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FinTech Jeff Aims To Boost Lending To The Underbanked In South Asia

PYMNTS

With no credit scores, limited financial transaction histories, and a huge amount of people who don’t even have a bank account, lending money in Vietnam is no simple task. While most financiers would run from an environment like that, CEO Toms Niparts of Jeff , an app-based lending platform based in Latvia, saw it as a huge opportunity. “We

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China’s blood on the carpet in P2P lending

Chris Skinner

One other thing struck me as the discussions fired away in Shanghai at Lang Di … is China going to haemorrhage and bring down the world’s financial systems … or is that just what the Western media would like us to think?

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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

Perficient

When deciding whether to use a BNPL service for a purchase, it is essential to read the fine print. Here are critical facts to know about some of the most popular BNPL service platforms: Afterpay: Afterpay was founded in Australia in 2014 but was acquired by fintech Square earlier this year. According to Kristen E.

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Fintechs seek US government funds to help make business loans

Bank Innovation

are lining up to help speed lending to small businesses during the coronavirus crisis — and are pushing for a slice of emergency U.S. Financial-technology firms including PayPal Holdings Inc. government funding. and to permit the firms to […].

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FinTech LendingClub Buys Radius Bank For $185M

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FinTech LendingClub is purchasing Radius Bancorp for $185 million in cash and stock, according to a report by CNBC. LendingClub provides personal lending online, and it wants access to funding that is more stable and not as expensive. This is the first time a FinTech has purchased an actual bank. billion in assets.

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FinTech: $6.5 billion invested in first half of 2017

Chris Skinner

Innovate Finance has just published their report on the first half of 2017, and the investments made in FinTech. Global VC FinTech investment attracts $6.5 Global VC FinTech investment attracts $6.5 Global VC FinTech investment attracts $6.5 Global VC FinTech investment attracts $6.5 decrease in deal volume.

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Investors on the fintech lending crash diet

Bank Innovation

In the US alone, the unfulfilled small business lending market was estimated to have reached $96.5 That’s a lot of lending mouths going hungry, but also a big pie up for grabs by those smart enough to work out how to actually lend to Read More. billion in Q4 of 2015.

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