With fall beginning this Saturday it is time for my annual roundup of the fall fintech conferences. For fintech professionals fall is conference season with a number of major events happening around the globe. While LendIt Fintech USA happens in the spring many, if not most, of the other major fintech events of the year are in […]
Today’s News
- Head of the OCC Reacts to Lawsuits From the StatesThe head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Joseph Otting, has penned an op-ed in American Banker arguing why the fintech charter will give consumers greater choice when it comes to financial services. He hit back at the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the New York Department of Financial Services […]
- CEO of loanDepot Says Amazon and Google Will Enter the Mortgage BusinessThe CEO of loanDepot, Anthony Hsieh, speaking at the Digital Mortgage conference yesterday said that many new players are entering the mortgage space today. He also said that it was just a matter of time before we see the likes of Amazon and Google competing for mortgages. It will not be enough to just offer […]
- The Intersection of Data, Facebook and Financial ServicesThe WSJ has published a piece which details Facebook’s talks with financial firms over time; many of these conversations took place prior to scrutinization of how the company handles data; the company held talks with American Express in 2016 about the possibility of using cardholder data for ad targeting as well as a possible AmEx […]
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