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How to Lend More to Small Businesses

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According to Patrick Reily, co-founder of Uplinq , a technology firm that helps small business owners gain access to fair and ethical credit, “Using the FDIC’s definition, 80% of the small businesses in the U.S. Minority small business owners need ‘fair and accessible’ lending. The problem is even worse in 2024. are ‘underserved.’”

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FinTechs Press States To Streamline Regulations

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The panel, which traces its genesis back two years, is comprised of two groups, focused separately on lending and payments, and is in turn part of CSBS Vision 2020. “As We have formed a working group of state regulators to develop the model. We had some robust discussions with them about community banking and innovation.

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California DFPI issues final regulations implementing 2018 law requiring consumer-like disclosures for commercial financing

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The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has issued final regulations to implement SB 1235, the bill signed into law on September 30, 2018 that requires consumer-like disclosures to be made for certain commercial financing products, including small business loans and merchant cash advances. .

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Without Regulation, Alternative Lenders Turn To Self-Policing

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Last week, OnDeck, Kabbage and CAN Capital banned together to form the Innovative Lending Platform Association (ILPA), an advocacy group to champion increased transparency for small business borrowers in the alternative and marketplace lending sphere. Is the alternative lending space concerned about incoming regulation?

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Chinese P2P Lender Blames Gov’t For Growth Decline

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However, though the company expanded quickly in 2017 and 2018, Beijing’s crackdown on certain lending practices forced Dianrong to decline in the second half of 2018. We hope regulators can give the industry a clear and definite timetable, and give guidance and a ray of hope for companies that stick to compliance,” Guo said.

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AI and generative AI use cases in banking: 6 real-world examples

Abrigo

Takeaway 3 Regulators are closely watching expanded uses of AI and generative artificial intelligence. Another example of using predictive AI is small business lending software that incorporates AI-driven lending intelligence. Another reason for reluctance about generative AI is the highly regulated nature of banking.

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Anticipation For Amazon’s SMB Lending Disruption Grows

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It was the (initially) small FinTech startups that delivered a collective shakeup to the small business (SMB) lending industry. Their next target could be small business lending, and according to some experts, it’s fast approaching the market. When I look at it from a U.S. New reports in Bloomberg on Wednesday (Oct.

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