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China’s P2P Lending Crackdown Leaves $115B In Losses

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China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector, once 6,000 businesses strong, has been reduced to fewer than three dozen as the government tightened regulations, leaving billions in loans unpaid. But the news service reported the sector was plagued by fraud and defaults. 14), per the report.

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PPP Headaches: As Anti-Fraud Efforts Continue, Borrowers & Lenders Face Challenges

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You might also like this webinar: "Detecting PPP Fraud: Optimizing Your AML Solution". Takeaway 1 To prevent the kind of fraud that plagued the Paycheck Protection Program in 2020, the SBA has put new measures in place that have created challenges. PPP fraud-prevention challenges arise. New Guidance Out.

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Fraud risk could run to billions in PPP loans

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Fraud is a common trend with government relief programs. In fact, fraud estimates for previous stimulus programs indicate that the Small Business […].

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Bitcoin Daily: Lender Vauld Nets $2 Million To Expand To Full Crypto Bank; SEC Freezes Assets Of Virgil Capital In Alleged Fraud In Crypto Trading Fund; Japan's SBI Holdings Claims Ripple's XRP Is Crypto, Not A Security

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Cryptocurrency lending platform Vauld raised $2 million to expand into full banking services, including issuing credit and debit cards and providing fiat and crypto order books, CoinDesk reported. The funding round was led by Pantera Capital and included Coinbase Ventures and LuneX Ventures. In other news, the U.S.

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What Lenders Are Learning About Emerging PPP Loan Fraud

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In the mad dash to secure Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds, small businesses have faced confusion, anxiety and often a lack of clarity as to when they would receive capital – if at all. The process was chaotic for the lenders, too, creating greater potential for fraud amid an unprecedented SMB stimulus effort. Incoming Waves.

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Main Street Lending Program Broadened to Attract More Lenders, Borrowers

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Key Takeaways The soon-to-begin Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) aims to fulfill a need for mid-sized businesses to access relief funds amid the coronavirus pandemic. The MSLP aims to be a lifeline for businesses that may have been too big to participate in the PPP, but too small to access corporate lending facilities. learn more.

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Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector

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Federal and state authorities are targeting companies that allegedly lend money to small businesses at extreme rates and seek to collect payments with heavy-handed tactics, NBC News reported Tuesday (Aug. Representatives of the companies either denied wrongdoing or declined to comment.

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