PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) worked quickly to ensure they could operate smoothly as the pandemic kept consumers at home and closed brick-and-mortar branches in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. Spanish bank CaixaBank is another FI looking to upgrade its online banking platform through the use of cloud-based technologies.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Offering digital lending isn’t about the bells and whistles. started developing its digital lending platform about three years ago—and the bank is really glad it did. “I’m Community bankers are increasingly recognizing that the future of digital lending is here. Illustration by Out of the box/Stocksy. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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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.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

Grab Financial Group , the Southeast Asia FinTech company, announced Tuesday (March 19) the rollout of SME lending and micro-insurance for drivers in Singapore as part of its “Grow with Grab” roadmap. Grow with Grab” is its full push into lending and insurance, the company said in the press release.

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Lending Fintech Groups Policies 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

So it is with the Chinese alternative lending space, with various nomenclature in place, seemingly interchangeable, embracing P2P loans or internet lending – in short, funds flowing outside the confines of the bank branch and the teller window. Regulations take shape, usually quite a bit more slowly.

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Lending Guidelines Fintech Industry 150

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

New Jersey-based financial institution Investors Bank has announced a collaboration with online small business lending firm OnDeck to digitize its own small to medium-sized business (SMB) lending operations. The companies announced their collaboration in a press release Monday (Oct.

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Lending New Jersey Online Customer Experience 101

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Corporate buyers can pay more rapidly online with credit cards, benefitting sellers, and enjoy easy access to detailed, searchable information to guide their purchasing decisions. Some online sellers eschew online marketplaces in favor of more tailored digital sales experiences, turning to eCommerce system providers for help.

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Mobile Online Payments Tools 197

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, cross-border payment platform dLocal has grown its network, while Mambu is joining forces with New Zealand digital lending platform Ranqx to enhance digital lending. Mambu, Ranqx Partner to Enhance SMB Digital Lending. Hackers Hit Mobile Money Payments Processor in Uganda.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 16, 2016

Lenny is meant for mobile (of course) and launched today in California. Millennials hate credit — but a new service called Lenny is out to change that. It will reach Texas, Florida and New York in the next 10 to 12 months, according to the company, which claims that, in less than three Read More.

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Millennials Mobile Florida Lending 150

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Potential borrowers apply online or via mobile, can be approved and offered a rate within 15 minutes, and can have their loans funded within 24 hours. Avant is really two businesses operating under one roof — connected in crucial ways, but separate in function. These are massively complicated and expensive systems to build.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

Visa is determined to make EMV faster, Starbucks wants to make getting that cuppa joe faster, too, and is crushing it with mobile order ahead and the CFPB might be moving closer to having a fast exodus of the payday lending business once its rules drop. Overall, year over year, online fraud attacks have spiked 215 percent.

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Lending Mobile Cards Fraud 100

Perficient

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Taking out a credit card and entering its number is a friction point that can cause consumers to abandon both online purchases (7% of abandoned online carts are due to not having a credit card handy or the same credit card accepted by the merchant) and in-person purchase decisions.

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San Francisco Cards Online Payments 275

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

But competition and marketing expenses will cut into profits, and mobile revenue declined about 12 percent year over year. That news comes as Samsung better positions itself for the coming of 5G mobile technology — in mid-October, Samsung said it had bought Zhilabs to further enhance its 5G capabilities. Mobile Flagship Sales.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 25, 2018

Marcus, the consumer lending arm for Goldman Sachs, wants to become the one-stop shop for many of your financial matters, except for one: credit cards — at least for now. “Our fundamental thinking on the credit card space is that there is a lot of innovation that is required. It is true that the industry has a […].

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Lending Cards Innovation Industry 199

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

But presentation materials that accompanied the results showed that of the reserve released in the quarter, $900 million came from the consumer side of the book, so to speak, and were released from home lending. The remaining $2 billion that was released came from the bank’s wholesale operations. billion at the end of the quarter.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

They include business intelligence solutions like analysis and support for digitization, as well as supply chain management tools and access to small business loans via Alipay’s online bank MYbank.

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Lending Tools Mobile Analysis 134

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Now, the fast-growing operation is tapping into one of the growing trends in payments and commerce by offering online financing for its many partners. To get a better handle on what’s going on — and why OYO is embracing hotel financing — PYMNTS recent talked with Abhinav Sinha, chief operating officer and operating partner at OYO USA.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

Bank of America (BoA) is expanding its mobile service for small- and medium-sized (SME) customers. An announcement by the financial institution (FI) this week said it now enables small businesses to apply for loans via its mobile app.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Soon after Lending Club revealed its ex-CEO may have artificially inflated the company’s lending volumes, the U.S. Investors on Monday (June 27) provided $10 million to D3 Banking for it to further its research and development operations, reports said. Alternative Lending. Lendingkart. Five Star Business Finance.

