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Where Credit Unions Invest To Get The Best ROI

PYMNTS

This means CUs must be carefully attuned to member’s financial needs and the innovations they want most as CUs invest in new products and services aimed at improving the way members engage with their FIs. In many cases, it also requires partnering with emerging FinTechs that are able to quickly deliver the innovations members want most.

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California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank

CFPB Monitor

The DBO indicated that it “is investigating whether LoanMart’s role in the arrangement is so extensive as to require compliance with California’s lending laws. According to the DBO’s press release, until the FACA became effective, LoanMart was making state-licensed auto title loans at rates above 100 percent.

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The United States Of Artificial Intelligence Startups

CB Insights

valuation), Nuro ($2.7B), alternative lending startup Avant ($1.9B), AI-powered predictive sales acceleration platform InsideSales.com ($1.7B), salestech startup Afiniti ($1.6B), healthcare startup Butterfly Network ($1.3B), and data analytics company Dataminr ($1.2B). The Innovation Scout. Total Equity Funding ($M).

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Sizzle/Fizzle: AI Soars, Toys R Us Sinks And Start-Ups Struggle

PYMNTS

B2B: The trillion dollar industry that gets overshadowed in innovation by consumer gee-wizardry tech, B2B is gaining more attention by the day. Across the pond, estimates Innovate Finance and Pitchbook, the B2B FinTech market has gotten nearly half of all FinTech funding in the European Union through the past year.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. A: We have been fortunate to develop deep partnerships with some great fintechs. Reynolds points to BankSouth’s focus on innovation as a contributing factor.

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Efficiency now: 8 smart strategy tips

Independent Banker

Often, these bankers rose to the occasion by employing tech solutions or other innovative approaches. Crowe’s Grottke points that the “graying of community bankers” exacerbates the talent shortage—and can make it difficult to increase profitability by taking advantage of growth areas like commercial lending.

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FinovateFall 2017 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

An industry leader in lending and benchmarking solutions for financial institutions. YUKKA Lab AG detects market sentiments and transforms them into innovative tools for the finance and communications industry. A leading data aggregation and analytics platform powering dynamic, cloud-based innovation for digital financial services.

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