Kevin McPartland, the head of research for market structure and technology at Greenwich Associates put together his list of the top ten trends that will define finance in 2018; some of the highlights from the list include alternative data become less alternative and more part of the norm; regulators are better at getting things done as opposed to congress; continued innovation in the fintech space and the fear of a potential cyber breach in the space; banks will begin to focus more attention to cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Source.
Onalytica analyzed 5 million fintech posts starting February 2019 to come up with a list of the 100 most influential...
deBanked has taken the Inc 5000 list and provided a table of the top alternative small business companies by revenue; the top 5 include Square, OnDeck, Kabbage, Swift Capital and National Funding. Source
While speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference many of Wall Street’s top CEOs said their biggest worry is a...
Toyota Financial Services is planning the launch of a new digital bank which will be available beyond the dealers they...
According to a recent report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission hedge funds and other money managers held about 14...
Tradeshift is a supply chain finance company and has announced they are close to closing a $240 million equity and...
Business commerce and supply chain finance platform, Tradeshift, received an undisclosed equity investment from Santander InnoVentures; the capital will be used for expansion of their current platform and for growing the ecosystem around their B2B marketplace; Tradeshift is a business commerce platform where companies can buy, sell and tailor their B2B solutions. Source
The growth of fintech has already had a tremendous impact on the banking system; but the business model for many...
Massachusetts lender Radius Financial Group has begun experimenting with an all paperless mortgage in recent months as they look to become more efficient in this technological age; the process includes DocMagic, the MERS loan registry, Fannie Mae and Santander Bank; so far they've been able to complete six applications; the savings seen are significant, $200 a loan and on average nine to 13 days by using an e-warehouse line as compared to the traditional warehouse line. Source