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

How PSD2 is Changing Lending in the U.K. Since its official launch in January 2018, merchants and consumers in the EU have been slowly coming to terms with the effects of PSD2. However, customers are still wary of sharing too much data online, especially as questions grow over who has their data and how it’s being used.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Goldman Sachs might be reining in its online lending platform due to concerns about the stage of the credit cycle and changes in market data. Initially, Marcus will start by providing easy access, online-only savings accounts, with lending products slated to be available at the earliest in 2019.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Bitcoin is no longer enjoying the limelight, non-bank giants like Amazon, Walmart and Google have shaken up the banking landscape and automation has become the norm in various aspects of banking with banks like using it in the backend of credit decision-making and lending. But which Bank Innovation stories caught […].

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 11, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- Blockchain technology and digital loans will continue to grow in 2018 as banks continue to work on their cybersecurity in the coming year, software provider Mitek predicts. It’s just logical that given the extent of recent data breaches, that we’re going to see more of the same.

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MARCH 19, 2019

Grab Financial Group , the Southeast Asia FinTech company, announced Tuesday (March 19) the rollout of SME lending and micro-insurance for drivers in Singapore as part of its “Grow with Grab” roadmap. Grow with Grab” is its full push into lending and insurance, the company said in the press release.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

According to a report in The Financial Times , citing Stephen Scherr, the bank’s head of Strategy, Goldman Sachs is preparing to rollout an online deposit business across the pond by the middle of 2018. In the future, it could add consumer lending into the mix in the U.K. . by the middle of 2018. Much like in the U.S.,

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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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PYMNTS

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. Behind the Numbers .

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PYMNTS

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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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 27, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Marketplace lender Best Egg will move towards financing consumer purchases, including home improvements, as it looks to expand in 2018, the company told Bank Innovation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Stripe, which handles card payments for millions of online businesses, booted the Trump campaign site and fundraising apparatus for violating the rule against inciting violence, according to WSJ. The program is Stripe's newest initiative to tap into the online business financing and lending market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Potential borrowers apply online or via mobile, can be approved and offered a rate within 15 minutes, and can have their loans funded within 24 hours. For banks, including relatively large banks, Goldstein noted, entering into personal lending markets is daunting, even if it is appealing from a variety of standpoints.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

EXCLUSIVE—Online lender OnDeck grew originations and expects even more growth this year, according to its earnings call today. The New York-based OnDeck expects “originations to grow at double-digit rates” over the next year, company CEO Noah Breslow said during the call this morning.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

GonzoBankers, 2018 has been a troublesome year. about the best and worst in banking for 2018 and get fired up to start again in ’19. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the 2018 GonzoBanker Awards ! Although all banks faced stock headwinds in 2018, we give the nod to William Demchak at PNC Financial Services.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2017

With home loan growth expected to slow to 4 percent in 2018, National Australia Bank (NAB) wants to build its business elsewhere, namely in SME lending. Finally, National Australia Bank is also looking to streamline SME customer on-boarding, allowing sole traders to open an online account in about 10 minutes.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

About a year ago, the CFPB, which now goes by the BCFP, dropped the final version of its payday lending regulations. Being compliant with these new regulations meant big changes to the payday lending process, including testing requirements to confirm a borrower’s ability to repay a loan on time while still meeting day-to-day expenses.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2022

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has issued final regulations to implement SB 1235, the bill signed into law on September 30, 2018 that requires consumer-like disclosures to be made for certain commercial financing products, including small business loans and merchant cash advances. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

In the early days of online lending, the big appeal was access to funds for potential borrowers with few, if any, options for securing capital. Kassul noted his firm used to invest in ABS from the lending marketplaces but, eventually, there just wasn’t enough profit in it. The Coming Risk Assessment Reset.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. The news reveals CEO Anthony Noto 's aspirations to go public after he succeeded SoFi Co-Founder Mike Cagney in 2018.

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