The CFPB has laid out principles around the sharing of data between banks and fintechs; while the principles are non binding they are meant to provide guidance on the level of information sharing when a customer grants access to their banking details to a third party; there are still a few points of contention around screen scraping, informed consent and accountability when issues arise. Source.
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set up an asset management startup hub to help companies as they move between pre-authorization and authorization; the hub will help new entrants to better understand regulations, increase engagement and help to increase the quality of companies. Source.
- Retail Banking: Bridging the Gap from AI to ROI (White Paper)
- The Top 5 Trends of Institutional Investors Allocating Capital to Marketplace Lending
- Digital Assets Data Raises Seed Funding Round
- Funding Circle fund announces on target dividend
- Experian Acquires ClearScore for $385 Million
- Lenders warned against selling products to vulnerable consumers
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Orchard published its Weekly Online Lending Snapshot with data through Tuesday of the Thanksgiving holiday week; commentary focuses on increased lending to small businesses and highlights Small Business Saturday which occurred on November 26; the Weekly Snapshot shows publicly traded marketplace lending company returns led by LendingClub with a monthly gain of 22.38% and LendingTree with a monthly gain of 16.09%; UK listed funds all reported losses on a monthly return basis with the VPC Specialty Lending Fund leading losses at -10.38% followed by the P2P Global Investments Fund reporting a monthly loss of -7.12%; the US listed, River North Marketplace Lending Fund has reported a positive monthly gain of 0.83%; in securitizations, SoFi is the latest issuer with the SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC (SOFI-2016-E) priced on November 17. Source
Allen Webb of RiverNorth talks about the firm's marketplace lending fund; gives an overview of the portfolio selection criteria; talks about the fund's structure and some of the liquidity challenges presented by marketplace loans; says the firm is planning future webinars to educate investors on the fixed income investment.
Innovate Finance has reported global investment in fintech trending higher; details reported to Crowdfund Insider cite an increase of 27% in 2016 with investment for the year at $15.2 billion with 839 deals; UK fintech investment has slowed while investment in China has been increasing; Innovate Finance says China has reported the top three fintech investment deals globally with funding for Alipay, Lufax and JD Finance; in the US, insurtech firm, Oscar, has led investment fundraising with funding of $400 million. Source
NY based Quontic Bank saw retail deposits grow by 261 percent to...