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Orchard: There are Two Sides to the Marketplace Lending Slowdown

April 27, 2016 @ 1:18 pm By JD Alois |

The first quarter of 2016 saw the US economy slip into a bit of a funk. Lingering questions regarding the sustainability of the economic recovery were buffeted by geopolitical tensions. The marketplace lending industry was in no way immune to the shifting winds… Read More

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Back to the Future: The Early Days of Online Trading Revisit FinTech and Crowdfunding Disruption

December 3, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By Erin Hobey |

After reading Orchard Platform’s Bill Ullman elegantly deliberated “Is Fin-Tech History Rhyming Again?” on the platform’s blog last week and prepared for Thanksgiving, I wondered how the early days of online trading revisit fintech and crowdfunding disruption innovation. While prepping for last week’s feast, I… Read More

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