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FinTech LendingClub Buys Radius Bank For $185M

PYMNTS

LendingClub provides personal lending online, and it wants access to funding that is more stable and not as expensive. Radius is based in Boston and has in the neighborhood of $1.4 The bank is one of a few smaller lenders that has teamed up with FinTechs who need services only an FDIC-regulated institution can provide.

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

PYMNTS

Consumers demand easy, digital banking, but this pressure for banks to deliver is also coming from corporate clients. Take mobile banking, which has propelled the introduction of mobile-only banks to meet demand for better services on smaller screens.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia. We salute a legend of lending and credit union leadership.

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Bank May License Fast-Loan Product Hatched in Lab

American Banker

A month after introducing the Express Business Loan for its customers, Eastern Bank in Boston says it is in talks with several banks across the U.S. to license the product.

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Fintech Fundings: 28 Companies Raise $330 Million Week Ending Jan 15

Fintech Labs Insights

million to its digital banking platform. Startup digital bank. SaaS banking platform. Mobile banking app developer for financial institutions. Tags: Enterprise, B2B2C, mobile banking, digital banking. App Annie garnered $63 million for its mobile analytics and development tools.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

Fintech Labs Insights

Digital currency provider. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Digital banking platform for financial institutions. Tags: Peer-to-peer, P2P, lending, investing. Here are the deals listed by size from April 25 to April 30: Circle. Latest round: $50 million Series C (at $200 million valuation). Total raised: $76 million.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Banks still hold a trust advantage when it comes to safeguarding personal data and using data in the best interests of their customers,” agrees Teresa A. Consumer studies the Boston firm has conducted indicate increasing mobile-banking adoption and awareness and use of mobile remote-deposit capture applications.

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