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There are thousands of small community banks around this country who strive to serve the needs of their local community. But I don’t there are any quite like Darien Rowayton Bank (DRB), soon to be Laurel Road Bank. They are a three branch community bank based in Connecticut that has become one of the leaders in student loan refinancing. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is Gary Lieberman. He is the Chairman and CEO of DRB, a small […]

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One of the consistently positive trends in marketplace lending over the past several years has been the growth of securitization. Many, if not most, major platforms now have securitization as a key component of their capital markets strategy. Our next guest on the Lend Academy Podcast is someone who has been in the securitization space for a couple of decades and has been following marketplace lending closely for more than five years. Rosemary Kelley is a Senior Managing Director at […]

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The short term loan space has unique challenges. There is often little to no credit data on the borrowers which makes underwriting difficult. Defaults are high and therefore interest rates are high as well. The space has had a history of bad actors so the CFPB recently released new rules in order to ensure more responsible lending practices. Some companies, though, had already embraced responsible lending. My guest on the latest episode of the Lend Academy Podcast is Ken Rees, […]

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