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Prosper Shutting Down Secondary Market For Loans Later In October

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Prosper, the P2P lending marketplace, is reportedly closing down the secondary market for its loans later this month. The company doesn’t operate the secondary market itself but outsources to FOLIOfn, which is operated and maintained by FOLIOfn Investments, which is a registered broker dealer.

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The Financial Technologies SMEs Aren’t Using

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Clearly, there’s still a long way for SMEs to go before they fully embrace FinTech – and the latest research on the topic reinforces the notion that small businesses aren’t using technology the way some may have hoped. 70 percent of SMEs didn’t use tax software in 2016 , found Office Depot in its most recent Small Business Index survey.

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Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks

Chris Skinner

Really easy to work with, the company is the chosen system for many other innovative companies including Kickstarter and Apple Pay, and valued at almost $10 billion by the end of 2016. They are very different to banks and are collectively known as FinTech, financial technology start-up companies.

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FinTechs In Canada Getting Lots Of VC Love

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Canadian financial technology companies backed by venture capitalists reached a level not seen in nearly two decades, despite a slowdown of investment dollars flowing into FinTechs in the U.S. million in 2016. during 2016, investments are increasing in Canada at a time they are declining both in the U.S. and the U.K.

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Mastercard, IFC Expand Partnerships To Bring Digital Payments To Emerging Markets

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Mastercard and IFC , a member of the World Bank Group, announced Thursday (April 26) that they have updated a $250 million global risk-sharing facility in an effort to expand access to electronic payments in emerging markets. This partnership will help bring modern financial services to underserved people around the world.

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Mastercard, Visa Rethinking Wirecard Deals Amid Accounting Scandal

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Mastercard and Visa are considering ending their agreements with Wirecard to process payments on their networks as the German financial technology company’s accounting scandal unravels, Bloomberg reported. In 2016, Wirecard announced its partnership with Visa Europe Collab to provide its technology and banking solutions.

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Top News In Payments: China Posts Worst Slowdown In Nearly Three Decades; Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T

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In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check fraud spiked 43 percent. Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T. Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T. billion in 2016 to $15.1 billion in 2016 to $15.1 China’s economy grew by 6.1 In Two Years.

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