OnDeck has been one of the leaders in online small business lending for many years. What many people may not realize is that besides the US, OnDeck has operations in both Canada and Australia. Both regions were launched in 2015 and today OnDeck announced that they had secured credit facilities in both countries. OnDeck secured […]
Today’s News
- Goldman Sachs CFO Sees More Automation Ahead for the BankDuring the bank’s second quarter conference call Goldman Sachs CFO Marty Chavez said they are in the midst of a change from compensation to non-compensation expenses; the comments point to a wider trend in banking and Wall Street overall that technology is becoming just as important as people; staff hires at Goldman were up in […]
- OnDeck Announces Progress on International PursuitsOnDeck’s Canadian and Australian businesses have secured credit facilities that will allow for further expansion in the regions; OnDeck has been active in both countries since 2015 and is one of the few online lenders that has made a concerted effort in international expansion. Source
- Plaid’s Protest of Capital One Backfires as other Fintechs Resolve IssuesCapital One recently made a security upgrade which forced data aggregators to comply with a new set of standards; Plaid’s approach to the issue was to publicly encourage users to file complaints against the bank and use social media to alert the public; other data aggregators went to the bank and worked to solve the […]
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