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Lending Club’s Renaud Laplanche Is Back With A New Venture

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Renaud Laplanche, Lending Club’s former CEO, is back with a new internet lending startup called Credify Finance Corp. But despite its early status, Credify comes into the market pre-wired for lots of attention — since its founder is both famous and infamous in online lending circles. Department of Justice.

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Barclays Eyes US Expansion

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Since then, it launched an online lender in Delaware, which collects term deposits to fund its large U.S. billion of deposits to its Delaware operation. “Given competition, you have to continue investing in the U.S. For its part, Barclays didn’t retreat during the recession. credit card business. Last year, the U.S.

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PayPal Teams With ebizmarts To Integrate With Magento

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PayPal said when combined, the technology can help retailers synchronize online inventory with products in stores. The firm has deals in place with a Delaware bank to issue debit cards, as well as another agreement with a Georgia bank to deposit checks via photo and Utah-based banks for lending activities.

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Barclays US Taps Ex-Capital One Exec To Lead Cards And Payments Business

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Holdaway will be based in Wilmington, Delaware, and will start his new position in July. across credit cards, online savings and loans,” said Rodrigues. .” He will report to Barry Rodrigues, CEO of cards and payments, and Richard Haworth, CEO of the Americas business. and Germany.

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The Top Five Headlines At Five: What’s Trending Today

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That means the alternative lending startup, which helps business offer consumers lines of credit, is now skirting close to unicorn territory with a valuation of $800 million, according to PitchBook Data. The research firm based those figures off of a Delaware filing on the round. The round was reportedly led by Founders Fund.

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Risky times for some Internet lenders

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Constitution did not preclude Minnesota from applying its payday lending law to loans consummated in Delaware that are made to Minnesota residents over the Internet. The companies allegedly funded, purchased, serviced and collected online payday loans made by a tribally-affiliated lender the CFPB did not sue.

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SoFi’s $500M Pickup (And The Big Expansion It’s Fueling)

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SoFi, the San Francisco–based lending startup, has by all reasonable metrics hit the ground in 2017 running. To open the month of February, SoFi announced it had acquired online banking startup Zenbanx. So why such a big round — and what will it mean for the little online finance firm that is quickly moving to become a lot less little?