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Is Online Lead Generation Inherently Deceptive?

CFPB Monitor

This post is the third in a series we’re writing on the FTC’s workshop on online lead generation entitled Follow the Lead. In our first post , we explored how online lead generation works. If that’s so, then all marketing is deceptive, especially in the online world, because all marketing works that way. Theodore R.

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From Bad To Worse, Marketplace Lending And The Brexit

PYMNTS

Which under normal circumstances is pretty good – but they kind of pale in comparison to the global display of metaphorical fireworks. A few years ago marketplace-based online lending was being hailed as the the signature innovation that was going to upend tradditional bank based lending for consumers and small businesses everywhere.

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The LatAm Fintech Market Map: 75+ Companies Disrupting Banking, Financial Services

CB Insights

Latin America fintech companies are creating solutions aimed at rethinking banking, lending, and payments in the region. Lending : Companies providing loan and credit products, such as Creditas , which has raised $27M to offer collateralized loan products. 500 Startups, Kaszek Ventures, Lead Edge Capital. LatAm Fintech.

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(Literal) Land Grab for Hot New Real Estate Startups Shows FOMO

PYMNTS

The funding round was led by LiveOak Venture Partners; debt came from Genesis Capital, Keystone Bank and others. In the Homeward model, done through an online platform, users who wish to sell their homes get credit upfront. The $314 million raised in all of 2017 pales by comparison. Sellers want higher margins. billion into May.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Before we begin and for comparison purposes, here are last year's top five , as measured in December 2022: #1. As both an MDI and CDFI, it applied for and received $80 million from the Emergency Capital Investment Program (ECIP) distributed by the U.S.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Restaurants Rule, FireEye Flounders And Lending Club Is Back On The List

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So, while seemingly paling in comparison, this week had its fair share of Sizzles — and some interesting Fizzles. Then, there was the announcement of Square Capital’s partnership with Upserve , a restaurant management system (the same one that also acquired Breadcrumb from Groupon in May) to extend working capital to restaurants.

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Why Digital Marketplaces Must Anticipate Shoppers’ Needs

PYMNTS

With abundant choices in many aspects of their lives, consumers expect a range of options when it comes to online shopping, ranging from picking out clothes to making travel plans. The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others.

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