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FinTech LendingClub Buys Radius Bank For $185M

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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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Why The Final Payday Lending Rules Are Far From The Last Word

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Last week, after five years of debates, discussions, arguments and waiting, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) final rules for payday lending dropped. Even more surprising is that the editorial boards and writers at The Washington Post and The Boston Globe agree with them, given their historical pro-CFPB stance.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

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Inside the FDIC: Thirty Years of Bank Failures, Bailouts, and Regulatory Battles 2015 Louis D. Giannini: Banker of America 1994 Richard X. Bove Bove, Richard X. Guardians of Prosperity: Why America Needs Big Banks 2013 John F. Bovenzi Bovenzi, John F. Brandeis Brandeis, Louis D. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Gorton Gorton, Gary B.

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