In the past two months we have focused completely on providing industry leading digital content for our community. We will continue to bring leading industry voices here all year long. But we also have other digital content that is being produced regularly so it can get a little confusing for the casual observer. We realized […]
Today’s News
- Aspiration Raises $135mn in New CapitalAspiration, the digital bank that focuses on sustainability and conscious consumerism, just raised $135mn in new capital; the round was led by Alpha Edison with participation from new and existing investors; more than 1.5 million Americans have signed up for Aspiration with $4bn in transactions passing through its accounts; “Aspiration has built deep, trusting customer […]
- LendIt Fintech Digital Highlight of the Week: Ron Suber on What is Really Happening TodayOn Monday of this week LendIt Fintech Digital members were able to watch the godfather of fintech, Ron Suber, opine on the current state of fintech; while formerly the president of Prosper Ron has invested in the equity of 21 different fintech companies, he advises eight companies and is on the board of another two, […]
- Brian Brooks Named as New Acting Head of the OCCWith the announcement of the pending resignation of Comptroller of the Currency, Joseph Otting, it didn’t take long for a replacement to be named; Brian Brooks, the current Chief Operating Officer at the OCC, has been named Otting’s acting replacement; Brooks arrived at the OCC from Coinbase where he was Chief Legal Officer, which suggests […]
LATEST PODCASTS
Podcast 248: Jon Barlow of Finitive
Raising capital for non-bank lenders is a time-intensive endeavor and the same could be said for investors deploying capital on these platforms. It would be better if there was an intermediary between these two parties that could make this whole process more efficient. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast recognized this problem and […]
Podcast 247: Jill Castilla of Citizens Bank of Edmond
There are many community banks around this country that have been a stalwart of their community for decades or even more than a century. Some are threatened by the rapid shift to digital, others are taking it in stride. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is Jill Castilla, the CEO of Citizens Bank […]
Podcast 246: Bo Brustkern and Todd Anderson on LendIt Fintech Digital
The latest episode of the Lend Academy Podcast is a little different. Given that this is the launch week of LendIt Fintech Digital, I decided to bring together my two LendIt colleagues, Bo Brustkern (CEO and Co-Founder) and Todd Anderson (Chief Product Officer) to talk about our new offering. We have nearly 1,000 people who […]