The Daily Dig for Thursday, May 8
The limitations of regulators on both sides of the pond highlight today’s Daily Dig, along with the growing Asian bank hiring scandal. Are regulators doing enough to police those under their watch?...
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A stellar lineup in today’s Daily Dig, with expansions, investments and hires, all signs of a robust climate. Bay Area restaurants accepting Bitcoin One dozen Bay Area restaurants accept Bitcoins,...
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Today’s Daily dig explores crowdfunding education in Egypt, the unbanked in India, and potato salad in the U.S. India’s Reserve Bank tells banks to open reserves in remote locations The reserve Bank of...
View ArticleThe Daily Dig for Thursday, July 17
BT is in San Francisco live blogging conferences but we found ourselves with a bit of time to scour the web for the best in crowdfunding, P2P, real estate and banking. Chinese P2P sites victimized by...
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Crowdnetic and leading academic to partner The partnership between technology and data provider Crowdnetic and the program at UC Berkeley which is headed by Dr. Richard Swart should yield some...
View ArticleThe Daily Dig for Friday, August 22
A big banker finding fault with a fine of a big bank and other startling news makes up today’s Daily Dig. Chinese P2P industry is booming but trouble looms With more than 1,000 separate companies,...
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Former FDIC official joins AssetAvenue
Real estate crowdfunding platform AssetAvenue has announced the hiring of former FDIC official Eddie Prosser as their Senior Vice President of Real Estate Investments. Mr. Prosser will be charged with...
View ArticleThe Daily Dig for Tuesday, March 24
P2P’s need borrowers As institutions suck up prime P2P loans in seconds, little is left. So little in fact, platforms are forming unique partnerships to attract more. Shelly Banjo reports. European...
View ArticleThe Daily Dig for Monday, April 20
Food for thought from around the world in today’s Daily Dig Larry Summers takes opportunistic stance on P2P The Larry Summers keynote at LendIt drew attention. The author of policies which contributed...
View ArticleThe Daily Dig for Tuesday, May 12
Today’s Daily Dig illustrates what a truly global phenomenon alternative finance has become. LendMe becomes first first New Zealand P2P to specialize in secured lending LendMe has received a licence...
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FDIC Unbanked Report: understand the needs of the people
Perhaps the micro-level economic indicators revealed by the 2011 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households, released last fall, shouldn’t come as a surprise to anybody. But we’ll get...
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Former FDIC counsel urges oversight for emerging P2P lenders
When reflecting on what caused the banking crisis, there are two key elements that stood out to Albert J. Tumpson: A lack of regulatory oversight, and good old fashioned greed. Tumpson, a private...
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We’re not wild about Larry: the Bankless Times non-endorsement
The posturing has begun. In secret and not-so-secret meetings across Washington and beyond, candidates and their supporters are getting together to plot strategy, lobby influential decision makers,...
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