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Reverse Trend

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Community banks, which will continue to face a growing number of senior customers with everyday cash needs and built-up home equity, should explore this niche lending opportunity, two community bankers providing these specialty loans suggest. Yet Ardesson says he is the only banker based in Arizona that he knows of making reverse mortgages.

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Oportun Personal Loans Review: For Borrowers With No Credit

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APRs are lower than predatory lending options. While the loans are very expensive, they offer a middle ground between traditional loans and potentially predatory payday lending. Unlike Oportun, traditional lenders usually look at your credit score when making a lending decision. Designed for borrowers with no credit.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

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million for its P2P lending platform for small businesses. Alt-lender focused on lending against existing automobile titles. P2P real estate lending marketplace. Peer-to-peer lending marketplace. Tags: SMB, lending, P2P, peer-to-peer, underwriting, credit, investing, Finovate alum. SmartAsset raised $3.8

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Fintech Fundings: 35 Companies Raise $470 Million the Third Week of June

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Income tax prep. Tags: SMB, lending, underwriting, trade finance, factoring, alt-lender. HQ: Shenzen, China. Source: FT Partners. Credit card payoff loans. Latest round: $46.76 million Series C. Total raised: $71.56 HQ: Costa Mesa, California. Source: FT Partners. Better Mortgage. Mortgage lender. Latest round: $30 million Series A.