CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 24, 2022

SoFi) to create SoFi Bank, National Association (SoFi Bank, N.A.), as a full service national bank headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The bank will also provide a fully digital, mobile-first national lending platform for consumers across the country.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2017

First National Bank and Trust Company is planning the launch of a digital small business lending portal and has tapped a partner to create the solution. 12) that it is working with FinTech firm RCGILTNER Services to deploy the digital platform, which will launch in the first quarter of 2018.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 15, 2018

Large banks, e-commerce moguls like Amazon and eBay and tech firms are likely to enter the alternative lending space, and soon, according to Eden Amirav, co-founder, and CEO of startup LendingExpress. National Australia Bank set up its own alternative lending arm called QuickBiz Loans back in 2016. Over the […].

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Looking Toward The Blockchain . The Charter Advantage .

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Currently, these businesses are finding funding sources such as Small Business Administration loans, equipment financing loans, or other lines of credit from fintechs and niche players in the market like American Express, PayPal, Mercury, Blue Vine and OnDeck.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Personalized Touch with Efficient Service Can Boost Lending Banks and credit unions can boost business lending by combining a relationship focus with transaction-oriented processing. . This competition can only increase as the lending landscape continues to shift.

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Here are critical facts to know about some of the most popular BNPL service platforms: Afterpay: Afterpay was founded in Australia in 2014 but was acquired by fintech Square earlier this year. Fintech enthusiasts should also keep a close watch on Apple’s newly unveiled BNPL system, Apple Pay Later. According to Kristen E.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. According to CB Insights, US fintechs raised $14.6B Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Yet, the small business lending gap remains. In a new report, PayNet and financial research firm Raddon examined the state of small business lending in the U.S. ” Banks have not invested in their small business lending operations to improve the process for the borrower, though. Filling The Gap.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

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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Gonzobanker

JULY 9, 2021

The fintech market is smokin’ hot right now. Fintech is no different. Q1 2021 was the largest funding quarter on record, according to CB Insights , with fintechs raising $22.8 Banks and fintechs are in a heated mashup and seeking niches. Fifth Third Bank is acquiring healthcare fintech Provide.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Regulators from New York got the nod from a judge to move forward with their lawsuit aimed at stopping FinTechs from offering banking services on a national level. Regulators in New York want to prevent federal government agencies from granting FinTechs national licenses enabling them to loan and send money like a bank.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

As watchdogs ramp up oversight of financial institutions and FinTechs, late last year the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission also announced plans to relax restrictions on foreign ownership of banks operating in the country. China’s banking regulation is in-flux.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. The SBA and NCUA collaboration is a three-year agreement that aims to build upon that momentum, and heighten CUs’ share of the SMB lending market. Credit Unions In Growth Mode.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The company is championing a national digital framework in Australia that would speed up the processes used to verify customers. But open banking is on the rise and has been touted as a way to make it easier for fintechs and other alternative institutions to compete.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 20, 2018

and the National Bank of Canada (NBC) announced today that they tested a debt insurance simulation on a new blockchain platform. JPMorgan Chase & Co.

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Abrigo

JUNE 3, 2019

SBA Lending Can Be a Hidden Gem for Some Institutions. With proper planning and the utilization of technology, SBA lending can boost customer acquisitions and deposits. Many argue that SBA lending is complicated, and while that’s true, it’s actually a good thing. SBA lending rewards financial institutions that are prudent.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 5, 2017

Larry Summers, former director of the National Economic Council for President Barack Obama, writes a regular column in The Financial Times. His latest piece is his take on FinTech, which has the main headline that FinTech is taking away frictions in finance. Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon [GAFA].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Singapore Signs On With FinTech Firms. In Singapore, news came this week that the country will open up its real-time payment system to FinTech firms. The movement to open that FinTech access, said the minister, brings “greater convenience to consumers” as those individuals use their eWallets. In The Middle East.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

Heightening efforts among policymakers across the globe to expand customer protections in the financial services (FinServ) space have largely left small business (SMB) banking and lending untouched. Markets Bypass SMB Borrower Protections. ” Earlier this year, the U.K. ” Earlier this year, the U.K. Lawmakers Take A Look.

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California Fintech Lending Regulation 153

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

To challenge the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s decision to allow online payment companies and lenders to have national bank charters, the top banking regulator in New York is suing the federal government. Cuomo on June 1, 2017 required DFS to study online lending in New York State and submit a report of its findings.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

SMEs are integral to the fabric of our economy, contributing around 38 percent of our country’s national GDP,” said Tata Capital Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Finance, Sarosh Amaria in a statement. SMBs can make multiple drawdowns, while the credit line gets replenished based on borrower repayments, the news reports explained.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Florida FinTech Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is partnering with London FinTech Liberis , to offer small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an alternative funding source, FIS announced in a press release Wednesday (Jan. FIS merchants in the U.S. Liberis Group.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Recent fintech deals across digital, lending, payments and infrastructure are telling a big story. Heck, we weren’t even three weeks into 2019 when Fiserv ’s $22 billion proposed First Data acquisition—one of the biggest fintech deals ever —was announced to the Street. Lending: Mashing Up Analytics & Digital.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

In China, the central bank has said that it will offer up a three-year development plan for the domestic FinTech sector. The reports state that the FinTech firms in that country “should take the approach of [Chinese president] Xi Jinping’s socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era as the guide.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Comptroller of the Currency said the agency will roll out a new framework for regulating marketplace lending. Comptroller Thomas Curry, speaking at an industry conference, said the agency may grant limited charters to FinTech companies.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

When news of the financial crisis broke in 2008 and big banks all over the world were eschewing consumer and small business credit markets, Batine and Dunaev saw an opportunity — one that was particularly pressing in developing nations, an area of the world that was below the big banks’ radars.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the national experience of FinTechs and non-bank entities. Liu pointed out that the online database of the aforementioned state licensing and FinTech guidance will go live later in 2019.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based The report, entitled “The Economic Benefits of Online Lending to Small Businesses and the U.S. based economic research firm.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2020

In this episode, editors discuss the following news developments: The overlap of retail with financial services, and reflections on the National Retail Federation annual conference in New York; Visa’s acquisition of Plaid and what it means […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

million was placed with B2B FinTechs this week. landed on the board, too, as alternative lending, small business banking, back-office financial management and accounts receivable technology enticed backers. Also operating in India, supply chain financing FinTech Cashflo revealed $3.3 Aspire Financial Technologies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

Venture capitalists continue to back the alternative lending startup community despite recent fallout from Lending Club and revelations the company’s then-CEO Renaud Laplanche allegedly falsified loan documents. Also on Tuesday, India alternative lending marketplace Lendingkart announced its own investment round.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Lights out for the FinTech charter idea? The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) debuted a special purpose charter in 2016 that would have given FinTechs a leg up on competing with traditional financial services companies. Of course there are ways for FinTechs to broaden their services.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

However, Dave Gilbert, founder and chief executive officer of SMB alternative lending firm National Funding , said he’s seen a trend of growing traction within the small business community. In its report, S&P found nearly 50 percent of SMB borrowers are too unfamiliar with digital lenders to use alternative finance.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

India led the competition with the most funding rounds, as investors supported the nation’s efforts to develop the digitization and sophistication of more traditional business operations: eProcurement, eInvoicing, logistics and supply chain management. Alt-Lending. market struggles with investor doubt and regulatory scrutiny.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On November 30, 2023 at 12:30 PM, ET, Ballard Spahr will hold a webinar entitled “Recent Important Developments in Federal Preemption for National and State Banks: What They Mean for Bank and Nonbank Consumer Financial Services Providers” during which this case will be dissected.

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