Breaking Banks: Innovations in Lending
Bank Innovation
MARCH 15, 2017
For this episode, Breaking Banks talked to Brock Blake, CEO of Lendio about their new “franchising” model to expand their reach in the US.
Fintechs seek US government funds to help make business loans
Bank Innovation
MARCH 23, 2020
are lining up to help speed lending to small businesses during the coronavirus crisis — and are pushing for a slice of emergency U.S. Industry group Financial Innovation Now urged Congress in a letter to provide capital to online lenders including PayPal and Square Inc., Financial-technology firms including PayPal Holdings Inc.
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China’s blood on the carpet in P2P lending
Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
One other thing struck me as the discussions fired away in Shanghai at Lang Di … is China going to haemorrhage and bring down the world’s financial systems … or is that just what the Western media would like us to think?
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US Lawmakers Explore How Blockchain Can Help SMBs
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez said, according to the report, “it is vital that Congress keep pace with the evolving needs of our country’s innovative small businesses.” Eight Roads led the round, with Telekom Innovation Pool, HKT, Telefónica Innovation Ventures and Singtel Innov8 also participating.
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JPMorgan Provides $100 Million Financing Facility To Figure For Mortgage Lending
PYMNTS
JANUARY 17, 2021
With the facility, Figure will work on fueling mortgage lending growth, which shot up nearly 50 percent month over month in the fourth quarter. Morgan will help us continue to innovate in the lending space,” said Mike Cagney , CEO and co-founder of Figure, according to the release. “We This facility with J.P.
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Finastra appoints Isabel Fernandez to accelerate lending business growth
Bobsguide
APRIL 21, 2022
Finastra appoints Isabel Fernandez to accelerate lending business growth. Company welcomes Isabel to the Finastra leadership team, as EVP, Lending Business Unit. Finastra is building an open platform that accelerates collaboration and innovation in financial services, creating better experiences for people, businesses and communities.
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Commercial Card Innovation Puts SMBs In The Spotlight
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes the launch of business cards by American Express and Amazon in addition to one by Wyndham Hotel & Resorts and Barclays.
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Why We Need Bank Innovation Build
Bank Innovation
MAY 15, 2019
It is this revolution that has led us to present Bank Innovation Build, our newest conference, on Nov. There is a revolution going on inside banking. And that’s not just a cheap cliche. Allow me to explain: A few days ago, Dana Maor, a senior partner at McKinsey, wrote that the consultancy believes “that […].
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Figure Technologies Raises $103M To Continue Blockchain-Based Lending
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 5, 2019
Blockchain lending firm Figure Technologies announced that it has closed a $103 million series C funding round led by Morgan Creek Digital. MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Davies as head of Lending, Tony Morosini as vice president of Banking and Payments, and Tina McNulty as chief communications officer. and abroad.”.
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Iwoca grows lending business with $112M in debt financing
Bank Innovation
MARCH 6, 2020
What sets us apart from banks is we built the system from scratch geared […]. Iwoca, a London-based small business lender, announced a debt financing round of 100 million euros ($112 million) last week to fund new loans in Germany.? “We
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Judo Bank Adds InfraRisk Tech To Bolster SMB Lending
PYMNTS
JANUARY 6, 2020
Australia challenger bank Judo Bank has announced a collaboration with credit management Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider InfraRisk to bolster its small business lending operations. “The cooperation is a good fit between us,” said Victor Li, head of Pintec International Business, in a statement.
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What the Coronavirus Has Taught Us About Banking Relationships
Abrigo
MAY 11, 2020
When the program opened on April 3, hopeful borrowers flocked to their banks and credit unions – figuratively speaking – to apply for a loan, only to find that their financial institution was only going to lend to customers with a certain level of relationship. Lending & Credit Risk. SBA Lending. Lending & Credit Risk.
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Today In Digital-First Banking: Memo Bank Rolls Out Interest-Bearing Account; Lending Platform October Lands Funding
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 1, 2020
In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Memo Bank is rolling out an interest-bearing account for companies, while lending marketplace October has notched roughly $303 million in funding. Lending Platform October Raises Funding for SMB Loans. The €258 million will be used to add new offerings to October’s loan range.
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150 Finastra launches embedded consumer lending solution
Bobsguide
JULY 7, 2022
Lake Mary, FL, US – June 30, 2022 – Finastra today unveiled its embedded consumer lending solution, enabling access to traditional regulated lending options for consumers at point-of-sale (POS). For merchants, the BaaS platform provides access to numerous lenders and their specific products.
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Bank Innovation in Beta
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Bank Innovation today released a beta of its relaunch, the most significant rebuilding of the site since its start in 2009. Let us know what you think of the rebuilt site by emailing info@bankinnovation.net.
