News Roundup Archives | Page 489 of 715

Random

News Roundup

This page contains an archive of the Global Newsletter summaries and the weekly fintech news roundups.

Every day the Fintech Nexus news team scours the globe for the most important stories of the day to include in our daily newsletter.

Then every Saturday we bring you our weekly news roundup of the top 10 fintech stories of the week with commentary from Peter Renton.

To join our newsletter community please subscribe here.

News Roundup Online Lending

·Feb. 13, 2017

Wave Will Offer OnDeck Credit Products to Small Businesses

Wave and OnDeck have partnered to offer credit products to small businesses; Wave currently offers small businesses financial tools and software for managing their business; the firm will now offer its clients new credit products through Lending by Wave; with Lending by Wave clients can directly access loans and credit lines from OnDeck through the Wave ecosystem. Source

Read Full Story

Fintech News Roundup USA

·Jan. 26, 2018

Tim Draper on Usage of Bitcoin

Tim Draper spoke at the event Blockchain Connect Conference today; he stated, “In five years, if you go to a Starbucks or McDonald's and try to buy a burger or coffee with fiat currency, the person at the counter is going to laugh at you. There's a real need for a currency that's global.”; Draper was an early backer in companies like Skype and Baidu; his interests have since turned to bitcoin and ICOs. Source

Read Full Story

News Roundup

·Aug. 2, 2021

Apple Card Looks to Disrupt Banks and Fintechs

The official launch of the Apple Card ratcheted up the pressure on...

Read Full Story

Assorted payment apps offering Buy Now Pay Later services are seen on an iPhone, including Afterpay, Affirm, Klarna, Sezzle, Zip (Quadpay), Perpay, and Tabby.

News Roundup

·May. 26, 2023

Global newsletter: Klarna’s lose now, win later plan is working

Your feel-good Friday news comes to us from Klarna this week. The Swedish BNPL behemoth appears to be delivering on its promise from 2022 to return to profitability by the end of 2023.

Read Full Story

News Roundup Online Lending USA

·Sep. 5, 2017

dv01 Outlines Marketplace Lending Originations

dv01 provides insight on marketplace lending originations with data from Lending Club, SoFi, Marlette and Prosper; shows 2Q17 originations increasing 21% from 1Q17 and up 52% from 2Q16 with average loan coupons increasing to 14.31%; average FICO has increased from 703 to 711 as firms tighten their credit underwriting. Source

Read Full Story

Fintech News Roundup

·Jan. 10, 2017

IBM Buys Promontory to Have Watson Learn Banking Compliance

IBM is now moving into banking compliance, by purchasing Promontory Financial Group they hope they can use the compliance company's expertise to teach Watson about banking compliance; "Part of why we bought Promontory was, these systems (meaning Watson), they do have to be trained," explained IBM CEO Ginni Rometty; IBM believes artificial intelligence can help across the banking industry and ease the burden on specific firms. Source

Read Full Story

Fintech News Roundup USA

·Apr. 22, 2019