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Why Digital Lenders Are Tightening Their Lending Criteria

PYMNTS

In the early days of online lending, the big appeal was access to funds for potential borrowers with few, if any, options for securing capital. Kassul noted his firm used to invest in ABS from the lending marketplaces but, eventually, there just wasn’t enough profit in it. The Coming Risk Assessment Reset.

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Today In Payments: Default Fears Mount As China’s Banks Encourage Loans; Goldman, Morgan Stanley Predict Economic Devastation

PYMNTS

In today’s top news, state-owned financial institutions in China are offering incentives to boost consumer lending, and economists at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley predict the coronavirus will be economically devastating. Also, banking FinTech Finastra was hacked. As China’s Banks Encourage Loans, Default Fears Mount.

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Senate Banking Committee to hold April 28 hearing on “rent-a-bank,” Acting Comptroller of the Currency and State AGs send letters to lawmakers on OCC “true lender” rule

CFPB Monitor

In addition to Brian Brooks, the former Acting Comptroller of the Currency, the scheduled witnesses are Josh Stein, North Carolina Attorney General, Lisa Stifler, Director of State Policy, Center for Responsible Lending, Dr. Frederick D. Dr. Calomiris previously served as OCC Senior Deputy Comptroller for Economics under Mr.

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Watch 9 Fintech Startups Pitch at Techstars & Western Union Demo Day (Oct 2020)

Fintech Labs Insights

Their were 9 fintech companies and one healthtech. Description: Alternative credit scoring and lending in emerging markets. HQ: Dallas, TX. Related: Fintech Debuts: Watch COVERR and OnePipe Pitch at Techstars NYC Demo Day (8 Oct 2020). Envel is the New Simple Bank (Fintech Startup of the Week). Funding: $3.2M.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

million for its P2P lending platform for small businesses. Here are the fintech deals by size from 12 March to 18 March 2016: Future Finance. Alt-lender focused on lending against existing automobile titles. P2P real estate lending marketplace. Peer-to-peer lending marketplace. SmartAsset raised $3.8 Connecture.

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Finovate Alumni News

Fintech Labs Insights

CSI globalVCard moves global partnership operations team to Dallas; Nan Dawson promoted to SVP of Partnership Operations. Lending Club announces new Chief Capital Officer, Patrick Dunne. Concur to deploy SilverRail API to enable European travelers to search, plan, and schedule travel by rail.

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Finovate Alumni News

Fintech Labs Insights

Around the web: Lend Academy podcast features Kathryn Petralia, Kabbage co-founder. Dallas Business Journal interviews TickerTags founder, Chris Camillo. On Finovate.com: A First Look at What’s Coming to the FinDEVr Stage this October. Come see Kabbage at FinDEVr 2015 in San Francisco.