FinTech Rising

Reports at the intersection of money, banking, securities, and payments with digital technologies

Lending

How P2P Lending Works

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 08/21/16 It's clearly the end of summer doldrums here in Chicago, though the tourists are still about town before the school begins, and the weather has been perfect hot summer days and warm nights. FinTech news seems a bit less frenzied. It may even appear that you haven't missed the boat yet on the money and applications of the future. The most … [Read more...] about How P2P Lending Works

Distancing LendingClub

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 06/25/16 As the dust settles from the LendingClub scandal, rival alternative lending firms attempt to distance themselves from the fallen firm while other FinTech startups enjoy newfound attention from investors. But it remains up for debate whether FinTech is the place into which investors should be stashing their cash. As the United States and … [Read more...] about Distancing LendingClub

Alternative Lending Drama

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 05/22/16 No surprise that much of this week's FinTech news drew this or that lesson from the difficulties at peer-to-peer lender LendingClub. The market is abuzz with possibilities of lower FinTech investment, closer regulatory scrutiny, and either the need for greater partnerships with banks or a sense that perhaps the banking industry is OK on … [Read more...] about Alternative Lending Drama

Innovation and Misconduct

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 05/15/16 FinTech's spring coming out party took place last week, with two days of demonstrations of the cutting-edge of financial services technologies at Finovate. To see what innovations companies debuted, take a look at a summary of Finovate's Twitter feed and the event live blog from financial public relations firm William Mills. At the same … [Read more...] about Innovation and Misconduct