July 18, 2019 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) issued its Q2 earnings report this past Tuesday (July 16). Goldman’s shares moved higher following the release after beating expectations on both the top and bottom lines. Goldman also announced an increase in the capital return program including an increase in the… Read More

July 16, 2019 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Raisin, a Germany-based Fintech that has rapidly grown in popularity across the continent, has received a €25 million from Goldman Sachs. Raisin announced its intent to cross the Atlantic this past May and enter the US market. Raisin is a Fintech that enables savers to… Read More

June 8, 2019 @ 12:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) CEO David Salomon reportedly told an audience last week that his company is getting zero credit for its digital bank startup Marcus. “If we were out in Silicon Valley and made 20% of the progress that we’ve made, we would get a… Read More

June 4, 2019 @ 1:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money Dashboard, a UK-based online personal financial management service, announced on Tuesday it has released integrations with three new account providers – Revolut, Chip, and Marcus by Goldman Sachs. According to Money Dashboard, the integrations help consumers track spending and progress towards their savings goals in real time…. Read More

May 9, 2019 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

A report in Yahoo Finance indicates that Marcus, Goldman Sachs’ digital only challenger bank, is doing quite well in the United Kingdom. Des McDaid, the Managing Director for Marcus in the UK, stated: “We’ve passed a quarter of a million customers and just over £8bn… Read More

April 15, 2019 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

While most of the headlines covering Goldman Sachs’ (NYSE:GS) Q1 earnings report targeted the decline in earnings and profit, for investors that tuned in to the earnings call they were able to learn more about Goldman’s transformation into a financial services firm of the future…. Read More

February 21, 2019 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Apple (NASDAQ: APPL) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) are hooking up with a new credit card scheduled to launch this spring, according to a report in WSJ.com. Rumblings of a Goldman – Apple partnership first emerged in May of 2018, again reported by WSJ. At… Read More

January 17, 2019 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital only bank Marcus continues to gain traction in both the US and the UK. During the Q4 earnings call by Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) yesterday, the management team shared some additional insight into the Fintech’s growth. Goldman, by the way, reported blowout numbers which… Read More

January 3, 2019 @ 10:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech, or financial innovation, is pervasive within the financial services industry. Innovation has always existed in this sector of business but the advent of the internet combined with the creativity of risk taking entrepreneurs has engendered an accelerated period of disruptive change in finance. Think about… Read More

October 22, 2018 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we predicted just yesterday, Goldman Sachs will move into the wealth management space, according to a note by CNBC. The additional service was alluded to in the most recent Goldman earnings call which took place last week. The new financial advisor service will most… Read More

October 21, 2018 @ 8:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) shared their 3rd quarter earnings report. Buried within the report was an update on Marcus, the digital bank and online lender that recently crossed the Atlantic setting up a beachhead in Europe by opening up in the UK in late September…. Read More

August 23, 2018 @ 7:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Marcus began its existence as a mere online lender seeking to provide consumers with affordable credit all online. But as time moves on, it is becoming more clear that Marcus is being positioned as not just providing loans but becoming the bank of the future:… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 5:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is interesting. According to a report in Bloomberg, online lending has grown impressively in the past seven years. Quoting data from TransUnion, the write states that Fintech firms originated 36% of all personal loans in 2017. This is in contrast to just under 1% in… Read More

June 9, 2018 @ 1:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

While Goldman Sachs’  (NYSE:GS) most prominent foray into Fintech started with online lending, Marcus is poised to become so much more in the digital banking arena. As previously reported, Marcus zoomed into online lending fueled by consumer deposits due to an acquisition from several years… Read More

May 21, 2018 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

The Economist has published a report on digital banking and the need for established banks to become more agile and adapt to the changes in technology. The document has been published with the support of Temenos, a provider of banking and finance software. The Temenos… Read More

May 16, 2018 @ 10:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Marcus, a fast emerging digital only challenger bank, is poised to enter the UK market and then cross the channel to set up operations in Germany. This is according to multiple reports as the erstwhile online lender leverages its successful US tech in other markets…. Read More

April 18, 2018 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein told CNBC today they have not “lost their minds” by moving into the highly competitive consumer banking business with Marcus. Blankfein explained that the consumer business has moved to them because the digital world can allow them to scale. “If… Read More

April 15, 2018 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Goldman Sachs Bank USA has acquired Clarity Money a Fintech founded by CEO Adam Dell. Clarity Money is an app based service that helps consumers better manage their personal finances with machine learning and intuitive design to provide actionable insights. The robo-advisor claims over one million… Read More

February 13, 2018 @ 12:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today, during an investor presentation at the Credit Suisse 19th Annual Financial Services Forum in Key Biscayne, Florida, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein delivered a presentation on his bank’s operations. Buried in the middle of the deck was some interesting perspective on Marcus, Goldman’s foray into… Read More

February 7, 2018 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Online lending eventually will be the norm, not the exception. As bricks and mortar ebbs away, Fintech is filling the void due to demand and the sheer efficacy of the online lending process. Indicative of this systemic trend is a report this week in WSJ.com… Read More