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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

According to the CFPB, the new members “include experts in consumer protection, financial services, community development, fair lending, civil rights, consumer financial products or services, representatives of community banks and credit unions, and scholars with relevant methodological and subject matter experience.”

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Fintech Fundings: 29 Companies Raise $1.2 Billion Week Ending April 8

Fintech Labs Insights

P2P lending platform. HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts. HQ: Denver, Colorado. Tags: Consumer, banking, lending, mobile. Total raised: $80 million. HQ: Minnesota City, Minnesota. Source: Crunchbase. Meili Jinrong. Latest round: Undisclosed. Total raised: $65+ million. HQ: Kagoshima, China. Source: Crunchbase. Finanz Check.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Bailout: An Insider's Account of Bank Failures and Rescues 1986 Agnes Wright Spring Spring, Agnes Wright The First National Bank of Denver: The Formative Years, 1860-1865 1960 Benn Steil Steil, Benn The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order 2013 James B. Gorton Gorton, Gary B.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

via Beta Boston. Select VC Investors: VantagePoint Capital Partners, Lend Lease Ventures. In a Boston Globe interview in January, he had indicated that the company’s financial performance was a pressing concern. ” via Boston Globe. via Boston Magazine. via Denver Post. Company: Rdio. via SFGate.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

BTCjam, a P2P marketplace launched in 2012 to borrow and lend using bitcoin, announced the company has made “the difficult decision” to close up shop, according to multiple news sources. It did not close because the customer base isn’t there or due to a lack of demand for its lending products. -Kyle Hill, HomeCare CEO. Product: BTCJam.

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