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Is Tribal Lending Done?

PYMNTS

The Kansas businessman – facing a 2017 conviction for violating federal truth in lending and racketeering laws in connection with his online lending business – attempted to apologize for the $3.5 But tribal lending has its defenders as well, who note that the funds it generates are essential to the tribes that offer it.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Revolut Clients Get Access To Early Payday Feature; SWIFT gpi Instant Goes Online In UK

PYMNTS

Miami-based eCapital said the move will enable it to grow its geographical presence beyond North America and add to its specialty lending offerings. Alternative Lender eCapital Buys UK-Based Advantedge Commercial. The company is a provider of financing to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

Popular projects for 2023 include online loan and deposit onboarding utilizing third-party data to speed the process, compliance-as-a-service, payments, card controls, service case management, leveraging data for customer insights, and providing open banking APIs to customers. Remember all those five-year fixed-rate loans you booked at 4%?

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Airbnb Offers Multifamily Financing Solution Through RealtyShares

PYMNTS

RealtyShares, a leading online marketplace for commercial real estate investing, announced it is now featured on the Airbnb site as a financing resource in its Multifamily Properties Toolkit. The company has already been working with developers to design apartment properties that lend themselves more easily to sharing.

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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

While the $55 million-asset community bank has one brick-and-mortar branch in Fort Lauderdale, Locality Bank will serve customers primarily through its online and mobile applications. Serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, Locality Bank is focusing on serving small businesses and others in the restaurant and hospitality sectors.

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Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) in Nov 2021

Fintech Labs Insights

Bank of Montreal online mortgage app circa Jan 1998 (via Internet archive). It’s telling that Apply by Phone/Fax were more prominent than Apply Online. files over the weekend, I ran across an Online Banking Report article I wrote in 1997 about Bank of Montreal’s pioneering online mortgage application. Visits (Oct21).

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Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) in Nov 2021

Fintech Labs Insights

Bank of Montreal online mortgage app circa Jan 1998 (via Internet archive). It’s telling that Apply by Phone/Fax were more prominent than Apply Online. files over the weekend, I ran across an Online Banking Report article I wrote in 1997 about Bank of Montreal’s pioneering online mortgage application. Visits (Oct21).

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