PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Merchants and disbursements providers need to innovate quickly to stand up against their competitors, many of which are smaller FinTechs or startups that can capitalize on the host of customers that near-exclusively transact and receive money through digital and mobile devices. About the Tracker.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Hong Kong-based mobile lender, WeLab announced that it raised $220 million in a Series B funding round today. The round included big names like Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Credit Suisse and World Bank’s International Finance Corporation. This latest round of funding brings WeLab’s total to $425 million.

Mobile 150

Mobile Lending Capital Online 150

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

New Jersey-based financial institution Investors Bank has announced a collaboration with online small business lending firm OnDeck to digitize its own small to medium-sized business (SMB) lending operations. The companies announced their collaboration in a press release Monday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

So it is with the Chinese alternative lending space, with various nomenclature in place, seemingly interchangeable, embracing P2P loans or internet lending – in short, funds flowing outside the confines of the bank branch and the teller window. Regulations take shape, usually quite a bit more slowly.

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Lending Guidelines Fintech Industry 150

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2017

With home loan growth expected to slow to 4 percent in 2018, National Australia Bank (NAB) wants to build its business elsewhere, namely in SME lending. A report in The Australian on Monday (July 31) revealed news that the NAB is adding new features to its small business (SMB) lending unit, QuickBiz, in an effort to build market share.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 18, 2018

Mobile lending app Tala today secured $65 million in its latest round of funding. marked for its expansion to India. With over 1.3 billion people, rapidly advancing technology, and government backed initiatives to digitize financial services, India is becoming an important market for fintechs.

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Lending Fintech Mobile Security 170

PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. Credit unions (CUs), meanwhile, are rarely the first point of contact for small businesses in need of capital or other financial services, according to a recent Federal Reserve report.

Lending 129

Lending Analytics Data Security 129

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. Community financial institutions' experience with PPP technology also translates to other areas of lending.

Lending 259

Lending Community San Antonio Survey 259

Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Mobile payments company Square grew its gross payment volume 34% over last year, and its loans through Square Capital were up twice that — 68%. The San Francisco-based company processed $13.7 billion in payments in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared with $10.2 billion in the same quarter last year. Read More.

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San Francisco Capital Cards Mobile 210

Bank Innovation

MAY 4, 2016

A deep read of OnDeck Capital‘s earnings report yesterday reveals this truth: the company is moving away from marketplace lending.

Lending 150

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2016

With an eye on what could be called a true greenfield opportunity, alternative lending platform Biz2Credit is launching its small business lending products in India. One of the key challenges is, of course, that financial data is not necessarily collected or easily accessible.

Online 100

Online Lending Course Risk Management 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Potential borrowers apply online or via mobile, can be approved and offered a rate within 15 minutes, and can have their loans funded within 24 hours. For banks, including relatively large banks, Goldstein noted, entering into personal lending markets is daunting, even if it is appealing from a variety of standpoints.

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Lending Alabama Online System 134

Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. Community financial institutions' experience with PPP technology also translates to other areas of lending.

Lending 195

Lending Community San Antonio Survey 195

Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Cloud infrastructure and data analytics are becoming more and more integral to financial services, and Capital One is one bank ahead of the curve. “We We are a very data-driven company, we want to bring the bank to the customer,” Linda Apsley, vice president of data engineering at Capital One, said of the bank’s use of […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Soon after Lending Club revealed its ex-CEO may have artificially inflated the company’s lending volumes, the U.S. Find out which alt lenders secured $77 million in venture capital, as well as the other startups across the U.S., Alternative Lending. alternative lending space this week, too. Lendingkart.

Lending 101

Lending Analytics Capital Industry 101

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2021

Finja , the Pakistan-based digital lending FinTech, has raised $9 million in a Series A round for $10 million, according to a company press release. Finja was founded by Qasif Shahid , Monis Rahman , and Umer Munawar , all tech veterans, as a mobile wallet service. And Shahid said the new funding would be a boost for the company.

Lending 175

Lending Capital Mobile Company 175

Bank Innovation

MARCH 30, 2018

Melbourne-based challenger bank Judo Capital will be focusing its efforts on small business banking in Australia, according to banking plans unveiled by the challenger yesterday.

Capital 199

Capital National Regulation Online 199

Bank Innovation

MAY 6, 2016

That’s what the industry needs: competing marketplace lending associations. Today, the three big names in marketplace lending (for now — more on that below) that were not in the just-launched Marketplace Lending Association have formed the Innovative Lending Platform Association.

Lending 150

Lending Innovation Industry Capital 150

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

The alternative small business lending market took home the biggest slice of cake this week with about $33.5 million worth of venture capital across two deals. But it was the big names from Google, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard that made for the week’s largest enterprise-focused venture capital round. SME Finance. and Europe.

