Why the Reputation Economy Is Central to Fintech
Photo by Denis Dervisevic In a two part series, we delve into the reputation economy and its impacts on small business finance ...
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Lenny Includes Personal Finance Services in Lending App
Two months in, Lenny – millennial-focused mobile lending app – is ready to hit the market with new budgeting and ...
Is Alternative Lending Terminally Ill?
Tremors are running through the alternative lending space. Prosper raised rates, cut staff, and saw a chilly reception from investors for its ...
Searching for the Priceline of Fintech after Lending Market Meltdown Week
You could have bought Priceline stock below $10 in 2001. For many years you had little to show for it. ...
Who’ll Help Small Businesses Get Credit-score ‘Fit’?
As consumers, many of us are in the dark about our personal credit score. Sure, we can probably find it ...
Alt. Lender SoFi Takes On Investor Shortage with Hedge Fund Launch
Social Finance CEO Mike Cagney always does things a bit differently. The alternative lender, commonly known as SoFi, began in student loan refinancing ...
Asian Fintech Deal Sizes Dwarfed Those of U.S. in 2015
Asian fintech deal sizes dwarfed U.S. deal sizes in 2015, a new report from KPMG and CB Insights shows. Global ...
The Call for ‘Trust’ in Fintech Startups
SEATTLE -- The Silicon Valley model for its startups is well-known. Heck, there’s a Wikipedia for it. It centers on ...
Coolest Brands 2016: SoFi
Unbanking the World
Fintech companies don’t want to disrupt banks anymore -- that’s so 2012. Now it’s all about partnering, right? Not so ...
Lending Club Is ‘Transforming Banking,’ But Banks Fund 25% of Its Loans
Is Lending Club transforming banking? The marketplace lender just had one of its best quarters ever, and CEO Renaud Laplanche was rightly ...
