For a majority of investors there are two ways to access the family rental market, either buying a property directly or purchasing a publicly traded real estate fund or REIT. Roofstock first tackled opening up individual direct ownership by creating a platform for buyers and sellers of single family rentals. To date, they have transacted […]
Today’s News
- Monzo Rolls Out Early Pay for All CustomersUK based digital bank Monzo has released Get Paid Early to all customers after testing the feature over the last few months; the bank is not charging for the service regardless of account standing or creditworthiness; CEO Tom Blomfield explained on Twitter as reported by AltFi: “Monzo can see a salary payment is on the […]
- Saxo Bank Believes More Fintech Consolidation is ComingSaxo Bank CEO believes more M&A is coming to the fintech industry after they recently completed their acquisition of BinckBank in the last few weeks; “The sector has to consolidate,” Saxo’s chief executive Kim Fournais told the Financial Times. “The cost of providing a full, regulated service for clients — that’s a big job. The […]
- American Express Hopes Transit is Tipping Point for Contactless Payments in U.S.Earlier this year the NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority launched contactless payments on select subway and bus lines with hopes of being citywide by end of 2020; American Express has partnered with the program to allow card members to pay for rides with a digital wallet or contactless card; American Express hopes this is a tipping […]
LATEST PODCASTS
Podcast 211: John Goodall of Landbay
There are several fintech companies attacking different parts of the real estate market in the UK. Despite the challenges surrounding Brexit this is still and vibrant and healthy market. The fintech leader in what is called the “buy-to-let” segment is Landbay. They began lending in 2014 and just recently closed a $1 billion funding commitment […]
Podcast 210: Radko Albrecht of Bitbond
When you think of cutting edge cryptocurrency technology you generally don’t associate it with small business lending. Even the new fintech lenders that are doing really innovative work in small business lending have tended to stay away from crypto. But our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast has combined these two niches into a […]
Podcast 209: Al Goldstein of Avant and Amount
We last had Al Goldstein, the CEO and Chairman of Avant and Amount, on the show back in 2015. So much has changed since then not just in the personal loan space but in the banking space as well. And Avant has evolved to meet those challenges. We spend a lot of time in this […]