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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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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending. The score combines the average of the bank’s percentile rank for lending concentration and for loan growth over the past year in each lending category. By Ed Avis. Methodology. AGRICULTURE.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

The Philadelphia Trust Company. Philadelphia. 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. Less than $300 million.

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FICO Score Research: Explainable AI for Credit Scoring

FICO

We also recently presented it at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. In her opening keynote at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Fintech Conference, “What Are We Learning about Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services?” Research into AI and Machine Learning for Credit Scoring.

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Fintech Fundings: 9 Companies Raise $73 Million Week Ending Dec 31

Fintech Labs Insights

The year ends with a total of about $19 billion invested into private fintech companies (includes debt and equity). It is unlikely we’ll see that much in 2016, but the fintech sector is vast, and there are fascinating opportunities for newcomers and existing brands alike. HQ: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. HQ: Bejing, China.

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Fintech Fundings: 25 Companies Raise $1.6 Billion Week Ending Aug 20

Fintech Labs Insights

Fintech funding records continue to fall. Alt-consumer lending. Peer-to-peer lending marketplace for small businesses. Tags: Credit, P2P, lending, underwriting, investing, SMB. Last week was the record number of deals, with 27. This week it was the biggest total dollars raised at $1.63 billion, from 25 companies.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. Brown gives his employees $100 to go open accounts across the Philadelphia area and then shares the results: good, bad and humorous. GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes.

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