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Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream

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by Karen G Mills


  21. Peter Renton, “Funding Circle Raises $37 Million and Launches in The U.S.,” Lend Academy , October 23, 2013, https://​www.​lendacademy.​com/​funding-circle-raises-37-million-and-launches-in-the-u-s/​ .

  22. Allen Taylor, “Will Amazon Lending Disrupt, Displace, or Prop Up Banks?” Lending Times , January 4, 2018, https://​lending-times.​com/​2018/​01/​04/​will-amazon-lending-disrupt-displace-or-prop-up-banks/​ .

  23. Jeffrey Dastin, “Amazon Lent $1 Billion to Merchants to Boost Sales on Its Marketplace,” Reuters , June 8, 2017, https://​www.​reuters.​com/​article/​us-amazon-com-loans-idUSKBN18Z0DY .

  24. Amy Feldman, “PayPal’s Small-Business Lending Tops $3B As Company Launches New Tools For Small-Business Owners,” Forbes , May 1, 2017, https://​www.​forbes.​com/​sites/​amyfeldman/​2017/​05/​01/​paypals-small-business-lending-tops-3b-as-company-launches-new-tools-for-small-business-owners/​#7a8014b34018 .

  25. Leena Rao, “Square Capital Has Loaned Over $1 Billion to Small Businesses,” Fortune , November 7, 2016, http://​fortune.​com/​2016/​11/​07/​square-capital-1-billion/​ .

  26. “Q2 2018 Shareholder Letter,” Square , p. 7, https://​s21.​q4cdn.​com/​114365585/​files/​doc_​financials/​2018/​2018-Q2-Shareholder-Letter-%E2%80%94-Square.​pdf .

  27. Note: As described in Chapter 2 , small supply chain firms account for almost 1 million small businesses and about 10 million jobs, with high average wages and significant amounts of innovation.

  28. Note: In April 2018, Orchard was acquired by Kabbage , helping Kabbage gain access to Orchard’s data science technology, https://​www.​kabbage.​com/​pdfs/​pressreleases/​Kabbage_​Acquire_​Orchard.​pdf .

  29. Author’s analysis and data from “Breaking New Ground: The Americas Alternative Finance Benchmarking Report,” Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance , 2016, https://​www.​jbs.​cam.​ac.​uk/​fileadmin/​user_​upload/​research/​centres/​alternative-finance/​downloads/​2016-americas-alternative-finance-benchmarking-report.​pdf .

  30. “Global Marketplace Lending: Disruptive Innovation in Financials,” Morgan Stanley , May 19, 2015, https://​bebeez.​it/​wp-content/​blogs.​dir/​5825/​files/​2015/​06/​GlobalMarketplac​eLending.​pdf .

  31. “Fintech Investment in U.S. Nearly Tripled in 2014, According to Report by Accenture and Partnership Fund for New York City,” Accenture , June 25, 2015, https://​newsroom.​accenture.​com/​news/​fintech-investment-in-us-nearly-tripled-in-2014-according-to-report-by-accenture-and-partnership-fund-for-new-york-city.​htm .

  32. Geoffrey A. Moore, Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers (HarperBusiness Essentials, 2002), 9, http://​library.​globalchalet.​net/​Authors/​Startup%20​Collection/​%5BMoore,%20​2002%5D%20​Crossing%20​the%20​Chasm,%20​Revised%20​Edition.​pdf .

  33. Geoffrey A. Moore, Inside the Tornado: Strategies for Developing, Leveraging, and Surviving Hypergrowth Markets (HarperCollins Publishers, 2009), 26, https://​docslide.​us/​documents/​inside-the-tornado-geoffrey-a-moore.​html .

  34. Securities and Exchange Commission, Form 10-K: OnDeck Capital Inc., 2015, http://​d1lge852tjjqow.​cloudfront.​net/​CIK-0001420811/​2e36150d-a925-4b94-ad17-1d111b90ba94.​pdf ; “Lending Club Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Results and Announces $150 Million Share Buyback,” PRNewswire , February 11, 2016, http://​www.​prnewswire.​com/​news-releases/​lending-club-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2015-results-and-announces-150-million-share-buyback-300218747.​html .

  35. Chris Myers, “For Alternative Lenders to Be Successful, Differentiation Is Key,” Forbes , October 2015, http://​www.​forbes.​com/​sites/​chrismyers/​2015/​10/​15/​for-alternative-lenders-to-be-successful-differentiation-is-key/​#722f3110207e .

