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EuropeFintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 11, 2016

Spain Leads in Fintech Companies Among Spanish/Portuguese-Speaking Countries

FintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 11, 2016

KKR Creating Growth Equity Fund for Hi-Tech/Fintech Investments

FintechNews Roundup
·Sep. 12, 2016

Moody’s Analytics Launches Portal to Share Borrowers’ Financials and Credit Rating with Lenders

Moody's new portal called MARQ will automate exchange of financial information between borrowers and lenders; new portal will also generate the MARQ small business credit score; score is based on Moody's RiskCalc models for analyzing private company credit risk.
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FintechNews RoundupOnline Lending
·Oct. 11, 2016

Prosper Adds Credit Card Optimizer to Its Prosper Daily App

Leading marketplace lending platform, Prosper, has launched Credit Card Optimizer; the Credit Card Optimizer is an enhancement to the firm’s Prosper Daily app which was introduced in March 2016 as an aggregator for financial accounts; the Credit Card Optimizer will provide users with their credit card balances and payment notifications; also seeks to provide advice on credit card usage and includes features for managing credit cards by interest bearing balances. Source

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FintechNews Roundup
·Oct. 24, 2016

Bitcoin Software Addition ‘SegWit’ Could Make Digital Currency Faster

Bitcoin Software Addition 'SegWit' Could Make Digital Currency Faster The Bitcoin community is ready to roll out an enhancement to the digital currency's code base; SegWit (which stands for "Segregated Witness") separates the encrypting of the transaction information from the currency miner's validation signature; currency miners need extensive computing resources and time to prove that a transaction is true and valid, therefore this step has traditionally slowed down the recording of transactions; done with testing, the new SegWit feature could be released as soon as November 15th; it is considered officially adopted once 95% of the Bitcoin software community deploys the code; this could take as little as a month or two, or significantly longer.

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FintechNews Roundup
·Oct. 25, 2016

Envestnet | Yodlee Partners with Backbase on Open Banking Marketplace

Envestnet is an analytics company, Backbase a digital banking platform; their partnership is building upon an existing relationship and will feature a collaboration on the Open Banking Marketplace; the partnership will focus on Backbase customers being offered the suite of tools offered by Envestnet | Yodlee like know-your-customer, cash management, budgeting and a simple overview of multiple accounts from different financial institutions; according to Jouk Pleiter, CEO and Co-Founder of Backbase, “With companies like Envestnet | Yodlee on our Open Banking Marketplace, banks are able to give banking clients the user experience they deserve.” Source

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FintechNews RoundupUSA
·Oct. 25, 2016

Propel Ventures Leads $14.1mn Investment into InsurTech startup, Hixme

Propel, the $150 million fintech venture capital company set up by Spanish bank BBVA is investing $14.1 million into InsurTech startup, Hixme; the investment was announced at Money 20/20 in Las Vegas; Propel’s sole backer is BBVA - its $150 million of funding makes it one of the biggest fintech-focused funds in the world; the company's hope is to invest in next-generation fintech companies. Jay Reinemann, managing partner at Proper Ventures, says: "Insurance has been one of the latest hot areas, it's been that way for at least a year.  Source

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EuropeFintechNews Roundup
·Oct. 25, 2016

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance Launches Global Blockchain Study

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, a leading research/academic group (that has spoken at LendIt events), has announced a new study focused on the global use of blockchain technology; the first targeted research will address crypto-currency protections versus recent cases of data/currency theft; upcoming surveys will touch on blockchain protocol variations, currency mining, cross-border transactions and emerging regulation.  Source

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FintechNews RoundupRegulation
·Oct. 25, 2016

CFPB Releases Report on Financial Innovation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a report on financial innovation; the report entitled “Project Catalyst Report: Promoting Consumer Friendly Innovation” is an effort from the CFPB to expand its knowledge and inform consumers on the benefits of financial innovation. One specific approaches reflected upon is the CFPB's "Trial Disclosure Waiver Policy" to test and revise disclosure statements in a controlled environment, and no-action letters.  Source

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FintechNews RoundupOnline LendingUSA
·Oct. 25, 2016

Lend Academy Article: New Report on Bank Partnerships with Fintech Companies

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP has released a report based on survey results from 75 executives and investors at banks, fintech companies and private equity firms; Lend Academy provides a summary of the report in their article; report focuses on the interest from regional and community banks in partnering with fintech companies; high interest from these banks since the partnerships can help them provide their services at a lower cost and also expand geographically; survey results find that the majority of regional and community banks are already engaged in partnerships with fintech firms.  Source

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