PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector, once 6,000 businesses strong, has been reduced to fewer than three dozen as the government tightened regulations, leaving billions in loans unpaid. While P2P platforms were touted as an innovative way to match savers with small borrowers, the marketplace has had troubles globally.

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The Financial Brand

APRIL 3, 2024

This article Inside Capital One’s Auto Lending Innovation Machine appeared first on The Financial Brand. Putting Capital One auto loan power into a mobile app is just one of the ways Sanjiv Yajnik and his teams have shaken up banking.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 23, 2019

Small business lender BFS Capital has hired industry veteran Fred Kauber as chief technology officer and chief product officer. Kauber will be leading a revamp of the company's core lending technology stack, its risk engine, CRM and web experience for an expected rollout later this year.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Rick Winslow, chief experience officer at small business lending company Kabbage, will join Bank Innovation Ignite this March 2-3 in Seattle as panelist for a session entitled “The future of banking customer experience.” The discussion will dive into new products and services that can help improve customers’ digital journeys.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 11, 2016

Investors see a sunny future for marketplace lending, according to a survey released today by Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP (RKO) and Wharton Fintech. Marketplace Lending, show that half of investors surveyed have capital allocated for marketplace lending. The results of the survey, titled 2016 Survey of U.S.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million. Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

EXCLUSIVE—Cloud infrastructure and data analytics are becoming more and more integral to financial services, and Capital One is one bank ahead of the curve. “We We are a very data-driven company, we want to bring the bank to the customer,” Linda Apsley, vice president of data engineering at Capital One, said of the bank’s use of […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

According to Kris Puskar , senior vice president and business banking sales and innovation director at Eastern Bank , the current climate has forced both small businesses and their banks to shift their mindsets away from historical data and take a closer look at what's happening today in order to best prepare for tomorrow.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 12, 2017

The marketplace lending industry is far from dead. This was the upshot from a venture capital panel at a recent Bank Innovation event in San Jose. Rather, it’s going through a reboot, which will include improved software, increased focus on regulation, and improved transparency.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 4, 2017

The lending business appears to be treating Square well. The division of the company responsible for providing loans to small businesses and Square sellers across its global network, Square Capital, processed more than 400,000 business loans for the quarter, for a total of $251 million. This is up 64% from last year.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Necessity is the mother of invention. Behind the Numbers

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 12, 2017

2017 was a tumultuous year, but despite some stops and starts, innovation in finance is only gaining more momentum.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Small business lending marketplace Become announced Tuesday that it raised $10 million in Series A capital to grow its platform. Benson Oak Ventures and Magenta Venture led the round, while RIO Ventures Holdings, iAngels and Entrée Capital participated. Viola Credit provided an extra $2.5 million in debt.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 23, 2020

are lining up to help speed lending to small businesses during the coronavirus crisis — and are pushing for a slice of emergency U.S. Industry group Financial Innovation Now urged Congress in a letter to provide capital to online lenders including PayPal and Square Inc., government funding.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 26, 2019

Banks have focused much of their innovation efforts on retail in recent years, with corporate banking services taking a backseat. Capital One announced on Friday that it was acquiring BlueTarp, a business-to-business credit company. Capital One […].

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2017

Square is competing with friends and family, not financial institutions, to grow its lending arm, Square Capital. The payments processing startup grew loans at Square Capital by 68% year-over-year this quarter, according to CEO Jack Dorsey on the company’s earnings call yesterday.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Exagens Corp., Fintel Labs, iGTB, JUDI.AI, KapitalWise, OpenDoor Securities, and Operant.AI

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 15, 2018

Large banks, e-commerce moguls like Amazon and eBay and tech firms are likely to enter the alternative lending space, and soon, according to Eden Amirav, co-founder, and CEO of startup LendingExpress. National Australia Bank set up its own alternative lending arm called QuickBiz Loans back in 2016. Over the […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Like many venture capital companies in the payments space, Serent Capital has had a busy year. 15 with the announcement of the launch of its fourth fund, Serent Capital IV — at $750 million. 15 with the announcement of the launch of its fourth fund, Serent Capital IV — at $750 million. That was followed on Dec.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

This bank created an innovation lab, and that bank is launching a fintech team. But this other bank just started a blockchain focus group, and everyone else is investing in tech. Gone are the days when banks could afford to be “conservative” with new product launches and tech projects, which Read More.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

It also opened the door for a boom of FinTech innovation and a flood of alternative lenders targeting the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) segment. “It comes in waves, there’s no doubt about it,” he said about the alt-lending boom. ” A Banking Pullback? The More Things Change.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week Oxx, which tends to focus on B2B software startups, led the $12 million funding round for the company, which also saw participation from Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital, according to reports. SMB Lending. Apica said it will use the funds to expand across the U.S. The company raised $2.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Alternative small business (SMB) lending platform CAN Capital announced on Wednesday (Jan. CAN Capital added Siciliano from commercial financing company Marlin Business Services , where he served in a variety of roles, including CEO and chief operating officer. 9) that Edward J.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 9, 2016

Lending Club survived a brutal second quarter (barely) and is considering some fundamental changes to thrive going forward. Specifically, the beleaguered marketplace lender will consider funding its own loans rather than selling them off post-origination.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

will speak at Bank Innovation Ignite in Seattle in March 2019 on Building the Future of Banking. Building banks of the future is something O’Malley, a self-proclaimed “data nerd” whose company makes a real-time business lending and growth automation platform for banks, knows quite well. His platform […].

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Bobsguide

APRIL 21, 2022

Finastra appoints Isabel Fernandez to accelerate lending business growth. Company welcomes Isabel to the Finastra leadership team, as EVP, Lending Business Unit. Other roles include President & CEO Global Bank Loans at GE Capital Americas and Head of Enterprise Clients. I’m looking forward to getting stuck in.”.

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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. Credit unions (CUs), meanwhile, are rarely the first point of contact for small businesses in need of capital or other financial services, according to a recent Federal Reserve report.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

Open banking regulations across Europe kicked open the door for a wave of FinTech competition, with consumer-facing personal finance management (PFM) right in the crosshairs of innovators’ efforts. Optimizing Business Lending.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

The 2008 financial crisis gave rise to the alternative lending market as a result of a massive gap in available capital, especially for small businesses and startups. Alternative finance , for instance, also filled the need for small business borrowers to obtain a faster, digital way to access capital.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

One of the key reasons for the complicated relationship – the term “frenemies” comes to mind – is that FinTech newcomers are demonstrating innovative approaches to traditional banking practices, including financial management services and money transfers, while older banks tend to be wedded to older systems.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 6, 2016

That’s what the industry needs: competing marketplace lending associations. Today, the three big names in marketplace lending (for now — more on that below) that were not in the just-launched Marketplace Lending Association have formed the Innovative Lending Platform Association.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 4, 2016

Square Capital may soon be available to non-Square merchants. The payments firm with the famous dongle just reported on a strong quarter and its lending product, Square Capital, played an important role in it. Square put out $189 million in capital on the quarter, an increase of 123% on the year, Read More.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 9, 2016

Marketplace lending space has been through a rough patch lately. Absolutely, but not drastically, according to Pat Grady, partner at Sequoia Capital. “I Has that affected the volume of investment? I wouldn’t call it a drought, but more calling off the herd,” he said at the Future of Fintech Conference yesterday. Read More.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

Small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending company Breakout Capital is expanding its product line, according to company reports on Friday (Jan. Breakout Capital explained that the tool allows factoring firms to use its platform to reach borrowers.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 4, 2016

A deep read of OnDeck Capital‘s earnings report yesterday reveals this truth: the company is moving away from marketplace lending.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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