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Catch the Early Bird Rate for Bank Innovation Ignite Before It Flies Away!
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 30, 2019
Interested in joining us for Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 on March 11-12 at the Hyatt Olive 8, Seattle? In Seattle, you’ll see four Ignite Ideas sessions from the following fintech innovators: Lisa Frazier, Head […]. You’d better hurry! Early registration ends this Friday, February 1 at 11:59 PM.
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Helping Community Banks Turn On The Innovation Switch
PYMNTS
MARCH 12, 2019
Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). Innovating for Community Banks.
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KeyBank Acquires Bolstr Digital Small Biz Lending Platform
PYMNTS
JUNE 21, 2018
KeyBank has acquired a digital lending platform for small businesses developed by Bolstr , the financial institution (FI) announced Wednesday (June 20). Bolstr’s technology transforms the small business lending process and allows us to more efficiently serve small businesses for their SBA and traditional lending needs.”. “We
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Investors on the fintech lending crash diet
Bank Innovation
MAY 18, 2016
In the US alone, the unfulfilled small business lending market was estimated to have reached $96.5 That’s a lot of lending mouths going hungry, but also a big pie up for grabs by those smart enough to work out how to actually lend to Read More. billion in Q4 of 2015.
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What Does The Credify Story Tell Us About Market Place Lending And $LC Stock?
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 22, 2016
The story is that the founder of Lending Club, Renaud Leplanche, who was ousted in a scandal in May was creating a new venture to compete with Lending Club called Credify. This story broke on Wednesday 15 November. Headlines talked about 2nd Act or Comeback. The story came out in Read More.
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Iwoca grows lending business with $112M in debt financing
Bank Innovation
MARCH 6, 2020
What sets us apart from banks is we built the system from scratch […]. Iwoca, a London-based small business lender, announced a debt financing round of 100 million euros ($112 million) last week to fund new loans in Germany.? “We
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221 INV Opens Demo Day to FI Attendees at Bank Innovation Ignite
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 24, 2019
INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite. “We continue to expand our scope and this allows us to bring in into Demo […].
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150 U.S. Bank’s Dominic Venturo to speak at Bank Innovation Build 2019
Bank Innovation
JUNE 3, 2019
Dominic Venturo, executive vice president and chief innovation officer at U.S. Bank, will participate in a fireside chat at Bank Innovation Build 2019, this blog’s event on best practices in banking innovation. Bank Innovation Build will take place November 6-7 at Atlanta’s W Hotel Downtown. Register here.)
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Singapore’s FinAccel FinTech Lands $90M To Grow Credit Lending App
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Singtel Innov8, TMI (Telkomsel Indonesia), Cathay Innovation, Kejora-InterVest, Mirae Asset Securities, Reinventure and DST Partners also participated in the “oversubscribed” funding round — one of the largest for a FinTech startup in Southeast Asia.
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US Inches Toward Open Banking With CFPB Notice
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Small business lending platform BlueVine is the latest FinTech to take this path, having taken the wraps off of its banking solution this week with the launch of BlueVine Business Banking. Plus, leveraging the cloud to deploy digital banking has allowed us to introduce updates more often and innovate faster.
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203 US B2B FinTech Firms Lag With VC Investors
PYMNTS
APRIL 26, 2019
In total, more than $107 million was raised, with investors targeting the small business (SMB) back office, lending and B2B payments. The company is also planning to add to its staff, and invest in its financial services innovations, reports said. Interestingly, U.S. million raised by U.K.
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Google Cloud Gets Into Mortgages With AI-Powered Tool
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Google Cloud is aiming to innovate the mortgage industry with its new artificial intelligence (AI) tool called Lending DocAI. Lending DocAI is part of Google's Document AI portfolio for the mortgage industry. And with Lending DocAI, now in preview, we're delivering our first vertically specialized solution in this realm.”.
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264 Where B2B Payments, Banking And Lending Connect
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 28, 2018
“What our businesses are telling us is that they wait so long for the checks to get issued, and then they have to wait for [them] to clear, that the funds don’t sit in the bank as a deposit,” he explained. “The biggest misconception of our customer base is they need to deposit money.”
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Fundbox Navigates SME FinTech Innovation
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 9, 2017
Small business finance is one of the most competitive, innovative and challenging markets in which to operate. That dedication and focus is what led Fundbox to secure gold in the PYMNTS.com Innovation Project 2016 Awards category of Best Small Business Innovation. We think of ourselves as providing innovative solutions.
