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SMB Alt-Lending Gears Up For Another Industry Shakeup

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and other nations around the world as a result of the global pandemic continues to draw comparisons to the 2008 financial crisis — so it’s only natural that analysts may turn to the past in an effort to predict what could lie ahead. “It comes in waves, there’s no doubt about it,” he said about the alt-lending boom.

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SuperMoney Brings a Kayak-Like UX to the Online Borrowing Process

Fintech Labs Insights

As the company’s Managing Partner Harry Langenberg pointed out, SuperMoney is taking the same approach to loan comparison that “won Google the search engine wars.” ” Pictured: SuperMoney Managing Partner Harry Langenberg demonstrating the Supermoney loan offer comparison tool at FinovateSpring 2017.

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Calling All Startups: Reinvent the Mortgage Process (Please)

Fintech Labs Insights

The poster child for bad UX was the denial of a mortgage to previous Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke last year. First, we have a three companies at next week’s FinovateSpring taking on various aspects of the mortgage process: Hip Pocket : Mortgage comparison tools. Lending Tree : Mortgage rate tracking tools & lead gen.

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Disrupting Insurance: The Other Financial Services Opportunity

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In the last years, most of the focus on innovation in financial services has been, it seems, on banking (investing and lending) and payment. From a startup perspective, this creates an opportunity space in online brokerage, there is a small step from online distribution to online comparison and this type of void is filled quickly.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $260 Million Week Ending Feb 12

Fintech Labs Insights

Insurance price comparison site. Insurance price comparison site. Tags: Consumer, insurance, lead gen, discovery, price comparison, automobile, health, motorcycle. Financing for renewable energy and conservation projects. Latest round: $70 million Series D. Total raised: $102.2 HQ: Oakland, California. Source: Crunchbase.

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