Aura is a small dollar lender which focuses on borrowers who have little or no credit history; the $10 million...
Income Share Agreements (ISAs) are slowly growing in popularity as an alternative to traditional student loans; a new company called...
While Amazon is unlikely to buy a bank in 2018, they are still a threat to banks and other fintech companies; the company is already involved in payments, cash, debit cards, small business lending and consumer credit; Tearsheet shares how retail and financial services companies are becoming more intertwined and how this is a trend that will continue into 2018; the way consumers interact across various apps and accounts is also having a significant effect on banks. Source
With SoFi Money becoming live SoFi now offers a bank account they bill as a hybrid between a savings and...
LendIt Fintech USA 2020 is coming to your desktop on September 29 through October 1; it is everything that you...
This is a guest post from Mike Gunderson, Founder and President of Gunderson Direct Inc.; they currently work with many...
In his LendIt Fintech USA 2019 keynote, CEO and Co-founder of Affirm, Max Levchin, had some harsh words to say...
The San Francisco based blockchain startup has more than 100 institutions using its RippleNet payment network “The technology we have, and the vision we have, is proven," Marcus Treacher, Ripple's global head of strategic accounts tells American Banker. "We've gone from theory to hard-nosed production, and that's a big event.”; the two way protocol allows for banks on both sides of the transaction to verify funds and fees. Source.
Buy now pay later services are becoming one of the biggest benefactors during the current crisis; consumers have turned to...
Get ready for MEMX, or Members Exchange, as a group of nine retail broker-dealers, banks, and financial services firms plan...