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US regulator raises concerns over Apple’s foray into short-term lending | Barclays takes stake in crypto firm Copper | Jack Ma to give up control of Ant
Bussman Advisory
JULY 29, 2022
Contact us at info@bussmannadvisory.com for more details. The post US regulator raises concerns over Apple’s foray into short-term lending | Barclays takes stake in crypto firm Copper | Jack Ma to give up control of Ant appeared first on Bussmann Advisory AG. Subscribe now to our weekly newsletter.
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52 Celent Model Bank Awards 2017: Banking Products Innovation
Celent Banking
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Lending Product — for the most impressive consumer or business lending or collections initiative. Product Innovation — for demonstrating the ability to launch multiple innovative products. The second is the use of open APIs as the core foundation for digital-only banking models.
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Celent Model Bank Awards 2017: Banking Products Innovation
Celent Banking
FEBRUARY 28, 2017
Lending Product — for the most impressive consumer or business lending or collections initiative. Product Innovation — for demonstrating the ability to launch multiple innovative products. The second is the use of open APIs as the core foundation for digital-only banking models.
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Personalized Marketing: What Banking Customers Really Want
Perficient
APRIL 20, 2023
blockchain, digital wallets, money center banks, emerging payment solutions, digital lending, economic turmoil, and fintech disintermediation). They want to have meaningful relationships with technology partners who will bring innovative ideas and proven experience to the table. Interested in learning more?
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How Visa Thinks About B2B Payments Innovation
PYMNTS
JUNE 15, 2017
There’s no disputing that the pace of innovation in consumer payments over the last several years has been quick and its reach broad. There’s been an abundance of innovation in where consumers shop, what they use to pay when they buy and the devices they use to enable those payments.
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From CRE to Corporate Culture – BIG Ideas from 2020 ThinkBIG: Manage Risk. Drive Growth.
Abrigo
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Plan for new technology and innovations. Hearing that information was really good confirmation to us on the things we’ve been doing as a bank.” There was a quote, ‘You’re looking for talented bankers, not transaction processors,’ that really stuck with us,” Hudson said. Planning for new technology and innovations.
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Cobalt Credit Union’s Data-Driven Innovation In Member Services
PYMNTS
JULY 30, 2019
Modern credit unions understand all too well that loyalty innovation is critical to staying in business, and that those that do not prioritize it risk losing a significant share of their members. Loyalty-based innovation is a top concern for many credit union (CU) members, as outlined in the latest Credit Union Innovation Playbook.
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US is now Afterpay’s largest customer market
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
Afterpay’s efforts to embed itself in the U.S. retail ecosystem are showing results. The point-of-sale lender announced this week it has more U.S. customers than customers in New Zealand and in Australia, where it is headquartered. This is the first time since the company’s 2014 launch that its U.S.
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Top 6 Trends for the Banking Industry in 2024
Perficient
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Banking institutions are responding by integrating advanced technologies, particularly artificial intelligence and data analytics, into their lending operations to enhance efficiency and adaptability. Explore and integrate alternative data sources and innovative scoring models to offer fairer assessments of creditworthiness.
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Brad M. Bolton: Our greatest assets
Independent Banker
DECEMBER 31, 2022
We simply need to remember what makes us special as community bankers, and with that as our foundation, we can embrace this season of change in four primary ways: 1. I encourage you to join us and lend your voice to supporting these and other advocacy efforts, which will shape the policy landscape. My Top Three.
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Navy Federal Credit Union Joins Bank Innovation INV
Bank Innovation
APRIL 5, 2016
Bank Innovation INV today announces the addition of Navy Federal Credit Union as a member of Bank Innovation INV, the revolutionary fintech accelerator. Navy Federal joins Fiserv, Bank Innovation, U.S. Read More.
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iGTB Lends AI, API Tech To Pivotal Corporate Banking Platform
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 12, 2018
9) noting iGTB will lend its cash management platform, CBX 18, to Pivotal clients via its Pivotal Cloud Foundry cloud platforms. in particular, allowing us to deliver one of the most sophisticated corporate banking platforms on the market.”. The companies made an announcement Friday (Feb.
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158 Ten Years Of Payments Innovation And Reinvention
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 21, 2019
As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. When most people asked “what’s next?”
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131 Amazon To Launch Storefront That Sells US SMB Products
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
We’ve created a custom, one-stop shopping experience for customers looking for interesting, innovative and high-quality products from American businesses from all across the country,” said Nicholas Denissen, vice president for Amazon , in the FoxBusiness.com report. based SMBs through the Amazon Lending Program in 2017.
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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon
South State Correspondent
MARCH 14, 2024
Despite what each of us says about service, the reality is that our people and our location has been our only sustainable competitive advantage. The bank that will be around in the next 50 years will be one that develops the ability to build infrastructure now that allows for efficient innovation in the future.
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