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Widening Borrower Protection’s Scope To SMBs

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Borrower protection initiatives have taken aim at predatory lenders, both online and brick-and-mortar, with legislators at the state and federal levels addressing concerns that include a lack of transparency and sky-high fees and interest rates. small businesses had sought a loan online, compared to just 19 percent that did so in 2017.

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Oportun Personal Loans Review: For Borrowers With No Credit

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APRs are lower than predatory lending options. While the loans are very expensive, they offer a middle ground between traditional loans and potentially predatory payday lending. Unlike Oportun, traditional lenders usually look at your credit score when making a lending decision. Designed for borrowers with no credit.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

//Jeff Marsico remarks to the 2023 New Jersey Bankers' Association Annual Convention: May 19, 2023// Four decades ago, the prolonged savings-and-loan crisis devastated the industry. The old borrow short, lend long strategy. Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate?

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

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Cross River Bank in New Jersey ($1.1B) has found a nice niche providing back-end decisioning and servicing solutions for fintech lenders such as Affirm, BestEgg, Coinbase and TransferWise. This award goes to Ally Bank ’s mind-numbingly fast growth in its auto lending unit. Banks Leveraging Fintechs Award.

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