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Alt-Lending Regulation Fears Won’t Stop Investors

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It feels like 2014 again with the ongoing popularity of alternative lending startups. Earlier this week, reports emerged that some alternative lending and industry professionals are beginning to heighten their anxieties about incoming regulation, particularly as some ponder whether the U.S. Alternative Lending. MarketInvoice.

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FTC warns use of big data may violate federal consumer protection laws

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A new FTC report , “Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues,” warns that certain uses of big data consisting of consumer information may implicate various federal consumer protection laws. ET, Ballard Spahr attorneys will hold a webinar, “Big Problems with Big Data?

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DOJ, CFPB and HUD officials outline priorities at industry fair lending conference

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At an industry fair lending conference last week, officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) outlined fair lending priorities for their agencies. along racial, ethnic and national origin lines. along racial, ethnic and national origin lines.

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The Russian Connection (To Alt Lending Globally)

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When news of the financial crisis broke in 2008 and big banks all over the world were eschewing consumer and small business credit markets, Batine and Dunaev saw an opportunity — one that was particularly pressing in developing nations, an area of the world that was below the big banks’ radars.

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Alt-Lending Back On Top (Just Not In The US)

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After a few months of lackluster performance with venture capitalists, alternative lending startups have won big this week thanks to two deals totaling more than $80 million — a figure expected to rise even higher. ” Big Data. 20), to support its platform that serves the nation’s wholesale beverage space.

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Investors Balk At Talk Of Alt-SME Lending Collapse

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The alternative small business lending market took home the biggest slice of cake this week with about $33.5 EZBob operates the Everline and EZBob online small business lending platforms, and CEO Tomer Guriel said in a statement that the funding “is proof of our game-changing technology and unique approach to business lending.”

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Chinese Finance Group Calls For AI Regulation In Ecosystem

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When it comes to securities, banking and other finance products which are employing technology such as a facial recognition or big data analytics, technologies to regulate that intelligent finance have lagged behind AI development, according to a report by the China Finance 40 Forum , a platform for finance policy research and academic exchange.