The report will be released on a quarterly basis going forward and will look to cover credit performance trends; highlights of the report include continued credit re-normalization across all major lending groups and consumer installment lenders are not anticipating an increase in loss rates; they also cover the shift in the competitive landscape where more banks are investing heavily in tech and that the US consumer is quite healthy right now. Source.
There had previously been reports that Starling Bank could IPO as soon as 2022, but with the current environment it...
Peter Renton, Founder of Lend Academy was at the American Banker Digital Lending + Investing conference last week; Renton reflects on the discussion with the leaders of Marcus, shares the progress of the company thus far and his perspective on Goldman's venture. Source
Blockchain-based Figure Technologies has unveiled Figure Equity Solutions, which allows private companies to raise, manage and trade equity on the same platform.
We talk a lot about neobanks and challenger banks, but how are they doing in reality? Well, they seem to be doing pretty well. By way of example N26, the Germany-based bank start-up, is now the second most valuable bank in Germany behind Deutsche Bank. It’s worth more than Commerzbank. …
One of the biggest trends within banking and fintech is how will companies figure out how to shift their focus...
In the face of global warming projections, investment becomes critical. ICE have released bond indices to support net-zero objectives.
CNBC sat down with Plaid CEO Zach Perret to talk about 2019 and what he thinks is on the horizon for...

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) raised $550 million in June, surpassing the angel and early stage venture capital fundraising for internet businesses globally; several factors could potentially slow the fundraising trend including security issues and a report from the Securities and Exchange Commission; despite some new challenges, ICO fundraising data shows the offerings also ahead of angel and early stage funding in July. Source
Blockchain and Crypto Addressing the tiger in the room: Three experts share thoughts on Chase’s moves in the metaverse Chase’s move to the Metaverse is still sparking ideas regarding the future of banking.




