New Zealand is often grouped with Australia, but the nation has an impressively rising market for FinTech. Earlier this month, for instance, the nation got its fourth alternative lender: Lending Crowd. The company provides SMEs with loans of up to NZ$200,000 (about $137,000) and has...
Under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is required to enforce rules written into the law that require lenders to collect data on their small business lending processes. But the CFPB has yet to actually do so, meaning data that analysts saw...
If you’re not one of the Big Banks of the world, you may not have the resources to develop and overhaul online banking services. That’s where a third-party player comes in, and one of them, nCino, is tapping into the spirit of collaboration to help...
China has released its draft proposals to overhaul its growing alternative lending industry in an effort to impose regulatory safeguards on the market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
With consumer spending on office suppliers on the decline (does anyone buy printers anymore?) and consolidation in the industry, Staples turned towards the B2B segment of its operations this year with a new focus on small businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
As 2015 wraps up, we take a look back at the year in commercial cards. The biggest stories suggest a trajectory of mobility, sophisticated data analytics and the continuing effort to retreat from controversial practices. Take a look at what these stories were below. Get...
B2B Software-as-a-Service giant Salesforce has announced an acquisition it will make in 2016 for $360 million, the company revealed in a blog post late last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
The U.S. and European alternative lending markets sprouted quickly in 2015, but the Australian players are just planting their roots. One of the latest to do so is Waddle, a small business financing platform that caught media attention a few times this year, most notably...
The B2B payments data from last week ranges from six all the way to 4.45 billion, with a similarly diverse range in industries and geography. From alternative small business financing to corporate money manager responsibilities, from the U.S. to China, the research this week uncovered...
