Nigel Morris previously co-founded and served as president and COO of Capital One; Morris is now an VC at QED...
QED is one of the leading venture capital firms in fintech; they have many notable investments such as Nubank, SoFi,...
In the coming months Cincinnati-based Fifth Third bank will hire 200 new tech workers as it continues to invest in...
In this week’s PeerIQ Weekly Industry Update they cover the cover a small rise in retail sales from Q4 to Q1; banks have had a strong earnings season, boosted in part by the cut in the corporate tax rate; Frank Rotman of QED provides insight on the path for the evolution of banking with his paper:The Copernican Revolution in Banking; they also provide highlights from their recent securitization tracker. Source.
"The Hourglass Effect" is a white paper written by Frank Rotman from QED Investors in 2015; it provides a historic look at the evolution of the marketplace lending industry and how its growth has coincided with the slowdown in traditional bank lending following the 2008 financial crisis; it outlines ten years of industry growth and includes in-depth details on the economy, marketplace lending and banks; Frank Rotman also presented the white paper in a recorded presentation at LendIt USA 2015. Source
Early wage access startups like DailyPay and Earnin are seeing a big uptick in usage as workers look to gain...
Brazil based digital real estate startup Loft has raised a $175mn series C round to help make the process of...
The Fintech Junkie talks about his new white paper, The Copernican Revolution in Banking which discusses what banking will look...
Miles Reidy is a partner at QED and spearheads the VC firm’s regtech initiatives; Reidy talks about his background, why regtech has its origins in the changes brought on by the financial crisis, the differences that regtech is making in financial services today and more. Source
Venture capital firm QED Investors has partnered with Fifth Third Bank to advise the bank on its fintech strategy; QED Investors has worked with Fifth Third Bank on previous fintech acquisitions; Fifth Third Bank will work with QED Investors to identify new opportunities for fintech innovation and promote growth of US fintech companies. Source