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The New Lending Fintech Bonanza

Gonzobanker

It was into this world that the much celebrated digital lending fintech OnDeck recently sold to Enova for $90 million, a virtual fire sale at way under 1X OnDeck’s revenue. Among ICE’s assets are the New York Stock Exchange. They primarily support – don’t compete with – federally insured bank lending.

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SoFi Unveils Digital Wealth Management Platform, SoFi Wealth

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Less than a month after announcing its new $105 million SoFi Prime Income Fund to help raise funds to issue loans, online lending innovator SoFi is making headlines again with the launch of SoFi Wealth. The new initiative, the company’s first digital wealth management offering, will allow investors in the U.S.

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Fintech with The Jetsons at FinovateFall 2016

Fintech Labs Insights

Next month at FinovateFall in New York, we’re going to see some things that, compared to 2007, seem like the way the Jetsons would manage their finances. This, combined with increased demand for alternative lending, makes lending a prime space for disruption. Status quo is no longer an option. Collaboration.

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Fintech Fundings: 38 Companies Raised $300 Million First Week of June

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: New York City. HQ: New York City. HQ: New York City. HQ: New York City. Alt-lending. Tags: Consumer, lending, peer-to-peer, P2P, credit, underwriting, investing. Total raised: Unknown. HQ: Austin, Texas. Source: Crunchbase. Lease-to-own financing platform. Latest round: $12.5

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Disrupting Insurance: The Other Financial Services Opportunity

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In the last years, most of the focus on innovation in financial services has been, it seems, on banking (investing and lending) and payment. In an insurance world, there is a conflict between the requirements of the underwriting algorithm for being able to price the premium and the optimal UX for users to be able to obtain a product.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Even with worries around an allegedly discriminatory algorithm, Silicon Valley UX met big bank Wall Street money in slick onboarding that has our attention. New York Community Bancorp selected Fiserv DNA. THE VENDOR AWARDS. Core Deal of the Year. Nothing answers the question of “Yeah, but can it scale?”

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Goes to MoneyLion for lots of obvious inappropriate behavior including violating the Military Lending Act regarding capped lending rates. The New Name for Community Award. Acquisition of the Year: The No Time to Breathe Award. Goes to CSI.

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