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Lending Capital Google Security 100

Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2016

Investors were looking to today’s Lending Club Corp. earnings as a sign of validation for the troubled marketplace lending sector. Instead, they got scandal. The company said Renaud Laplanche has resigned as chief executive and chairman after an internal review found sales of $22 million in near-prime loans to a Read More.

Lending 150

Lending Company Capital Online 150

Bank Innovation

MAY 22, 2018

There are quite a few lending solutions these days for small businesses -- Funding Circle, OnDeck, Kabbage, and Square Capital, to name a just a few -- but innovation and digitization are lagging in other areas, such as digital account opening. Enter Gro Solutions, a sales and marketing platform for financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Now, the fast-growing operation is tapping into one of the growing trends in payments and commerce by offering online financing for its many partners. is a new program that has OYO partnering with Biz2Credit , a small business online lending platform. market share as this new decade looms. One way to play harder in the U.S.

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Online US Trends Operations 100

PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

Bank of America (BoA) is expanding its mobile service for small- and medium-sized (SME) customers. An announcement by the financial institution (FI) this week said it now enables small businesses to apply for loans via its mobile app.

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Mobile America Lending Meeting 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As reported, iwoca , a small business lender focused on online lending (with loans up to 250,000 pounds) said it raised 150 million pounds in debt and equity financing (where the division was 20 million pounds of equity financing and with the remainder as debt), as per reports Monday (Feb. 18 th ). As Yahoo Finance U.K.

Fintech 187

Fintech Lending Capital Regional 187

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets.

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Fintech Lending Regional Regulation 144

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

4) night after the San Francisco-based financial services company posted better-than-expected quarterly results for its mobile payment app. Square Capital, the company’s lending division, reported a drop in revenue after it stopped issuing most new loans in the quarter. Square saw its shares skyrocket Tuesday (Aug.

San Francisco 218

San Francisco Capital Taxes Lending 218

Bank Innovation

JUNE 27, 2016

Startup valuations are dropping; once abundant venture capital is growing scarcer; marketplace lending has gotten bruised — even the self-proclaimed capital of fintech, London, faces an uncertain future with Brexit. Some of the shine seems to have come off fintech innovation in 2016. Read More.

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Innovation Lending Capital Fintech 285

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market is headed for more turbulence in 2020 as more of its popular platforms face potentially being shut down as the government tightens regulatory reins. Gansu, Hebei, Hunan, Chongqing and Sichuan were among Chinese provinces ordering a total shutdown of P2P lending in 2019. billion yuan (US$70.4

Lending 131

Lending Regulation Capital Industry 131

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Report: Millennials, Buy Now Pay Later And The Shifting Dynamics Of Online Credit.

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Trends Fraud Millennials Community Bank 175

Bank Innovation

JUNE 12, 2017

As the year saw changes in financial regulation, startup culture, and trends in venture capital, innovation moved forward: blockchain labs were made, funding was fought for, mobile payment systems were integrated, and the limits of artificial […].

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Innovation blockchain Trends Capital 399

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The lenders provide the capital a business needs as quickly and easily as possible.”. Small businesses can apply for the financing online and must provide information by monthly gross revenue, showing that they have been in operation for at least six months. They have a set term and daily/weekly payment,” he continued.

Lending 100

Lending Video Capital Marketing 100

Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Lending Tech With Almost Steady Grades (Even With Rough Semesters). Here’s a few recent ones that caught our attention, and please, “Give us some slack, teach” on the school themes, ok? Banks Bought More Fintechs (Until Sum mer Break Started!).

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Fintech Lending Software Compliance 195

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

landed on the board, too, as alternative lending, small business banking, back-office financial management and accounts receivable technology enticed backers. Challenger bank Yelo, operating in India, raised an undisclosed sum from Matrix Partners India, Omidyar Network, Flourish VC and Better Capital, Inc 42 reports said this week.

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Fintech Capital Lending Operations 155

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in China is not for the faint of heart — and that’s putting it lightly. Banks offer credit limits to borrowers that would seem punitively low in much of the Western world, so there is a pent-up demand for online alternatives. Swimming against that tide is China-based P2P lending provider X Financial.

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US Lending New York Cards 166

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Many of these processes had begun to shift to digital channels within the past several years, however, and the health crisis has caused the online shift to pick up steam at an incredible pace. Capital Float On Using Video-Based KYC To Boost Onboarding, Satisfy Regulators.

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Video Report Meeting United States 211

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

That doesn’t make it a slam dunk — after all, nothing in the mobile payments space is a sure thing — but at least Walmart Pay has taken some important steps to eliminate barriers at the jump. SMB Working Capital. The Samsung Galaxy S7, which put the mobile division at the top of the heap for Samsung – again. The workhorse?

Lending 101

Lending Samsung Online Capital 101