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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Shifts in lending

Independent Banker

As we kick off this year’s lending issue, I want to pause for a moment to reflect on just how much lending has changed. Remember, not that long ago, when a loan card was handwritten on a one-page form? You would just rip off the top sheet, fill out the terms and provide a description of the collateral. Where I’ll be this month.

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Ballard Spahr to hold comprehensive year-end CLE webcast series–Consumer Financial Services in Turbulent Times

CFPB Monitor

Topics will include credit card and payments regulation, fair lending, Fintech developments, enforcement developments, student and mortgage lending and servicing issues, debt collection, Community Reinvestment Act rules, and anti-money laundering.

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Oportun Personal Loans Review: For Borrowers With No Credit

MyBankTracker

APRs are lower than predatory lending options. While the loans are very expensive, they offer a middle ground between traditional loans and potentially predatory payday lending. You can receive the money in the following ways: mailed check prepaid debit card direct deposit to your bank account Reporting the Loan to Credit Bureaus.

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Opploans Personal Loans Review: For Borrowers With Bad or No Credit

MyBankTracker

APRs are lower than predatory lending options. In the short-term, you can give your score a small boost by reducing your credit card debt and avoiding applying for credit cards in the months before you submit an important application. The best way to reduce this ratio is to pay off existing debts, like credit card debt.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

Fintech Labs Insights

Electronic gift card platform. HQ: Las Vegas, Nevada. Tags: Peer-to-peer, P2P, lending, investing. Total raised: $61.7 Source: Finovate. Loop Commerce. HQ: Palo Alto, California. Latest round: $16 million Series B. Total raised: $29.2 Source: FT Partners. Payroll and payment solutions for the underbanked. HQ: London, UK.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. The Real “Lending” Stock Award – Goes to longtime player LendingTree. THE BANKING AWARDS.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending. The score combines the average of the bank’s percentile rank for lending concentration and for loan growth over the past year in each lending category. By Ed Avis. Methodology. AGRICULTURE.