We are like the hungry at the all-you-can-eat buffet. In the beginning, there is not enough! Let's democratize access to food; to music; to transportation; to healthcare; to finance; to payments; to banking; to lending; to investing. The billions in institutional capital across universities, pensions, and sovereigns are delegated to smart portfolio managers. The day before yesterday, it was allocated by small cap stock pickers (hi Warren!). Yesterday, it was the alternative managers of hedge funds and private equity. Today, it is the trading machine and the venture capitalist. Tomorrow, it is the cryptographic artificial intelligence.
As Marcus looks to launch a UK savings product soon the bank is already eyeing additional European markets; they plan...
At LendIt Fintech USA 2019, Boe Hartman, the CTO of Marcus, revealed in a keynote stage interview that Marcus was...
Goldman Sachs held their investor day yesterday, opening up about their future plans; the bank has not been shy about...
The long awaited consumer lending platform from Goldman Sachs, called Marcus, has launched today. We have written about the Goldman...
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It took three years for Marcus to bring a mobile app to market which many would agree is a long...
In early 2018 we learned that more than 80% of borrowers taking up loans with Goldman Sachs’ Marcus had FICO...
Technology investments at big banks like Goldman Sachs will take time to pay off; CEO David Solomon speaking at the...
I reflect on ConsenSys acquiring a broker/dealer focused on municipal bonds, and why we believe that blockchain-native platforms are a fantastic fit for this $4 trillion asset class. Can direct holding of franctional munis enable deeper community participation and usage of common resources? Are there new sources of liquidity to unlock? At the same time, there are real dangers. I compare the evolution of digital lenders and their funding sources against the current possibilities in municipal bond markets. We also look into the reasons that some innovative Fintechs have failed to achieve their stated missions, and what can be learned and done better.