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Marqeta to focus on growing product suite in 2020

Bank Innovation

If 2019 was the year of the challenger bank, 2020 will be the year payments companies move closer to bank territory. Marqeta, the card issuing and processing startup supporting the capabilities of large companies like Kabbage and Square, sees 2020 as a big year for payments companies branching out into banking.

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Online lending startup Amount raises $81M in round led by Goldman

American Banker

The tech firm spun off by Avant, which licenses its lending software to banks, has now raised $140 million this year.

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Banks and Credit Unions View Fintech Partnerships a Key Growth Strategy for 2020

Gonzobanker

Financial institutions are making fintech partnerships a key priority in 2020, according to a new study from Cornerstone Advisors. In What’s Going On In Banking 2020: Outlook for a New Decade , 65% of banks and 76% of credit unions say these partnerships will be an important part of their business strategies this year.

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The messaging tool that let Happy State Bank take its lending online

American Banker

The Texas bank is leaning on solutions from Lightico and MANTL to quickly set up accounts and handle loans when customers can’t sign documents in person because of the coronavirus emergency.

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Lending: When Technology Makes the Call

Banking 2020

Estimates vary, but it’s clear that tens of millions of consumers have little or no credit history, and many of them fall outside the purview of traditional lending institutions. Spotlight analytics credit digital tools lending technology' In fact, there’s enormous potential here.

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B2B FinTech On The Cusp Of Change

PYMNTS

The alternative lending market is showing signs of defeat against traditional bank loans, and SMEs are strengthening their demands for more than the typical solutions currently offered by traditional FIs. Those services include bitcoin and peer-to-peer lending, analysts said. 65% of U.K. percent of borrower applications.

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How coronavirus pivot helped this British fintech land PNC

American Banker

The challenger bank OakNorth has been peddling its lending platform to U.S. banks for a year. When it saw COVID-19 on the horizon, it retooled to include a ratings system predicting how borrowers will be affected by the pandemic.

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