Lending Works Selects Credit Kudos to Power New Open Banking Initiative

Lending Works Selects Credit Kudos to Power New Open Banking Initiative

On Monday, Credit Kudos, a challenger credit bureau, and Lending Works, a fast-growing peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, announced they were teaming up to launch a new Open Banking initiative, which is described as a secure way for banking customers to take control of their financial data.
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Tampa Bay's M&A activity slows slightly

In 2016, there were two mega-deals: Johnson & Johnson's $3.3 billion purchase of Vogue International in Clearwater and CVC Capital Partners' $1 billion acquisition of Anchor Glass Container Corp. in Tampa. Generally, Tampa Bay is a good market for both buyers and sellers, said Robert Grammig,
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Mortgage Brokers Association recommends stronger enforcement of existing regulations to control …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association – British Columbia (CMBA-BC) is urging Attorney-General David Eby to increase enforcement of regulations that prohibit unlicensed brokers from lending money. The association
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Digital Identity for Mortgage Finds Few Takers

Security concerns are the key barrier for consumers from being more open to adopting digital identity for home buying and renting or for mortgage applications, according to the National Housing Survey (NHI) conducted by Fannie Mae. The GSE had surveyed consumers on their perception of digital
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Fox Ties Disney to Sky News Guarantee to Win Takeover Approval

21st Century Fox Inc. is sweetening its offer to U.K. regulators reviewing its takeover of Sky Plc, raising the prospect that Walt Disney Co. would guarantee the future of the European broadcaster's news service. Rupert Murdoch's Fox, which is in negotiations with competition authorities over its 11.7 billion
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Coinbase to Launch SegWit Upgrade

Coinbase Inc., the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is planning to roll out a long-awaited software update in an effort to reduce transaction fees customers pay when sending Bitcoin. The upgrade, called Segregated Witness or SegWit, was first made available by developers in August as Bitcoin's
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Real estate developer accused of exposing himself to 7-year-old

BEE CAVE, Texas (KXAN) — A well-known real estate developer in the Austin area is accused of exposing himself to a 7-year-old girl. Christopher F. Milam, 57, faces a charge of indecency with a child, according to an affidavit. It's a third-degree felony offense. The girl told police Milam exposed himself
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Hedge Funds Stand to Win With Qualcomm's Boosted Offer for NXP

Shares climbed about 22 percent over the past year. The deal was first announced in 2016. Elliott first acquired its stake in NXP in the second quarter of 2017, Bloomberg data show. Most of the other big hedge fund owners have held the stock even longer. HBK Investments, D.E. Shaw & Co. and Och-Ziff
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Thomas Black Of Napali Capital Accepted Into Forbes Real Estate Council

SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Feb. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Thomas Black, M.D., co-founder and managing partner of Texas-based real estate investment company Napali Capital, has been accepted into the Forbes Real Estate Council, an invitation-only community for executives in the real estate industry.
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2018 brick trends show whites, grays, black, painted and glazed exteriors

Fired-clay brick trends this year feature whites, grays, black, deep reds, painted and glazed brick with overall larger sizes. Brick Industry Association (BIA) member …. It seems like you're interested in up-to-date Charlotte-region real estate news. We're also one of the best sources for the latest foreclosure
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Mantech International (NASDAQ:MANT) Upgraded at BidaskClub

Loop Capital lifted their price target on Mantech International to $57.00 in a report on Tuesday, December 19th. Zacks Investment Research downgraded Mantech International from a buy rating to a hold rating in a report on Friday, February 2nd. Cowen reaffirmed a buy rating and set a $54.00 price
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3M Could Settle $5 Billion Lawsuit Over Scotchgard Pollution Claims

3M Co. may be poised to settle a lawsuit with Minnesota that sought $5 billion over pollution from former Scotchgard ingredients after a trial was abruptly halted. The jury trial, which had been scheduled to run at least four weeks, came to a halt Tuesday morning with an announcement pending. The case
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Ultimate Software Named #3 Best Company to Work For by Fortune

WESTON, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), a leading provider of human capital management (HCM) solutions in the cloud, announced today that Fortune and Great Place to Work have ranked Ultimate #3 on their 2018 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. This marks
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Abbas, Haley Trade Barbs Over Trump's Israel Stand at UN

Abbas speaks at the United Nations Security Council on Feb. 20. Photographer: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called President Donald Trump's decision to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem a “dangerous” development in a speech before the
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What The Climbing Debt Defaults Really Mean For The Economy

A fair portion of that interest rate, according to the Fed, was an uptick in mortgage lending. The NY Fed additionally reported that consumer credit (credit figures that do not include real estate debt) rose by $27.95 billion from the previous month, the largest increase in 16 years. That increase was about
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Friends in High Places: Church Spires Become Wireless Towers

… skatepark (Skaterham in Surrey). There's even one house of worship that got converted into a fancy swimming pool. The U.K. government's deal with the Anglicans may save some of England's other churches from a similar fate. This article also ran in Bloomberg Technology's Fully Charged newsletter.
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Trading Is a Good Way to Set a Price

When you are a private company your stock doesn't really trade. When you become a public company your stock is listed on a stock exchange and trades all the time, like in microsecond increments. This is a jarring transition. All the people who will be trading your stock need to figure out what price it
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Amicus launches commercial mortgages business

Amicus Commercial Mortgages has launched, which will work with a specialist group of expert brokers to provide commercial mortgages across a broad range of SME sectors, property types and borrower risks. Rob Lankey, who joined Amicus Finance in May 2017 to strengthen its diversified lending
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Backing up Europe's banks

Since we have a banking union, there needs to be a European solution. euronews: How have, in your opinion, the solutions we've found from the banking union helped a normal citizen at home? Moscovici: First, the bank balance sheets are much better than they used to be And when there is a difficulty,
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Pharmaceutical Titan's Senate Bid Will Test Voters' Views on Drug Prices

He left in the dot-com era to join what was then a small and, as Hugin tells it, near-bankrupt biotechnology firm. Robert Hugin. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg. That company, Celgene Corp., is now the $72 billion maker of one of the most successful cancer drugs in history — and a symbol of
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