Consumer lending

Envestnet adding lending option to its wealth services

04/10/19

The technology provider to financial advisers is partnering with Advisor Credit Exchange to help them connect their clients with banks and nonbanks for consumer and business loans.

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Online lender Upstart eyes expansion after latest funding round

04/08/19

The San Francisco fintech, which uses artificial intelligence to make consumer credit decisions, has raised an additional $50 million. It also announced new partnerships with lenders and plans for a credit card.

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A payday lender in disguise? New York investigates the Earnin app

04/03/19

The Earnin app appears designed to look like other early wage access programs, but critics say it’s actually a payday lender and New York regulators have taken notice.

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Consumer lender Affirm raises $300M to fund rapid expansion

04/03/19

The Silicon Valley-based fintech, which recently announced a new partnership with Walmart, plans to add hundreds of new workers this year.

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'There is no division in our industry': BofA's Moynihan

04/02/19

Banks of all sizes need to stick together to ward off threats from "unregulated" fintechs and other nonbanks, Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan said Tuesday.

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American Banker scores 11 major journalism awards

04/02/19

American Banker won 11 journalism awards during the past week, including its first Grand Neal, the highest of the honors announced at this year's Jesse H. Neal business journalism awards.

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John Mack, Mary Meeker leaving LendingClub board

03/29/19

The San Francisco-based online lender said that the departures of two prominent board members are not the result of any disagreement with the company.

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Smaller institutions should embrace, not oppose, fintechs

03/22/19

Financial startups are becoming important partners for community banks and credit unions, despite lobbying efforts to limit their growth.

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Madden lawsuit nears end, but online lenders still seek fix from regulators

03/18/19

The online lending industry has turned to the courts, Congress and now federal banking agencies in an effort, thus far fruitless, to blunt the impact of a 2015 appeals court ruling.

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Are regulators close to consensus on CRA reform?

03/18/19

Recent remarks from top officials at the FDIC and Fed suggest the agencies' recent impasse over reforming the Community Reinvestment Act may be ending.

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