Atlanta-based fintech startup LendingPoint has picked up one of the biggest loans of 2017 — a $500 million credit facility — to fund more consumer loans as it expands nationally with a broader set of products. The balance sheet lending company uses a technology-based data approach to look deeper into a potential customer’s credit profile, to provide […]
Atlanta’s undisputed strength in fintech has led to a number of incubator and mentorship programs focused on different aspects of financial technology, from payment processing to financial security. Now, a major university is joining the fintech educational efforts: Georgia State University’s business school has opened one of the first university fintech labs in the country. Based […]
Five southern financial technology companies have been accepted into the next cohort of Charlotte, NC-based Queen City Fintech accelerator, along with startups from around the globe. The group of 10 startups in Class 7 is the first Fall cohort of the competitive accelerator, which is backed by a robust sponsor and mentor network including Bank […]
When you’re a corporation with thousands of employees and numerous departments to manage, innovation is hard to nurture. Companies take different routes to find it — some open innovation centers and others send employees to accelerators to stay current. Global fintech leader First Data looks outside their organization, finding and partnering with emerging startups (and their products) to take their initiatives […]
Stackfolio, an online marketplace that aims to optimize loan trading, won the Judges’ Favorite award at the 2017 Google Demo Day, a pitch event that puts startups in front of top investors from all over the country. Competing against 12 other North American startups, the TechSquare Labs portfolio company caught the eye of investor and AOL co-founder Steve Case during the […]