As we round out 2018 LendIt Fintech is completely focused on our 2019 events. Coming up first is LendIt Fintech USA 2019, our flagship event which will be held on April 8-9 in San Francisco at Moscone West. We expect 5,000+ attendees and will have some exciting names to announce as speakers in the coming […]
Today’s News
- Revolut Secures European Banking LicenseUK based digital banking startup Revolut has secured a European Banking License from the Bank of Lithuania; the license will allow the firm to current accounts, consumer and business lending and overdrafts; this is one of many licenses the company plans to obtain, including a UK banking license due to the uncertainty of Brexit; the license […]
- Single Employee Firms Find it Hard to Obtain SMB FinancingA new report from the Federal Reserve banks of New York, Richmond and Cleveland says 45 percent of single employee firms rely on personal credit cards and 36 percent do not use external financial at all; only 27 percent are able to obtain small business financing as most banks have trouble underwriting these types of […]
- Smiling Faces Still Key in Banking RelationshipsWhile online lenders turn around a loan request fast, and offer business owners the ability to apply at any time on any device, live bankers are still a key part of the service equation in the retail banking world. New research suggests large and regional financial institutions are losing their edge on the human side of […]
LATEST PODCASTS
Podcast 178: Charlie Moore of Global Debt Registry
The securitization industry has yet to really be disrupted. It operates basically the same way it did a decade or even two decades ago. But that may be about to change. Today, there are some fintech companies looking to bring the entire securitization process on to the blockchain to reduce cost and increase transparency. One […]
Podcast 177: Rania Succar of Quickbooks Capital
Quickbooks has been synonymous with small business accounting for several decades now. But they recently launched Quickbooks Capital to provide their small business customers with an easy and transparent way to borrow money. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is Rania Succar. She was hired away from Google to head up this new […]
Podcast 176: Anil Stocker of MarketInvoice
In the UK, Barclays is one of the “big four” banks with more than £1 trillion in assets. MarketInvoice is the leading fintech company that specializes in invoice finance, and though it is relatively large it will only lend around £1 billion this year. Despite the difference in size, or maybe because of it, Barclays […]