{"id":9898,"date":"2018-06-22T11:15:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T11:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=9898"},"modified":"2018-08-10T06:24:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T06:24:19","slug":"are-alternative-lending-services-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/are-alternative-lending-services-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"Are alternative lending services \u201calternative\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last ten years, alternative lending services have made borrowing money easier, especially for those who became increasingly out of reach for many traditional lenders. But their current level of popularity raises the question: are they really \u201calternative\u201d anymore?<\/p>\n<p>In reality, alternative lenders are just a part of a growing wave changing how many institutions operate, a wave led by millennials (with their love for technology and new things) overtaking the economy. Alternative lenders are becoming the new \u201cnormal\u201d. In fact, traditional lenders, worried about their positioning in the next few years, are increasingly partnering with alternative lenders to create hybrid products that combine easy accessibility with big-name security. As much as traditional lenders might not like the idea, alternative lending companies are here to stay, and it is time to stop thinking of them as \u201calternative\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-9898 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='A blockchain explanation even your parents could understand'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/a-blockchain-explanation-even-your-parents-could-understand\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-blockchain-explanation-even-your-parents-could-understand-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-7058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-blockchain-explanation-even-your-parents-could-understand-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/A-blockchain-explanation-even-your-parents-could-understand-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-7058'>\n\t\t\t\tA blockchain explanation even your parents could understand\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Infographic: 7 ways blockchain can help the environment'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/infographic-7-ways-blockchain-can-help-the-environment\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/7-ways-the-blockchain-can-help-the-environment-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-10763\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-10763'>\n\t\t\t\tInfographic: 7 ways blockchain can help the environment\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='FinNext 2018 conference to be held in Moscow on February 15th'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/finnext-2018-conference-to-be-held-in-moscow-on-february-15th\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/5a3d21b270eba-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8535\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8535'>\n\t\t\t\tFinNext 2018 conference to be held in Moscow on February 15th\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last ten years, alternative lending services have made borrowing money easier, especially for those who became increasingly out of reach for many traditional lenders. But their current level of popularity raises the question: are they really \u201calternative\u201d anymore? In reality, alternative lenders are just a part of a growing wave changing how many &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9906,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,129],"class_list":["post-9898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-fintech","tag-digital-transformation","tag-onlinelending","b_post_type-bfc-recommends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9898"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10043,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898\/revisions\/10043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}