When it comes to choices for alternative financing providers, the U.K.’s SMEs benefit from having ample choices — but does having more choices always make the lending process easier? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Buttercoin, a bitcoin startup that hoped to use the cryptocurrency to make it easier for immigrants around the world to send money home, is closing its doors on Friday (April 10), the company has announced. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
The online, peer-to-peer and marketplace lending scene is a growing one, particularly as more consumers and small businesses look toward alternative financing options that don’t rely on dealing with a bank. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Marking the largest amount of its kind provided to the alternative small business financing, CAN Capital announced Friday (April 2) that it secured $650 million in funding from a dozen top bank lenders to grow its SMB finance program. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Bitcoin’s blockchain technology may have found a new application: cutting the time and cost required by cross-border wire-transfer payments. Align Commerce has launched a public beta test of a system to let either businesses or individuals pay invoices globally, the company announced on Thursday (April...
Crowdfunding — very broadly defined — grew by 167 percent in 2014 to raise $16.2 billion, up from $6.1 billion raised in 2013, according to newly released research by Massolution — and total global crowdfunding should reach $34.4 billion this year. Get the Full Story...
The CFPB has begun to take the first steps toward more intensive legislation of the short term, small dollar borrowing space – also known as payday lending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
With falling prices, the Silk Road trial and various miners going bankrupt, it would be hard to say that so far 2015 has been a banner year for bitcoin. Then again, it seems that the digital currency’s fortunes are improving, as corporate America is beginning...
Alternative small-business lender Kabbage is partnering with analytics startup Orchard Platform to make it easier for institutional lenders to fund consumer loans. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
