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Affirm Challenges Retailers, FI’s To Practice ’Honest Finance‘

PYMNTS

So started Affirm’s Co-Founder and CEO Max Levchin ’s remarks at his firm’s first-ever AFFIRMation conference for its retail partners in San Francisco yesterday. Financial brands, on the other hand, have scores calculated in negative numbers. “Finance is pretty broken.”.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Under Stuart’s leadership over the past 17 years, OnPoint has gone from under $2 billion in assets to knocking on the door of $10 billion, all while becoming the most recognized financial brand in the Portland market and achieving some of the industry’s best profitability in 2023. Oh, and along the way, OnPoint will provide an amazing $2.5

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. A deal like this has huge integration risk, and it’s good to have Stephen Steinour and team leading the way. We salute a legend of lending and credit union leadership. Has it worked? 82% to over 2.3%

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Renaud Laplanche’s Second Act

PYMNTS

Which leads to the interesting case of Renaud Laplanche, the co-founder and former CEO of Lending Club and the co-founder and current CEO of online lender Upgrade. Both Lending Club and Laplanche are currently facing shareholder litigation that claims they concealed material weaknesses in the online lender’s ability to monitor its operations.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

While this deal was announced late last year, the heavy lifting was done in 2016 as BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp came together under a new brand to create the largest Korean American bank. Handy Handout – Tinker Federal Credit Union branded jumper cables given to board members at its strategic planning retreat.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

While this deal was announced late last year, the heavy lifting was done in 2016 as BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp came together under a new brand to create the largest Korean American bank. Handy Handout – Tinker Federal Credit Union branded jumper cables given to board members at its strategic planning retreat.

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Finovate Spring 2018 – Day 2

William Mills

A TON of really old technology is being used in mortgage lending. The company enables clients to achieve best-in-class results driving quality and innovation in Payments, Processing Services, Risk & Compliance, Customer & Channel Management, and Insights & Optimization. Good job AI Foundry!