Federal and state policymakers wagged their fingers this week at high-cost lenders that might be looking to team with banks to evade a 36% ceiling on interest rates.

The online lender said it applied insights from its partnership with Fifth Third Bancorp in developing a new digital platform it’s marketing to other large financial services companies.

Many in the space are seeking the creation of a "flexible" supervisory regime that relies on existing authorities and a hands-off approach from state agencies, but such a plan faces an uphill battle.

It should offer some form of guidance to spur innovation, a former official with the bureau says.

The company has rolled out an online platform for firms considering marketplace loans as an asset class.

Freddie Mac's efforts to improve underwriting could include the use of a technology firm's artificial intelligence-driven consumer-risk modeling software that can expand access to credit, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The mortgage industry has put more emphasis on organizing data in a digital manner and presenting it in an easily digestible format.

Blooma has developed a software product that combs databases to create property profiles for commercial real estate lenders. It can drastically cut origination costs and approval times and help banks identify safer loans, the company says.

The tech-driven asset management firm announced it had closed a $115 million asset-backed securities deal led by Cantor Fitzgerald, with unsecured consumer loans acquired from Prosper Marketplace.

The LendingClubs and SoFis of the world have a big head start, but HSBC's U.S. unit says its partnership with the fintech Avant will help it close the gap in online personal loans.