5 Trends We’re Watching This Week
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Goldman, JPMorgan Seen as Fintech Winners While AmEx Suffers.
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The Startups: Who’s Shaking Things Up (Week Ending December 27th, 2015)
Monday, December 28, 2015 2:58 PM EDT
Responding to the Fed’s rate hike last week, Lending Club (LC) boosts rates on new loans on its platform by 25 basis points.
In this article: LC
Wayerz Has A Creative Solution For A Last Holdout Of Old Banking: Interbank Wire Transfer
Monday, December 7, 2015 3:15 PM EDT
Today using the banking system to wire money is almost unrealistic. It represents the old-banking world: very expensive for very poor service.
JPMorgan: King Of The Online Lending Ball Names His Queen, Launching OnDeck Stock
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 11:30 PM EDT
JPMorgan announced it was partnering up with OnDeck. Today, ONDK soared +30% on the back of the news, picking up an upgrade and price target hikes along the way.
ApplePie Capital’s Denise Thomas On Enabling Investors To Lend Money To The Right Franchises, Franchise Owners
Tuesday, December 1, 2015 3:01 PM EDT
An interview with Denise to catch up on the state of her business, drill down on what’s working for the marketplace lender to get a view on where she’s taking the business in 2016 and beyond.
Banks Being Disrupted…By Search Engines?
Thursday, November 19, 2015 8:10 AM EDT
Traditional banks are finding out new competition lurks everywhere...
Blue Elephant Capital’s Brian Weinstein Bullish On Boat Finance, Platform Lending
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 6:02 PM EDT
Blue Elephant is at the forefront of the newly evolving structural opportunities made possible by the intersection of technology and finance.
What’s Goldman Sachs Doing In Online Consumer Lending?
Friday, November 6, 2015 4:35 AM EDT
Goldman has ambitious plans to offer loans of a few thousand dollars to ordinary Americans and compete with Main Street banks and other lenders.
In this article: GS
FINRA Encouraging More Transparency On Brokers’ Background, Disciplinary Records
Monday, October 26, 2015 5:46 AM EDT
After 2.5 years of back and forth, FINRA passed a rule requiring brokerages’ websites to link back to FINRA’s own BrokerCheck website, its database of broker regulatory disclosures, disciplinary actions, and general work history.
Public Markets Cooling, Hot Private Markets
Friday, October 23, 2015 12:19 PM EDT
Nasdaq announced that it would acquire private transaction platform,SecondMarket. This acquisition comes amid a tepid market for tech IPOs. Public tech listings have fallen this year to the lowest point they’ve been in 6 years.
In this article: NDAQ
Build, Buy, Partner, Or Ignore: Banking’s Response To Online Lending
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 4:38 PM EDT
While the future of banking is uncertain, one thing actually is: tomorrow’s banks won’t resemble today’s banks.
London Gets Its IPO With Worldpay
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 4:40 PM EDT
UK-based payments processor, Worldpay floated its shares last week in the UK. Initially priced at a value of £4.8 billion, Worldpay is London’s largest IPO for 2015.
7 Top Blogs To Read If You're Serious About Payments
Sunday, October 18, 2015 4:28 PM EDT
The payments space is on fire and is seeing a lot of interest by investors and partners in the larger financial industry.
Apple, Google, and Amazon might all be powerhouses over the long-term in the payment space.
What Happens When Investors Lose Money On Equity Crowdfunding?
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 4:01 PM EDT
It’s important to pick the right startups to invest in and make sure you’re well-diversified if you’re an angel investor.
Google Hears The Fintech Music, Invests In Symphony
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 11:58 AM EDT
Google’s interest in fintech has included multiple investments in collaborative finance platforms, making the search firm one of the most active investors in crowdfunding.
The Entrepreneur-Turned-Investor Blueprint For Investing Success
Thursday, December 4, 2014 11:00 AM EDT
While there are shared commonalities between investing in startups and investing in stocks, there are certain nuances that can make the difference between generating market-beating returns or suffering disappointing losses.
