To say that the alternative lending space is reeling thanks to the sudden departure of one of its poster children, Lending Club CEO Renaud Laplanche, and the subsequent tumble of stock prices for it and the entire category of alt lenders — is a bit of an understatement. Get the...
Getting millennials to embrace “traditional” financial services isn’t easy, particularly as a new crop of FinTech innovators has met more than halfway with apps that offer traditional financial services and transacting in an environment that they are most familiar with – digital and not physical...
Merchants may be shifting towards EMV, but new software solutions are shifting their focus towards making transacting at the point of sale faster. Henry Helgeson, cofounder and CEO of Cayan, joined Karen Webster for a candid discussion about what’s really slowing down EMV transactions in-store...
Fluent has just become the latest startup to suggest that venture capitalists are banking on the blockchain. The B2B payments company, which provides businesses and financial services players with a blockchain-based suite of tools for global commerce and trade, announced on Tuesday (May 10) its...
The Treasury Department released its "timely" assessment of the online lending industry after examining 100 online lenders. The assessment says that technology is a great enabler but to what end? The department has some thoughts on how to answer that question, and one of them,...
The world of online fraud is vast and infinite, but if there’s one unifying mechanic, it’s that fraudsters are always looking for the path of least resistance to make off with whatever cash they can. And though scammers are growing bolder with a new bag of...
If one conclusion can be drawn from all those small business surveys released every quarter, it’s that grasping a clear, straightforward picture of SME sentiment in the U.S. is no easy task. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
The restaurant reservation app Reserve is expanding its offerings to include the other side of the table. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
The era of the down round is upon us. And it has been since 2016 ticked over on the calendar and investors came by the quaint notion that actual profits and a path to scalability are more monetarily valuable than a clever idea and a...
