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FinTech Credit: Not So Clear And Present Danger?

PYMNTS

As the payments landscape evolves and becomes ever more digital in scope, and as FinTech firms make inroads into traditional financial services, regulators are looking at FinTech credit — and how it might be defined and shaped. There seem to be no easy answers on just how to regulate the space.

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Hong Kong’s FinTech Strategy

Chris Skinner

It shows how important FinTech is when major financial centres vie for focus. London has been leading the charge to be the FinTech capital of the world, but many other cities are nipping at their toes. So I was intrigued to see Hong Kong issue their FinTech strategy today. Does this matter?

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Deep Dive: How FinTechs Harness Machine Learning To Approve SMB Loans More Quickly And Safely

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A multitude of SMB investors are looking to help, but lending to digitally focused SMBs comes with its own hurdles, including fraud risks and inefficient lending procedures driven by stiff regulatory measures. SMB Lending Risks. Many FinTechs are using these ML applications to accelerate their financing approval processes.

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OCC approves national bank charter applications of fintech company

CFPB Monitor

The bank will also provide a fully digital, mobile-first national lending platform for consumers across the country. The lawsuit, like previous CSBS lawsuits, challenged the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies or to uninsured deposit-taking fintechs.

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IdentityMind On The Need For FinTech Compliance Marketplaces

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For FinTech firms, doing the chasing all on their own is a losing proposition. SaaS, the distribution model where providers offer a central location for their customers, can offer FinTech firms a way out of inefficient processes, say some supporters. FinTech firms can browse and research what they need and pick it up on the fly.

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Community Banks Aim To Amplify Competitive Edge With FinTechs

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With big banks pulling back from small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending in the wake of the global financial crisis, the market was ripe for someone else to fill the credit gap. Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index.

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Why One Startup Is Desperately Seeking Regulation

PYMNTS

As a general rule, most startups aren’t too happy when the regulator comes around, and it is rarely indicative of good news. And while that is bad news for a startup like Uber, as it turns out, instinctive fear of the regulator is not an endemic condition among startups. On some level, Circle’s move seems strange.