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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks

PYMNTS

Avant is really two businesses operating under one roof — connected in crucial ways, but separate in function. We’re also a pure-play technology company, designed to support banks [that] want to offer lending products, but … either can’t or won’t dedicate hundreds of millions to building the capacity,” he said.

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The CFPB Sets Its Sights On Marketplace Lending

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The new idea being floated involves classifying marketplace lenders, who operate online and also offer smaller loans with set payments, as installment lenders that are under the CFPB’s jurisdiction and regulations. The CFPB has been pursuing this quietly for some time. Many are also bound to reporting requirements with the SEC.

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Stuck in the middle: Addressing the gap in senior housing with financial solutions.

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A study from the University of Chicago found the number of retirees within that segment will nearly double in the next 10 years. The so-called “forgotten middle” has been a hot topic for many owners and operators as they look to enhance the options with independent housing and assisted living, hoping to help those trapped in the middle gap.

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Researchers Aim To Answer Big Questions In AltFin

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The University of Chicago and the University of Cambridge are once again partnering to explore the alternative finance industry and offer guidance on its trajectory for the coming year. Will 2016 once again present an explosion in alt-lending transaction value? The debate continues to rage over the future of alternative lending.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. We salute a legend of lending and credit union leadership.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Business lending and corporate cards. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Braintree , a Chicago-based payment infrastructure company founded in 2007, aimed to replace the traditional model where merchants used different providers for a payment gateway and a merchant account. Virtual card issuance. Source: Stripe.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: Philadelphia, PA. Operating Location: Menlo Park, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. 11 of the top 20 worked in big tech prior to entering VC.