During the week I share the latest marketplace lending and fintech news on Twitter as it happens. Then every Saturday I take the most interesting news items and blog posts from the past week and share them here. Barclays to challenge Goldman’s Marcus in US retail banking from Financial Times – In the US Barclays have […]
Today’s News
- Banks, Fintechs and Aggregators Join Forces for Data Sharing StandardsThe Financial Data Exchange was launched to help banks, fintechs and aggregators come up with standards related to data sharing; the group is funded and supported by all three groups where board members have an annual commitment and members pay a fee based on how big their company is; screen scraping is one of the […]
- JPMorgan Brings is Ethical Hackers to Help with CybersecurityJPMorgan Chase is one of a few banks to invite ethical hackers to probe the banks website to find potential issues; the bank is not yet disclosing the results of the JPMorgan Chase Responsible Disclosure Program; this practice has been used by startups and blockchain companies as a way to test new technology; hackers are […]
- Funding Circle Global Originations Hit Record HighFunding Circle’s global originations grew by 45% in the third quarter as it funded a record £564 million in new loans; total originations are more than £1.6 billion year to date (through September 30) and break down as follows: £1.08 billion in the UK, £540 million in the US, £78 million in Germany and £56 […]
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