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Goldman Sachs has been exploring the creation of a crypto trading desk and now has hired a former crypto trader; the bank hired Justin Schmidt as a vice president and head of digital asset markets; the move is seen as another step by the bank to eventually create a crypto trading desk as they have been rumored to be exploring this for quite some time; no major bank has started a crypto trading desk yet. Source.
Social media gets a bad rep. What happens if you add finance in too? It could be great, but also not so great.
- Orchard Publishes New Lendscape of the Online Lending Industry
- AutoGravity Surpasses $1 Billion USD In Finance Amount Requested, Launches Real-Time Dealership Inventory Nationwide
- Stockpile Raises $30 Million to Make Stock Investing Easy for Everyone
- Wunder Brings on Rich Mauro as Director of Capital Markets
- 1000's of investors funded more than €2 million in short-term loans - Robo.Cash
Nexus Dealmakers Summit and the LendIt Fintech Industry Awards will be happening in Miami on February 7-8. Fintech leaders, as well as investors and bankers, will be gathering to network and celebrate the amazing achievements of the past 18 months.
AlphaFlow is an investment platform for real estate that allows investors to easily build a diversified portfolio; Sturm shares what platforms they are working with, their due diligence process, the types of loans they invest in, how they’re planning to work with offline hard money lenders and more. Source
After bringing on former Google and PayPal execs, DriveWealth continues stream of new hires, appointing Visa fintech lead as CEO.
Nathaniel Hoopes, head of the Marketplace Lending Association shares how the Madden v. Midland decision is having an adverse impact on borrowers in an American Banker opinion article. Source
Early last year UK online lender Zopa closed the platform to new investors, they have now re-opened it; investors will be able to invest in both the Core and Plus products, with and without the IFISA; last week Zopa also announced for the first time since 2015 they were raising target investor rates to 4 percent for Core and 4.6 percent for Plus. Source.
Crypto lenders like BlockFi and Genesis Capital have been pushing the tax free perk in a bid to get more...