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·Apr. 24, 2017

YieldStreet Reports Lending of over $100mn

YieldStreet has reached $100 million in lending in less than eight quarters; the firm markets returns of 8% to 20% with a peer-to-peer lending model that offers secured loans; investment minimums begin at $5,000 and the platform has a range of investors including accredited, high net worth, family offices, registered investment advisors and institutional investors. Source

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·Apr. 24, 2020

Yieldstreet Under Fire For Missing Investor Payments

Alternative investment marketplace Yieldstreet has come under fire from investors recently due to several investments that have gone bad; according...

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·Jun. 30, 2020

Yieldstreet’s Michael Weisz on the Pandemic’s Impact on Digital Wealth Management

The President and Co-Founder of Yieldstreet, Michael Weisz, joins Zack Miller on the Tearsheet podcast to discuss digital wealth management...

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·Jan. 28, 2019

Yodlee Acquires Conversational AI Startup Abe AI

Envestnet|Yodlee is a data aggregator which has been working with Abe AI for nearly two years; Abe AI will leverage...

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·Jan. 20, 2020

Yodlee in Lawmakers Crosshairs over Data Sharing

Yodlee, a unit within Envestnet, has come under fire in recent days for their data sharing practices; Senators Ron Wyden,...

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·Jan. 16, 2019

Youth Sports Payments Now Kid Stuff as Fiserv, Stack Sports Team Up

In an effort to make youth sports payments easier and more efficient, Fiserv and Stack Sports have teamed up as Stack...

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·Nov. 2, 2017

Zelle Adds Big Tech to its List of Partners

The real time payments network Zelle has added new tech partners to their growing network; partners include ACI Worldwide, CGI, D3 Banking Technology and IBM; the new partners will help to accelerate technology, reduce risk and control costs for Zelle as their payments network grows over time. Source.

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·Oct. 24, 2017

Zelle and IBM Partner on P2P Payments

The partnership between IBM and Zelle is meant to accelerate and simplify payments through real time processing; they also will help to enable same day deposits, bill pay, less fees and seamless cash flow; Zelle is now working with over 20 banks and plans to reach 85 million consumers by end of year. Source.

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·Jan. 16, 2018

Zelle Begins Brand Marketing Push

This past weekend p2p payments platform Zelle started a marketing push in 6 major US markets; Early Warning, Zelle’s owner, started the ads during last weekends NFL football games and has plans to further advertise during the Grammy Awards, the NBA All-Star Game and more upcoming events; while Zelle has past Venmo in volume the platform is not nearly as widely known and it isn’t entirely clear how many users they have because it is integrated with your banking app; the company also plans to do a push in print and digital ads over the coming months. Source.

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·Dec. 12, 2017

Zelle Integration at US Bank Shows Early Success

US Bank saw a 104 percent increase in Zelle transactions the past four months and a 50 percent increase in customer enrollment in the peer to peer payment offering; this is another success story for Zelle as they have seen significant usage in their product with $33.6bn in volume versus $14.8bn by Venmo; Zelle is integrated with over 40 banks and has reached over 85 millions users. Source.

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