The Upstart Network's CEO, Dave Girouard, explains how the online lender worked with a normally aggressive federal regulator to balance the needs for innovation and consumer protection.
In the string of scandals over how women are treated in the tech sector, SoFi is particularly egregious. Reese Witherspoon tackles the trouble with ambition for women. Plus, Edith Cooper and Lori Beer.
More blazers — and fewer T-shirts — are evident at this tech conference than when it began 10 years ago, a sign of how fintech and traditional banking are blending.
A long-term discussion about rethinking rules of the credit market is worth having, but for right now Congress should restore clarity by correcting the Second Circuit’s mistake.
Mike Cagney’s eventual successor will have to decide whether to continue his focus on rapid growth. Also on the table are strategic decisions about when to go public and whether to pursue a bank charter.
The chief executive officer of Social Finance is stepping down before the end of the year amid sexual harassment accusations leveled at one of the most valuable financial technology startups.
It’s highly debatable whether the artificial intelligence engines that online lenders typically use, and that banks are just starting to deploy, are capable of making credit decisions without inadvertent prejudices.