  36. Karen Gordon Mills, Dennis Campbell, and Aaron Mukerjee, “Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs,” HBS No. 9-318-068 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2017), https://​www.​hbs.​edu/​faculty/​Pages/​item.​aspx?​num=​53399 .

  Chapter 8

  1. Interview with Shivani Siroya of Tala, June 19, 2018.

  2. Emma Dunkley, “UK Banks Prepare to Share Customer Data in Radical Shake-up,” Financial Times , November 26, 2017, https://​www.​ft.​com/​content/​55f4503e-cb95-11e7-ab18-7a9fb7d6163e .

  3. Bernard Marr, “28 Best Quotes About Artificial Intelligence,” Forbes , July 25, 2017, https://​www.​forbes.​com/​sites/​bernardmarr/​2017/​07/​25/​28-best-quotes-about-artificial-intelligence/​#7f333fbc4a6f .

  4. “This Hot Robot Says She Wants to Destroy Humans,” CNBC , March 16, 2016, https://​www.​cnbc.​com/​video/​2016/​03/​16/​this-hot-robot-says-she-wants-to-destroy-humans.​html .

  5. Bernard Marr, “28 Best Quotes About Artificial Intelligence,” Forbes , July 25, 2017, https://​www.​forbes.​com/​sites/​bernardmarr/​2017/​07/​25/​28-best-quotes-about-artificial-intelligence/​#7f333fbc4a6f .

  6. Iain M. Cockburn, Rebecca Henderson, and Scott Stern, “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Innovation: An Exploratory Analysis,” Chapter in forthcoming NBER Book The Economics of Artificial Intelligence: An Agenda, December 16, 2017, http://​www.​nber.​org/​chapters/​c14006.​pdf .

  7. Zvi Griliches, “Hybrid Corn: An Exploration in the Economics of Technological Change,” Econometrica 25, no. 4 (1957): 501–522.

  8. “Small Business Development Center,” U.S. Small Business Administration, Local Assistance , https://​www.​sba.​gov/​tools/​local-assistance/​sbdc .

  9. “SCORE Business Mentor,” U.S. Small Business Administration, Local Assistance , https://​www.​sba.​gov/​tools/​local-assistance/​score .

  10. “Community Development Financial Institutions Fund,” U.S. Department of the Treasury , https://​www.​cdfifund.​gov/​Pages/​default.​aspx .

  11. “Chase Initiative Sparks Debate Over ‘Bank Deserts’ And SMBs,” PYMNTS , August 21, 2018, https://​www.​pymnts.​com/​news/​b2b-payments/​2018/​jpmorgan-chase-small-business-advisory-banking-branches/​ .

  12. Suman Bhattacharyya, “Chase to Reach Business Owners Through ‘Business Advice Center on Wheels’,” Tearsheet , June 15, 2018, https://​www.​tearsheet.​co/​marketing/​chase-to-reach-business-owners-through-business-advice-center-on-wheels?​utm_​source=​digiday.​com&​utm_​medium=​referral&​utm_​campaign=​digidaydis&​utm_​content=​bhattacharyya-chase-to-reach-business-owners-through-business-advice-center-on-wheels .

  Chapter 9

  1. For more on this story, see Karen Gordon Mills, Dennis Campbell, and Aaron Mukerjee, “ Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs ,” HBS No. 9-318-068 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2017), https://​www.​hbs.​edu/​faculty/​Pages/​item.​aspx?​num=​53399 ; Note: The author is an investor in Numerated Growth Technologies.

  2. Peter Rudegeair, Emily Glazer, and Ruth Simon, “Inside J.P. Morgan’s Deal with On Deck Capital,” Wall Street Journal , December 30, 2015, https://​www.​wsj.​com/​articles/​inside-j-p-morgans-deal-with-on-deck-capital-1451519092 .

  3. Peter Renton, “An In Depth Look at the OnDeck/JPMorgan Chase Deal,” LendAcademy , December 4, 2015, https://​www.​lendacademy.​com/​an-in-depth-look-at-the-ondeckjpmorgan-chase-deal/​ .

  4. Jonathan Kandell, “Jamie Dimon is Not Messing Around,” Institutional Investor , May 21, 2018. https://​www.​institutionalinv​estor.​com/​article/​b189czlk410ggh/​jamie-dimon-is-not-messing-around .

  5. “ FastFlex ® Small Business Loan Calculator,” accessed June 26, 2018, https://​www.​wellsfargo.​com/​biz/​business-credit/​loans/​fastflex-loan/​payment-calculator/​ .

  6. “ Wells Fargo Works for Small Business ® ,” accessed June 26, 2018, https://​wellsfargoworks.​com/​ .

