The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), in partnership with the World Bank and the World Economic Forum, is conducting the most important survey in the history of fintech: the Global Covid-19 Fintech Market Rapid Assessment Survey. See more details in my coverage here. While the original deadline for the survey was July 31, they have extended it through August […]
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- Top Fintech News Stories for August 12, 2020Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today: American Express reportedly in talks to buy Kabbage for $850M Building a fintech giant is very expensive LendIt Fintech Job of the Week: SVP of Revenue for Climb Credit Online payments provider Stripe hires GM CFO Biz2Credit’s Latest Small Business Lending Index: Small […]
- Top Fintech News Stories for August 11, 2020Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today: Community bank, fintech team up to serve gig-economy workers Webinar on Building a Resilient Lending Program RateSetter’s Australian P2P Lending Platform Rebrands to Plenti Following Acquisition By Metro Bank Banks, consumers groups to CFPB: Don’t rush overhaul of redlining law Checkout in the […]
- Top Fintech News Stories for August 10, 2020Here are the most read news stories from our daily newsletter today: The Clearing House On The Race for Real-Time Payments In The US Podcast 259: Rochelle Gorey of SpringFour Customers Bancorp to sell BankMobile for $140M The Great Chinese Money Experiment Is Over Big choices about who will lead financial regulators after 2020 election […]
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Podcast 259: Rochelle Gorey of SpringFour
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Podcast 258: Rich Cordray, Former Head of the CFPB
The last financial crisis ushered in the Dodd-Frank Act and with that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB had a mandate to protect consumers from financial harm but it has not been without controversy. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is none other than Rich Cordray, the first Director of the […]
Podcast 257: Jacob Haar of Community Investment Management
There are many areas of finance that are really stepping up during the crisis. We have talked at length about the fintech lenders that helped drive billions of dollars to small businesses through the PPP. In this episode we talk about impact investors and the outsized role they can play today. Our next guest on […]