Ruh Roh, RESPA!

3 Fintech News Stories #1: Ruh Roh, RESPA!  What happened? The CFPB handed down an interesting advisory opinion: The CFPB recently issued an advisory opinion entitled Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act; Digital Mortgage Comparison-Shopping Platforms and Related Payments to Operators. In the advisory opinion the CFPB provides general guidance on how Digital Mortgage Comparison-Shopping Platforms…

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Roblox and Forever Games

THIS WEEK IN VC Roblox: The Next Great Social Network? Roblox, released in 2006, has 43M daily active users, making it one of just a few ‘forever games’ Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki is looking to expand into a full-fledged social network with a new advertising play and more complex user generated content. The game has hosted…

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