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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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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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GAO: FinTech Firms, FIs Seek Alternative Data Clarity In Lending

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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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Alt-Lending Conglomerate TruFin Lands $97M In IPO

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An alternative lending conglomerate based in the U.K. The firm is the holding company for an array of FinTech companies operating in supply chain finance, invoice finance and the dynamic discounting market. just secured more than $97 million through an initial public offering. reports noted.

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Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks

Chris Skinner

Similarly, there are companies that do similar things in lending, savings, investments and other specific areas of financial services based upon internet technologies. They are very different to banks and are collectively known as FinTech, financial technology start-up companies.

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Ant’s IPO Journey Faces Regulatory Hill – Is Lending In Crosshairs?

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In language from the Shanghai exchange translated from the Mandarin by CNBC and sent to Ant, the exchange noted, “Your company has also reported significant issues such as the changes in financial technology regulatory environment. As has been widely reported, the listings — to have been done dually in Shanghai and Hong Kong on Nov.

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FHFA announces Office of Financial Technology

CFPB Monitor

On July 18, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a new Office of Financial Technology with the goal of advancing effective risk management as it evaluates fintech developments in the housing finance space.