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What Can Startups Learn from Marketplace Lending Troubles? [Video]

Bank Innovation

The marketplace lending industry is far from dead. This was the upshot from a venture capital panel at a recent Bank Innovation event in San Jose. Rather, it’s going through a reboot, which will include improved software, increased focus on regulation, and improved transparency.

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Opportunity Fund Teams With CUs For SMB Lending Campaign

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The San Jose-based community development financial institution, or CDFI, on Tuesday (Jan. The Opportunity Fund provides working capital loans ranging from $2,600 to $100,000 to underserved businesses that might otherwise run afoul of more rigid underwriting requirements and more extensive documentation rules at traditional lenders.

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PayPal Provides $5M In Grants To Support Minority Businesses

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The grants are part of the San Jose, California-based worldwide online payments system’s $530 million pledge made earlier this year to strengthen minority communities and fight for economic equality and racial justice. PayPal Holdings Inc. provided $5 million in grants to support Black-owned businesses in the U.S.

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Popularity of Customer Engagement Tools Reveals Weakness of Cores

Bank Innovation

SAN JOSE, Calif. — One of the major themes in the first day of Finovate Spring (aside from perennial favorite authentication) was customer engagement — having better discussions with customers in a digital environment in order to deliver more relevant products and services.

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Subscription Business Models Lead B2B VC Funding

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Venture capital appears to be picking back up in the B2B technology startup community. This week saw an impressive $324 million in combined funding for a range of B2B FinTechs and other solution providers, including alternative lenders looking to support small businesses as they manage working capital instability. FundingXchange.

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Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki to Speak at Bank Innovation 2017

Bank Innovation

Fiserv CEO Jeff Yabuki has joined the speaker faculty of Bank Innovation 2017, taking place March 6-7 in San Jose. Yabuki joined Fiserv in 2005. Under his leadership, the company has grown revenue to exceed $5 billion annually, and serves more than 13,000 institutional clients. Fiserv also supports this site’s Read More.

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Visa’s SVP for the Internet of Things Joins Bank Innovation 2017

Bank Innovation

Avin Arumugam, senior vice president of the Internet of Things at Visa, has joined the speaker faculty for Bank Innovation 2017, which takes place March 6-7 in San Jose. Arumugam was at JPMorgan Chase for four years prior to his starting at Visa in May 2016. Recent video footage also Read More.

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