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Is the backing of the banks enough for Zelle to beat Venmo?

by Molly Wood
Jul 30, 2018
A look at the big banks' answer to Venmo.
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China cracks down on Internet finance sector

by Rob Schmitz
Apr 21, 2016
The ballooning sector in China has escaped regulation — up until now.
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Lending Club goes public

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 11, 2014
The world’s largest peer-to-peer lending platform is launching its IPO.
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Financial innovation and social lending

by Chris Farrell
Apr 16, 2012
Peer-to-peer lending, also called social lending, is bringing together online individual lenders and individual borrowers for a fee. They cut out banks and other mainstream lenders. The innovation appears to be working.
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