alternative lending

FIS Partners With Liberis For SMB Alt Lending
FIS Partners With Liberis For SMB Alt Lending
January 29, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Florida FinTech Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is partnering with London FinTech Liberis, to offer small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an alternative funding source, FIS...

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Widening Borrower Protection’s Scope To SMBs
Widening Borrower Protection’s Scope To SMBs
January 29, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Borrower protection initiatives have taken aim at predatory lenders, both online and brick-and-mortar, with legislators at the state and federal levels addressing concerns that include...

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Funding Circle CFO Exits, Replacement Named
Funding Circle CFO Exits, Replacement Named
January 27, 2020  |  B2B Payments

U.K.-based small business lending platform Funding Circle has announced its chief financial officer will depart the company, reports in City A.M. said Monday (Jan. 27)....

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Nav CEO: Helping SMBs Avoid Online Lending Pitfalls
Nav CEO: Helping SMBs Avoid Online Lending Pitfalls
January 27, 2020  |  B2B Payments

In the wake of the financial crisis, banks’ pullback from small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lending yielded a flood of technology-driven players stepping in to...

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How Crowdfunding Aims To Fill SMBs’ Community Banking Gaps
How Crowdfunding Aims To Fill SMBs’ Community Banking Gaps
January 20, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Community banks are often the familiar faces of the financial services world, and when small businesses seek capital, their neighborhood financial institution can be a...

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Supply Chain Payments Lead Week’s B2B VC Roundup
Supply Chain Payments Lead Week’s B2B VC Roundup
January 17, 2020  |  B2B Payments

With Tradeshift securing a nine-figured fundraise, the supply chain payments company was the undoubted leader of this week’s B2B venture capital fundraise. But the company...

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Fed: Two-Thirds Of SMBs Are Dissatisfied With Online Lenders
Fed: Two-Thirds Of SMBs Are Dissatisfied With Online Lenders
January 14, 2020  |  Loans

In the wake of the Great Recession, small businesses found it difficult to secure loans via banks – and even when they were available, the...

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China Likely To See More P2P Shutdowns This Year
China Likely To See More P2P Shutdowns This Year
January 09, 2020  |  International

China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market is headed for more turbulence in 2020 as more of its popular platforms face potentially being shut down as the...

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SMB Digital Loan Applications Rose 19 Pct. YOY
SMB Digital Loan Applications Rose 19 Pct. YOY
December 30, 2019  |  Loans

As banks continue to shy away from providing small business loans, many small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners have turned to online lending companies to...

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