Total loans at banks fell by 1.5 percent during the first half of June, according to data compiled by the...
Among the many Fintech methods, tools and techniques, AI and blockchain are at the top of the list and represent...
Small businesses are becoming more anxious by the day with the crisis showing no signs of ending in the near...
The fintech company is graduating from the Y Combinator's summer 2017 class and will be presenting at Demo Day next week; the company was founded by former Blend employees and offers similar technology for loan applications; different from Blend, it seeks to serve a broader target market than just mortgage loans and it is also focusing on mid to small market companies; it offers a white label software service that can be used to improve online loan applications. Source
Bank holding company, CRB Group Inc., has received venture capital investment of $28 million from Battery Ventures LP, Andreessen Horowitz and Ribbit Capital; the large investment in a bank is unusual for venture capitalists which have mainly been known for early stage financing in new fintech startups; CRB Group however has been considerably growing its digital banking capabilities making the investment attractive for fintech venture capitalists; New Jersey-chartered, Cross River Bank, was founded in 2008 and has since partnered with numerous fintech startups to offer industry leading services for lending and payments; the bank is expected to use the investment to continue building on its industry leading fintech services; because the bank is FDIC regulated the VC investors will be limited in some of their investment activities. Source
FastPay and Tennenbaum Capital partnered to provide an $80 million credit facility to leading global converged TV and video software provider Videology; Scott Ferber of Videology explains: "The facility provides the additional liquidity we need to expand our business further and faster — so important in such a quick moving, high growth space. We are fortunate to be working with this great team."; having FastPay and Tennenbaum partner to provide the financing allowed for the facility to occur with unprecedented speed and efficiency. Source
IRA Financial Group, a New York provider of retirement plan solutions, is offering a self-directed IRA for P2P loan investors; the firm has designed the IRA for P2P lending; loan investments in the self-directed IRA would be tax deferred. Source
Fresh off a new round of funding led by Andreessen Horowitz Synapse CEO sat down with American Banker to discuss...
An investigation by The NY Times found that the price of a taxi medallion jumped from $200,000 to more than...
PeerIQ provides their perspective on the jobs report from last week which they believe pegs true unemployment in the 18-20%...