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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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Boston Fed Takes On Cyber Risks, FinTech Competition

PYMNTS

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren delivered a speech yesterday (April 4) at the bank’s 2016 Cybersecurity Conference highlighting the economic and cyber risks financial institutions are facing today. However, this rapid evolution generates risks,” Rosengren said.

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Stifel Launches Lending Unit For Startups And Their Investors

PYMNTS

has announced the launch of a venture banking and lending business to provide debt capital financing and commercial banking solutions to growth companies and their investors. We view Venture Banking and Lending as an attractive loan and deposit growth vehicle, and we’re excited to be in the market with these new capabilities.”.

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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. Product Innovation — for demonstrating the ability to launch multiple innovative products. Join us for the 10 th annual Innovation and Insight Day on April 4 th in Boston.

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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. Product Innovation — for demonstrating the ability to launch multiple innovative products. Join us for the 10 th annual Innovation and Insight Day on April 4 th in Boston.

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Second Day, Second Wind On Innovation Debates

PYMNTS

With blizzard Stella faded like Blanche Dubois’ southern charm, Boston still had its winter chill. But on the second day of Innovation Project 2017, eyes were beyond Beantown and cast toward the world at large. Lending, Lending Everywhere, With Quite a Lot to Think. It’s a big problem. That is not true,” O’Neil noted.

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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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