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Commercial Credit Trends – Where to Tread Carefully

South State Correspondent

Lending is getting riskier. This data is critical for pricing, capital allocation, and marketing. As can be seen, the consumer is starting to feel the credit shock first while commercial lending is still performing. Minnesota, North Dakota, and Iowa were the least risky states to lend into. This quarter, it is 2.58%.

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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

PYMNTS

Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” This time around, Sweetbridge is using blockchain in a lending context.

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Aura Completes $50M Social Bond For 32K+ Loans

PYMNTS

The latest move raises Aura’s raised capital amount to $403 million through 21 bond issuances, a number that has helped to fund 283,469 loans. who simply don’t have access to safe lending and are susceptible to predatory lenders. James Gutierrez, CEO and founder of Aura, said the capital will help further the company’s mission. “We

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Could Income Share Agreements Displace Payday Loans?

PYMNTS

Valued at $150 million, Lambda has seen investments from the likes of Bedrock Founder Geoff Lewis, along with Google Ventures, GGV Capital, Vy Capital, Y Combinator and actor Ashton Kutcher. On the startup side, the best-known and best-funded player in the space is the Lambda School , founded in 2017.

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Growing a mortgage portfolio: Encourage borrowers to bank local

Abrigo

In the spirit of the go local movement, new data from Sageworks Bank Information peeked in on 10 cities to see which community banks were making an impact on local mortgage lending. • Phoenix, ArizonaArizona Bank & Trust ($102 million). Flagstar capitalizes on going local, too. banks and credit unions.

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Arizona’s regulatory sandbox is open for play

CFPB Monitor

On August 3, 2018, Arizona began accepting applications for its regulatory sandbox that “enables a participant to obtain limited access to Arizona’s market to test innovative financial products or services without first obtaining full state licensure or other authorization that otherwise may be required.”

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Online lending summit speakers discuss SPNB charters, CFPB trial disclosure policy, alternative data

CFPB Monitor

At the Online Lending Policy Institute’s (OLPI) annual summit in Washington, D.C. Gardineer raised concerns about the application of bespoke capital, liquidity, and risk management requirements for SPNB charter applicants. Questions directed at Ms.