Can there be something in corporate names that start with G? Why is it that GAFA has Google first? What is the tipping point that turns a corporate name into a #verb? Malcolm Gladwell may have insights on these questions and a great story to tell us, as I urgeRead More
Bank Innovation
In the Age of Information, companies that have made #data their business are getting more competitive as they seek to tame the mountains of available data into useful, actionable insights and answers. The #banks have the data. #Fintech startups want it, and argue it is better for #customers, but of course,Read More
Bank Innovation
ID:38626297 Image source. Next week, 8,000 bankers and their vendors fly into Geneva for 4 days of talking about #FinTech. Last year I had to fly to Singapore. This year, I can just hop on a train from Bern (sayonara jet lag). Last year Emergent Fintech started to move ontoRead More
Bank Innovation
Spanish banking giant #Santander is working on a project that explores how it could digitize customer #cash using the public ethereum #blockchain.
More than 50 #credit #unions are now laying the groundwork for what they believe could #become the financial industry’s #first live #blockchain project.
CoinDesk
A friend who recently started his own business couldn’t obtain a mortgage from three #banks. I suggested he try #marketplace #lending platforms like SoFi to take advantage of the ongoing innovation in #fintech. However, SoFi turned him down, as well, because it abides by the same underwriting rules as traditional banks. Like the banks, SoFi sells their mortgage loans to Fannie Mae. Read More
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