An open source movement helped propel technology in the 80s and 90s and industry professionals are speculating on the need for another open source movement in today's current environment; while open source is not favored because of its intellectual property disadvantages it does have significant advantages for innovation; Crowdfund Insider details some of the areas where it is being discussed including third party data sharing and loan stacking; it has also been a topic recently debated at LendIt USA 2017 and is in ongoing development and discussion with the Online Lending Policy Institute, ID Analytics, the Marketplace Lending Association and numerous other industry groups. Source
