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As Rates Rise and Recession Threatens, Alternative Lenders Batten Down the Hatches

Bank Innovation

LAS VEGAS - The CEOs of Prosper Marketplace, Lending Club, and Social Finance Inc. all spoke to a common theme – preparing for the coming storm and choosing loans for quality, not quantity. JPMorgan Chase has predicted a 60% chance of recession by 2020, and it’s not clear how traumatic an event it will be […].

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Wild Cards? Gambling, Payroll, Other Models Provide Fresh Fuel For Prepaid

PYMNTS

The real trick is to tie engaging consumer experiences to those cards, which is critical, as prepaid and reloadable cards continue to evolve — moving from plastic cards to mobile accounts that can adapt to an expanding portfolio of use cases, including payroll, online gambling or even consumer and business lending. Step back a bit first.

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Financial Conferences this Fall Showcasing New Ideas and Innovation

William Mills

Between September and October, we’ll see a host of new companies, ideas and innovation, and we’ll hear from the “experts” on those issues we need to pay attention to in 2017. Alternative lenders are learning more about fraud to their dismay and access to capital. The best quote I’ve heard recently is, “Anyone can lend money.

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Gonzo Notes from Money20/20

Gonzobanker

Recently, your intrepid Gonzo investigators found themselves (again) in Las Vegas to get a take on payments at Money20/20. (We Lots of talk about innovation and customer experience. There is currently more than $1 billion in venture capital investments into blockchain/bitcoin technology. Innovation on the merchant side.

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10 Big and Small Ideas From Gartner and Money 20/20 – Recap

South State Correspondent

Our teams just returned from back-to-back weeks at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando and Money 20/20 in Las Vegas. AI, payments, data, and other aspects of innovation are dropping behind the scenes. These economic macro trends and their impact on capital have put a terminal date on many of these companies.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Select Investors: BlackRock, Norwest Venture Partners, Sands Capital.

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

Fintech Labs Insights

Register today to see and meet these innovators in person on May 12 and 13 at our upcoming conference in San Jose, California. Sneak Peek Part 7: Avoka, CBW Bank, Cloud Lending Solutions, Context Relevant, Dealstruck, DriveWealth, Dwolla, Dynamics, Encap Security, EyeBuy, FIS Mobile, Kabbage, Knox Payments, Lending Tree, LendKey.