Tag Archives: Lending

Internet Archive violated publisher copyrights by lending ebooks, court rules

Book publishers sue Internet Archive for allegedly enabling piracy   Christine Fisher @cfisherwrites When libraries around the US began closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Internet Archive (IA) responded by creating a “National Emergency Library,” a collection of 1.4 million books from its free e-book repository Open Library. Publishers immediately took issue … Continue reading Internet Archive violated publisher copyrights by lending ebooks, court rules

Authors Guild And Others Blast Internet Archive’s Lending Library

Authors Guild And Others Blast Internet Archive’s Lending Library by Wendy Davis , Staff Writer @wendyndavis, August 19, 2022 The nonprofit Internet Archive is comparable to the original Napster, and a digital book lending program run by the nonprofit is similar to “the most flagrantly illegal pirate websites.” At least that’s what the Authors Guild, National … Continue reading Authors Guild And Others Blast Internet Archive’s Lending Library

Lending Tree’s new marketing chief says customer experience is king

“It’s not just about the transactional value, but having an uplifting experience contributes to us having an affinity for an organization,” says Shiv Singh, chief marketing and customer experience officer for LendingTree. Chris Wood on March 11, 2022 In January, LendingTree appointed Shiv Singh as their first Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer. Singh came … Continue reading Lending Tree’s new marketing chief says customer experience is king

P2P Lending Is Dead

Jorge NewberyFebruary 23, 2015 First, disco bit the dust. Then, punk rock keeled over. Now, peer-to-peer lending has been annihilated. Who murdered P2P? Wall Street. BlackRock. Wealthy bankers. The guys I was shoulder-to-shoulder with last week in Las Vegas. At ABS Vegas 2015, billed as the largest capital markets conference in the world, the P2P/Online … Continue reading P2P Lending Is Dead