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Lending Analytics Capital Industry 101

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Mobile food ordering has become a crowded space. The surge in these mobile order-ahead apps is being driven by consumers for the most part. Mobile ordering has also become big business. According to the April 2019 Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker , a collaboration between PYMNTS and Kount , the estimated value of the U.S.

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Mobile Fraud Industry Security 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. So-called peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has certainly faced challenges in certain markets.

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Fintech Lending Regional Regulation 144

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Although bank lending partnerships with fintechs continue to receive OCC attention, recent remarks by OCC officials indicate that OCC scrutiny is now also directed at partnerships outside of the lending arena. Mr. Hsu also raised concerns about unknown risks or “nasty surprises” arising out of bank-fintech arrangements.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

The alternative small business lending market took home the biggest slice of cake this week with about $33.5 EZBob operates the Everline and EZBob online small business lending platforms, and CEO Tomer Guriel said in a statement that the funding “is proof of our game-changing technology and unique approach to business lending.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Make that leather wallet a mobile one, wielded on smartphones. As many as 72 percent of bridge millennials say mobile apps are important for accessing bank accounts. That license will let the challenger bank launch banking operations, regulated by both the PRA and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Kill the check.

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Digital Banking Millennials Mobile Regulation 160

Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Keeping up with OFAC Russian sanctions , customer due diligence regulations, and consumer lending compliance expectations can be challenging. From transaction monitoring to detecting unusual activities and facilitating report filing for reviews and audits, regtech solutions for banks can streamline and optimize compliance operations.

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Technology Fraud Compliance Regulation 195

Abrigo

JULY 27, 2023

Keeping up with OFAC Russian sanctions , customer due diligence regulations, and consumer lending compliance expectations can be challenging. From transaction monitoring to detecting unusual activities and facilitating report filing for reviews and audits, regtech solutions for banks can streamline and optimize compliance operations.

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Technology Fraud Compliance Regulation 195

Accenture

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Guest blogger Markus Naumer examines how digital payments technology is enhancing credit lending and showing promise in addressing consumer credit-aversion challenges. In most European countries, for example, unsecured card lending is less than 18 percent of total unsecured consumer lending.

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Payments Lending Examples Innovation 150

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Small businesses can apply for the financing online and must provide information by monthly gross revenue, showing that they have been in operation for at least six months. BusinessCreator provides marketing solutions for SMBs that include search marketing and solutions for mobile, social and video platforms.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

As the pandemic has caused stress across financial markets, interrupted supply chains and shut down businesses (some of them permanently), Schwartz said that for any business “that operates, day to day, in moving money, taking in payments, making sure supplier payments happen, it’s extraordinarily important to know where your liquidity is.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

The real trick is to tie engaging consumer experiences to those cards, which is critical, as prepaid and reloadable cards continue to evolve — moving from plastic cards to mobile accounts that can adapt to an expanding portfolio of use cases, including payroll, online gambling or even consumer and business lending.

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Cards Las Vegas Innovation Mobile 158

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The firm also reported an uptick in digital-banking activity during the quarter, with 32 million active digital customers (online and mobile), including 25.9 million active mobile customers. We expect that these actions will also improve our operational and financial performance.”. billion in the period, up 11.1

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Cards Operations Report Mobile 206

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The types of compromised accounts that are commonly available and most popular on account markets are financial (bank, investments, brokerage), e-commerce, online payments, dating sites, mobile / telecommunications, social media, and email. There are many operators of mule networks offering their services on the Dark Web.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market is headed for more turbulence in 2020 as more of its popular platforms face potentially being shut down as the government tightens regulatory reins. Gansu, Hebei, Hunan, Chongqing and Sichuan were among Chinese provinces ordering a total shutdown of P2P lending in 2019. billion yuan (US$70.4

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Lending Regulation Capital Industry 131

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

That’s according to PYMNTS’ latest Credit Union Tracker , which pointed to consumers’ rising demands for mobile-friendly platforms and faster payments services. One of the largest opportunities is in small business lending. According to Biz2Credit CEO Rohit Arora, regulations capping credit union lending activity at 12.25

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Lending Community Bank Community Fintech 108

Bank Innovation

JUNE 11, 2018

In its two years of operation, it has already issued loans totaling over $370 million in Norway and expanded into Finland. Like many other challenger banks, Instabank offers lending products through its website, but the bank has taken their goal of […].

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Meeting Technology Lending Operations 186

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

Visa is expanding its presence with small businesses in Kenya through a new partnership with alternative lender Branch International, a mobile small business lender. Visa’s tie-up with an alternative SMB lender in Kenya comes as local regulators explore the mobile lending space.

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