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Q&A with Hans Morris of Nyca

In FinTech, Venture CapitalTags AI, blockchain, P2P LendingPublish DateSeptember 4, 2018

Nyca Partners is a FinTech-focused venture firm based in New York, targeting firms that will transform payments, credit models, digital advice, and financial infrastructure. It is one of the most active FinTech venture firms globally and has made ten or so investments year-to-date. Notable portfolio companies include Ladder, Acorns, SigFig, and Affirm. Hans Morris launched Nyca in 2014, raising $30 million for its initial fund. Fund II closed in early 2017 with $140 million, and according to filings made earlier …

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Interview with Claire Cockerton, CEO of Innovate Finance

In Accelerators, FinTechTags Innovate Finance, London, P2P LendingPublish DateNovember 4, 2014

Innovate Finance is the brand new industry body for the FinTech community in the UK. It is member-driven and aims to accelerate the UK’s position in global financial services by directly supporting the next era of …

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Q&A with Dan O’Malley of Eastern Labs

In Banking, FinTech, StartupsTags Boston, Eastern Bank, mobile, P2P LendingPublish DateMay 27, 2014

I was excited to read that Eastern Bank hired the team behind PerkStreet and created Eastern Labs, with the objective of leveraging the bank’s resources and data to build new financial service technologies, and of digitizing …

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Q&A with Alex Tonelli of Funding Circle USA

In Alternative Lending, Banking, FinTechTags Funding Circle, Lending Club, On Deck Capital, P2P Lending, Prosper, startupsPublish DateMarch 25, 2014

Funding Circle is a crowdlending platform that lets individuals and institutions loan money to small businesses. Founded in the UK in 2010, the firm has about 70,000 registered lenders who have lent more than £223,000,000. Last …

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Your Own Cooking Isn’t All You Want To Eat

In Thoughts & RamblingsTags Lending Club, P2P Lending, Prosper, Wells FargoPublish DateJanuary 23, 2014

In 1998, at a technology conference in New York, John (Launny) Steffens, vice chairman of what was then Merrill Lynch & Company, told his audience, ”The do-it-yourself model of investing, centered on Internet trading, should be …

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