  7. Harriet Taylor, “Bank of Am
erica Launches AI Chatbot Erica—Here’s What It Does,” CNBC , October 24, 2016, https://​www.​cnbc.​com/​2016/​10/​24/​bank-of-america-launches-ai-chatbot-erica%2D%2Dheres-what-it-does.​html .

  8. “After the dinosaurs,” The Economist , February 17, 2000, http://​www.​economist.​com/​node/​284246 .

  9. “About Us,” Frost Bank , accessed September 21, 2018, https://​www.​frostbank.​com/​about-us .

  10. “Community Capital,” accessed June 22, 2018, https://​www.​communitytechnol​ogy.​us/​ .

  11. “Where Top US Banks are Investing in Fintech—CB Insights,” Fintech Futures , August 14, 2017, http://​www.​bankingtech.​com/​2017/​08/​where-top-us-banks-are-investing-in-fintech-cb-insights/​ .

  12. “Citizens Bank Makes It Faster, Easier to Get Small Business Loans with New Digital Lending Capability,” Citizens Financial Group, Inc. , November 2, 2017, http://​investor.​citizensbank.​com/​about-us/​newsroom/​latest-news/​2017/​2017-11-02-110049591.​aspx .

  13. “Rise,” Barclays PLC , accessed June 29, 2018, https://​thinkrise.​com/​ .

  14. Ryan Weeks, “MarketInvoice Strikes Strategic Deal with Barclays,” AltFi , August 2, 2018, http://​www.​altfi.​com/​article/​4631_​marketinvoice-strikes-strategic-deal-with-barclays .

  15. “Citizens Bank Makes It Faster, Easier to Get Small Business Loans with New Digital Lending Capability,” Citizens Financial Group, Inc. , November 2, 2017, http://​investor.​citizensbank.​com/​about-us/​newsroom/​latest-news/​2017/​2017-11-02-110049591.​aspx .

  16. “ Wells Fargo Labs,” accessed March 27, 2018, https://​labs.​wellsfargo.​com/​ .

  17. Note: For a more detailed description of the options in this matrix, see: Karen Mills and Brayden McCarthy, “How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups,” Harvard Business Review , April 26, 2017, https://​hbr.​org/​2017/​04/​how-banks-can-compete-against-an-army-of-fintech-startups .

  18. “2016 Small Business Credit Survey: Report on Employer Firms,” Federal Reserve Banks , April 2017, https://​www.​newyorkfed.​org/​medialibrary/​media/​smallbusiness/​2016/​SBCS-Report-EmployerFirms-2016.​pdf .

  19. Michael T. Tushman, Wendy K. Smith, and Andy Binns. “The Ambidextrous CEO,” Harvard Business Review , June 2011, https://​hbr.​org/​2011/​06/​the-ambidextrous-ceo ; Charles A. O’Reilly and Michael L. Tushman, “The Ambidextrous Organization,” Harvard Business Review , April 2004, https://​hbr.​org/​2004/​04/​the-ambidextrous-organization .

  20. Shikhar Ghosh, Joseph Fuller, and Michael Roberts. Intuit: Turbo Tax PersonalPro—A Tale of Two Entrepreneurs (Harvard Business School: Harvard Business Publishing, Revised 2016), https://​www.​hbs.​edu/​faculty/​Pages/​item.​aspx?​num=​49820 .

  21. William R. Kerr, Federica Gabrieli, and Emer Moloney, “ Transformation at ING (A): Agile ,” HBS No. 9-818-077 (Boston, Harvard Business School Publishing, 2018), https://​www.​hbs.​edu/​faculty/​Pages/​item.​aspx?​num=​53838 .

  22. Karen Gordon Mills, Dennis Campbell, and Aaron Mukerjee, “ Eastern Bank: Innovating Through Eastern Labs ,” HBS No. 9-318-068 (Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 2017), https://​www.​hbs.​edu/​faculty/​Pages/​item.​aspx?​num=​53399 .

  Chapter 10

  1. Sandra K. Hoffman and Tracy G. McGinley, Identity Theft: A Reference Handbook (ABC-CLIO, 2010), 11.

  2. Sean Vanatta, “The Great Chicago Christmas Credit Card Fiasco of 1966: Echoes,” Bloomberg , December 24, 2012, https://​www.​bloomberg.​com/​view/​articles/​2012-12-24/​the-great-chicago-christmas-credit-card-fiasco-of-1966-echoes .

