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LendingClub breaks ground with Radius Bank acquisition 

Bank Innovation

LendingClub, the publicly traded digital-lending marketplace, announced Tuesday that it is acquiring Boston-based Radius Bank, which has $1.4 billion in assets and is partnered with several fintech companies. LendingClub will pay $185 million for the acquisition, which the company expects to pay for itself in less than two years.

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Radius Bank leads with PPP forgiveness solution   

Bank Innovation

The Boston-based bank is creating its own solution in advance of the PPP forgiveness process that will start […]. Radius Bank is standing up a Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness tool, even as many banks feel left in the dark by the Small Business Administration, which hasn’t yet released details on how the process will work.

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Celent Model Bank Awards 2017: Banking Products Innovation

Celent Banking

Lending Product — for the most impressive consumer or business lending or collections initiative. Lending: Possibly threatened by alternative lenders, banks in this sub-category are improving the speed and convenience of loans for micro and small businesses. The submissions represented two approaches to Open Banking.

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Celent Model Bank Awards 2017: Banking Products Innovation

Celent Banking

Lending Product — for the most impressive consumer or business lending or collections initiative. Lending: Possibly threatened by alternative lenders, banks in this sub-category are improving the speed and convenience of loans for micro and small businesses. The submissions represented two approaches to Open Banking.

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Amid Blockchain And Robotics Hype, Corporate Lenders Still Start With The Cloud

PYMNTS

It’s not only for consumers, though: Alternative lending firm Kabbage recently found that mobile lending is on the rise among small businesses, with a more than 360 percent increase in the number of SMB loans accessed via mobile device between April 2014 and February 2018.

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Top 13 Bank, Fintech & Financial Services Marketing Conferences

Fintech Labs Insights

Event Spotlight Book No Our other event calendars: Fintech conferences, events and tradeshows Payments & Card industry conferences, events and tradeshows Insurtech conferences, events and tradeshows Banking, Mortgage, Lending & BankTech conferences, events and tradeshows Investment Advisor Technology conferences, events and tradeshows Proptech (..)

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Model Bank 2017: Small Business and Corporate Digital Innovation Themes

Celent Banking

When evaluating this year’s Model Bank submissions that are targeted at small business and corporate clients, we identified a number of excellent initiatives in each of the five overall categories: Customer Experience. Operations and Risk. Legacy Transformation / IT Platform Innovations. Emerging Innovation.