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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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Myanmar’s Digital Transformation: Fintech, Wave Money, and Financial Inclusion

The Fintech Times

Recognising the need for financial inclusion, the government, in collaboration with the UK-funded DaNa Facility and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) , launched the Financial Inclusion Roadmap in 2013. However, it is unclear whether this program remains active today.

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Family Announces Death Of Square Co-founder O’Tierney At 35

PYMNTS

Tristan O’Tierney, who helped found payments firm Square before leaving the company in 2013, died on Feb. At the beginning of 2009, Co-founders Jim McKelvey and Jack Dorsey tapped O’Tierney to create the company’s original mobile payment app. Upon leaving the company in 2013, O’Tierney ?wrote

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Google Buys North Smart Glasses Maker For A Reported $180M

PYMNTS

Despite dropping the price of its Focals to $600 last year from the original $1,000, North had reportedly sold very few pairs, The Globe and Mail reported. When Google Glass launched in 2013, the expensive device was glitchy, had a short battery life and was described by some as “dorky looking.”

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MoneyLion Taps TransUnion to Personalize Offerings

Finovate

The technology behind BreachIQ originated from Breach Clarity , a fintech founded by Jim Van Dyke that won Best of Show honors at FinovateSpring 2020. New York-based MoneyLion, which was founded in 2013, offers both direct-to-consumer banking tools as well as a marketplace of embedded banking tools, called Engine , for businesses.

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Sub-Prime Lending’s Late-Year Bounce

PYMNTS

In the year between Q2 2017 and Q2 2018, sub-prime consumer loan originations grew 28 percent between Q2 2017 and Q2 2018 across the categories of auto loans, mortgage loans and credit cards. This reverses the previous year’s trend, between 2016 and 2017, when sub-prime loan originations across categories fell by 7.1

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The Websites Of 35 Unicorn Startups Before They Became Billion-Dollar Companies

CB Insights

” Hence, the company’s original slogan: “Travel like a human.” Website as of: January 2013. Website as of: November 2013. This socially driven e-commerce site and app is currently valued at $3B and sported a pretty basic homepage in 2013. Website as of: April 2013. Website as of: April 2013.

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