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We’ve been following the OCC Fintech Charter since it was first formally proposed in December 2016. Since then it has...
Peter Renton, Founder of Lend Academy provides a summary of the second annual Online Lending Policy Summit which covered a wide variety of topics around regulation for fintech companies. Source
If the government does not delay, 2022 is the year that Washington gets serious about crypto.
Crowdfund Insider provides a roundup of keynote speaker quotes from LendIt USA expressing sentiment from the event; a great deal of attention at LendIt USA 2017 was on the industry's rebound from challenges faced in 2016 including a disturbance of platform confidence following the release of Lending Club's CEO with economic uncertainty and increased defaults also factoring into the market landscape; Scott Sanborn began the conference with an opening keynote speech discussing the exponential market opportunity still ahead likening the market's growth to Amazon's initial market potential; Lending Club's appointment of Sanborn appears to be a critical success factor for the firm and the industry overall; generally market leaders were confident about the industry's current trajectory and government officials reported an increased presence as mainstream integration becomes even more prevalent. Source
