Venmo announced late last week a new feature called Business Profiles; the feature allows SMBs to have a profile on...
The round was led by Qatar Investment Authority and values the company at $4.3 billion; they plan to invest in...
San Francisco real estate investment platform Income& has been selected as one of 24 startups to participate in the sixth Plug and Play Fintech Accelerator; the Plug and Play Fintech Accelerator is a 12-week accelerator program that provides for access to Plug and Play's extensive network of leading banks and financial institutions; the Plug and Play Fintech accelerator will support the development of Income&'s Prime-Rated Individual Mortgage-Backed Obligation (PRIMO™) product which is broadening fixed income investment alternatives by providing a product that allows investors to invest in portions of secured mortgage loans. Source
According to a regulatory filing Robinhood’s second quarter revenue came in at $180 million, nearly double the $91 million it...
Unison offers funds for a down payment in exchange for a home ownership stake; in the case of one California homebuyer, the company matched their 10% down payment and required no monthly payments; instead the borrower must repay Unison with the sale of their house plus 35% of any real estate gains incurred from the sale; a handful of companies are offering similar real estate products including Point which offers cash-for-equity arrangements for existing homeowners. Source
Peerform has been around the marketplace lending space since 2010; they are the third oldest platform behind Prosper and Lending Club; since 2014 a lot has happened at the firm including the acquisition of the company late last year by Strategic Financial Solutions; the firm has three products today: marketplace loans, direct pay consolidation loans and debt negotiation loans; the company recently formed an investment partnership with Random Forest Capital which focuses on data science and machine learning; article discusses how the two companies have partnered, overhauling Peerform's APIs and creating proprietary credit models. Source
Robo advisors have quickly become a must have product for banks as they look to offer their customers comparable products...
Over $3 billion has been raised this year by initial coin offerings; Tech Crunch shares the current warnings that the market has received from regulators; some market participants report that they have spoken with with the SEC and it is expected that we will hear much more from regulators as we enter 2018. Source
Andrew Ng, former artificial intelligence chief of Baidu and founder of Google Brain, is launching a new online course for deep learning; the course will be available through the online education site he co-founded, Coursera, and will include content from his popular machine learning course at Stanford where he is currently a professor. Source