A Community Bank Takes on Alternative Lenders
Small businesses are proverbially difficult for banks to serve -- but don't tell that to Hugh Connelly, president of Univest Capital, ...
Tag: Capital & Funding
Top 5 Reasons to Read Ron Shevlin’s New(ish) Book
In a sense, if you've been reading Ron Shevlin's Snarketing 2.0 blog, now part of The Financial Brand, you have ...
Dubious and Disturbing ‘Pay to Play’ in FinTech Media
This week, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, my alma mater, graduated its latest class of students. The graduation had ...
Venture Funding for FinTech Climbs 62% YOY, New Data Shows
FinTech venture funding continues to increase. A total of $520 million was invested in financial services startups last quarter, up ...
Moven Preps PayPal Integration, Global Growth
Moven is expanding to new geographies and increasing customers' money movement options with a PayPal integration. Financial services these days ...
In the Bank Account of the Future, Context is King
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Three companies gave Finovate attendees a look at the bank account of the future yesterday: Moven, ...
Purge the Word ‘Frictionless’ from Banking
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It's time to relegate the phrase 'frictionless' to the FinTech trashbin. It will join words such as ...
Rare Commercial RE Finance Startup Gets Funding
A rare commercial real estate finance startup scored an $8 million funding round yesterday. Credifi, an Israeli company, secured the ...
Mega Social Media Data for Financial Services Has Arrived
It wasn't too long ago that the suggestion that social media data could feed financial services underwriting and products was, well, ...
Affirm’s $275M Round Coincides with Climbing Traffic
Affirm Inc., the POS lender, closed a $275 million round today, which coincides with climbing traffic. The site is now ...
