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Origination Scores: Say “Yes” to More Credit Applicants

FICO

Origination Scores Offer Targeted Insight. Origination scores add significant value above and beyond the FICO ® Score, which is based solely on the data found in a consumer’s credit bureau file. Machine Learning Enhances Origination Decisions. As a result, financial institutions may be saying ‘no’ to good customers.

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Visa and Revolut to Offer Real Time Cross-Border Transactions

Finovate

Visa launched Visa Direct in 2011 to serve as a real-time payments platform that enables both retail and commercial customers to send money across the globe to cards, bank accounts, and other end points. Originally founded in 2015, Revolut launched its Revolut Business product in July 2017.

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Clair Brings Earned Wage Access To Gusto Clients

Finovate

Gusto was founded in 2011. Originally known as ZenPayroll, Gusto provides a cloud-based payroll, benefits, and HR management solution. The company anticipates the move will help employees increase prosperity by delivering not only earlier access to their pay, but also to financial and work productivity tools.

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FastSpring Acquires SalesRight To Grow eCommerce Solutions For SaaS

PYMNTS

Originally an eCommerce solution for companies selling desktop software, the company did a 2011 pivot into the SaaS space. David Nachman, chief executive officer of FastSpring , said in a statement on Thursday (Nov. 19) that the acquisition “supports our vision and strategy” as the startup works to advance its capabilities. .

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How will money transferring between countries look in five years?

Finance Magnates

In 2011, this question was asked on Quora , and I wrote my answer as follows : This is an excellent question and there are many companies who believe they are shaping this answer (predominantly, SWIFT, Visa, Mastercard, WesternUnion, PayPal, and a whole lot of mobile companies). Comparing results after a decade. Well, what do you think?

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Top 34 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) (July 2024)

Fintech Labs Insights

83,000 17 17 Credibly 28 2010 Detroit 82 97,000 18 19 IOU Financial 23 2011 Atlanta 132 40,000 19 18 Upright (was Fund that Flip) 15 2014 NYC 53 42,000 20t 21 BizFI 13 2005 NYC 160 0 20t 22 SMBX 13 2016 SF 15 30,000 22 23 HoneyComb Credit 12 2017 Pittsburgh 11.9 Ten of the 36 largest were started in the 2007 to 2012 period.

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Impossible Burger Makes Its Way To Walmart

PYMNTS

Brown, a former Stanford University professor of biochemistry and medical researcher, founded Impossible Foods in Redwood City, California, in 2011. Impossible Foods claims its products are dramatically better for the environment than the animal-based originals it mimics.