  3. “Financial Regulation : Complex and Fragmented Structure Could Be Streamlined to Improve Effectiveness,” United States Government Accountability Office , February 2016, http://​www.​gao.​gov/​assets/​680/​675400.​pdf .

  4. Elizabeth F. Brown, “Prior Proposals to Consolidate Federal Financial Regulators,” The Volcker Alliance , February 14, 2016, https://​www.​volckeralliance.​org/​sites/​default/​files/​attachments/​Background%20​Paper%20​1_​Prior%20​Proposals%20​to%20​Consolidate%20​Federal%20​Financial%20​Regulators.​pdf .

  5. “About the Federal Reserve System,” Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System , last updated March 3, 2017, https://​www.​federalreserve.​gov/​aboutthefed/​structure-federal-reserve-system.​htm .

  6. “Who is the FDIC?,” Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , accessed March 27, 2018, https://​www.​fdic.​gov/​about/​learn/​symbol/​ .

  7. “About the OCC,” Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , accessed December 15, 2017, http://​www.​occ.​gov/​about/​what-we-do/​mission/​index-about.​html .

  8. “Opening Remarks of FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez FinTech Forum Series: Marketplace Lending,” Federal Trade Commission , June 9, 2016, https://​www.​ftc.​gov/​system/​files/​documents/​public_​statements/​956043/​ramirez_​-_​fintech_​forum_​opening_​remarks_​6-9-16.​pdf .

  9. Michael E. Gordon and Franca Harris Gutierrez, “The Future Of CFPB Small Business Lending Regulation,” Law360 , May 19, 2016, http://​www.​law360.​com/​articles/​797135/​the-future-of-cfpb-small-business-lending-regulation .

  10. Kevin V. Tu, “Regulating the New Cashless World,” Alabama Law Review 65, no. 1 (2013): 109, accessed March 27, 2018, https://​www.​law.​ua.​edu/​pubs/​lrarticles/​Volume%20​65/​Issue%20​1/​2%20​Tu%20​77-138.​pdf .

  11. “Vision 2020 for Fintech and Non-Bank Regulation,” Conference of State Bank Supervisors , June 7, 2018, https://​www.​csbs.​org/​vision2020 .

  12. “OCC Begins Accepting National Bank Charter Applications From Financial Technology Companies,” Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , July 31, 2018, https://​www.​occ.​gov/​news-issuances/​news-releases/​2018/​nr-occ-2018-74.​html .

  13. “Third-Party Relationships,” Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , OCC Bulletin 2013–29, October 30, 2013, https://​www.​occ.​gov/​news-issuances/​bulletins/​2013/​bulletin-2013-29.​html .

  14. “Description: Frequently Asked Questions to Supplement OCC Bulletin 2013–29,” Office of the Comptroller of the Currency , OCC Bulletin 2017–21, June 7, 2017, https://​www.​occ.​treas.​gov/​news-issuances/​bulletins/​2017/​bulletin-2017-21.​html .

  15. “Examination Guidance for Third-Party Lending,” Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , July 29, 2016, https://​www.​fdic.​gov/​news/​news/​financial/​2016/​fil16050a.​pdf .

  16. Steven T. Mnuchin and Craig S. Phillips, “A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities: Nonbank Financials, Fintech, and Innovation,” U.S. Department of the Treasury , July 2018, https://​home.​treasury.​gov/​sites/​default/​files/​2018-07/​A-Financial-System-that-Creates-Economic-Opportunities%2D%2D-Nonbank-Financi…pdf .

  17. Barbara J. Lipman and Ann Marie Wiersch, “Alternative Lending Through the Eyes of ‘Mom & Pop’ Small-Business Owners: Findings from Online Focus Groups,” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland , August 25, 2015, https://​www.​clevelandfed.​org/​newsroom-and-events/​publications/​special-reports/​sr-20150825-alternative-lending-through-the-eyes-of-mom-and-pop-small-business-owners.​aspx .

  18. Barbara J. Lipman and Ann Marie Wiersch, “Browsing to Borrow: Mom & Pop Small Business Perspectives on Online Lenders,” Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland , June 2018, https://​www.​federalreserve.​gov/​publications/​files/​2018-small-business-lending.​pdf .

  19. “Unaffordable and Unsustainable: The New Business Lending on Main Street,” Opportunity Fund , May 2016, http://​www.​opportunityfund.​org/​assets/​docs/​Unaffordable%20​and%20​Unsustainable-The%20​New%20​Business%20​Lending%20​on%20​Main%20​Street_​Opportunity%20​Fund%20​Research%20​Report_​May%20​2016.​pdf .<
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