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A federal district court in the Southern District of New York has ordered the Bethune v. Lending Club Corporation, et al. case to proceed to arbitration; plaintiffs argue that Lending Club loans were in violation of state usury laws despite their association with WebBank; while the case is still pending, the court has said it will be decided through arbitration due to clauses in place by Lending Club. Source

The European robo adviser has gained 10,000 customers and reported GBP260 million ($339.25 million) in assets under management; customers include Italian and UK consumers; source provides other data from the company's earnings results reporting a loss of GBP6.3 million ($8.22 million) from revenue of GBP167,628 ($218,721) for 2016; company says it is forecasting profitability by 2019; currently partnering with Allianz and another firm in Italy on two new servicing deals; also focused on launching a pension product this year. Source
A study by Ernst and Young and DBS Bank finds Chinese fintech companies are advanced in their financial innovation services which they are developing for a strong consumer demand; this demand is being driven by minimal access to credit, increased internet users and few regulatory barriers; success is occurring in numerous fintech markets with an increased focus on the payments industry. Source
Wealth Migrate is claiming to be the first real estate online investing platform that has incorporated blockchain technology; the company focuses on cross-border real estate investing; blockchain is being applied to defining and recording smart contracts and a decentralized, unalterable record of investment transactions. Source
LendIt Co-Founder and current CCO of Centrifuge, Jason Jones, wrote a guest...
Validis simplifies the lending process to SMEs; Validis offers a solution that connects directly to SME accounting packages and allows businesses to share their information directly with lenders; they also have built fraud detection tools that analyze the information to spot anomalies, discrepancies and mistakes; the Validis ’Quality Score’ algorithm allows lenders to monitor the financial health of their borrowers. Source
Speaking at StartCon in Sydney, Mike Cannon-Brookes, co-founder of Atlassian, shared his thoughts on the inefficient banking industry in Australia; some of the major problems are the lack of ability to access the data and the ease of being able to switch banks; Cannon-Brookes stated, "The lack of a banking API in Australia is crazy."; Australian banks make approximately AU$1,000 in profit per person, per year and their profits equate to 2.9% of GDP; this is due to the lack of competition and heavy regulations in the banking sector, according to Cannon-Brookes. Source
- Lendio Announces New Franchise in Detroit
- Goodbye Ethereum: Kik Plans to Move Its ICO Tokens to Stellar
- SBDA Group Closes Series A Investment Round
- Yirendai Makes $50 Million Strategic Investment in Finance Services Platform Lion Rock
- Financeit Recapitalizaton Gives Goldman Sachs Majority Stake
- Ablrate Launches Portfolio Loans Product After Topping £30 Million in Total Funding & Securing £3 Million in IFISA Funds
- Coinbase is now the No. 1 iPhone app in the U.S.
On November 14 to 18 Singapore held its first Fintech Festival providing S$1.15 million to ten fintech firms; supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Association of Banks in Singapore, awards were given ranging from S$250,000 to S$50,000; the top prize of S$250,000 for the MAS FinTech Awards (Singapore Open) was given to fastacash Pte Ltd; the Fintech Festival follows significant expansion in Singapore which now has the largest fintech hub in the world and numerous subsidies available to attract fintech startup companies. Source
