Online lenders prep for recession, Shadow banking poses FI dangers, Can Uber be next decadeâs trillion dollar platform? | | CoverWallet CEO: Giving Agents â And SMBs â A Digital Insurance On-Ramp Most SMBs donât know they need commercial insurance until they do, and then find themselves in a friction-filled, time-consuming, paper-based morass. CoverWallet CEO and Co-Founder Inaki Berenguer tells Karen Webster his firm wants to fix that with a digital platform thatâs faster, cheaper and easier for customers, insurance agents and underwriters. Hereâs the blueprint. |
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Can A Digital Platform Make The Grade With Teachers Trying To Buy Homes? Everyone knows the Bay Area â along with other U.S. cities â can be a hard place for âessential professionalsâ like teachers to afford homes. In a new PYMNTS Matchmakers interview, Karen Webster talks with Landedâs Alex Lofton about a new business model that is bringing homeownership to those who make cities thrive. |
FIâs $52 Trillion Threat Shadow banking now has $52 trillion of assets under its belt. FinTech firms are crowding financial servicesâ flanks, looking for customers who crave mobile means for managing their financial lives. Last weekâs Capitol Hill hearing â along with PYMNTSâ data on just where we will bank â highlight the concerns that could keep traditional FI executives up at night. We break it down. |
| Payments Innovation | Is Uber Next Decadeâs Trillion-Dollar Platform? Uber filed its widely anticipated S-1 last Thursday, and Lyftâs stock price took a hit. Investors could have a little buyerâs remorse, while pundits are fretting over the complexity of making an apples-to-apples comparison. Karen Webster says they should stop trying, and recognize that Uber is to Lyft what Amazon is to eBay: a whole different kind of platform that could pose a short, medium and long-term threat. Hereâs why. | | |
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