More than a year after Prospa delayed its initial public offering (IPO) plans, the Australian alternative lender is once again gearing up to go public —...
The B2B venture capital (VC) train continues full steam ahead after last week’s lucrative deals. This week, investors placed more than $1 billion in B2B...
Stronger-than-expected loan originations combined with increased transaction fees to push LendingClub’s quarterly earnings report past analyst expectations when the results went live shortly after the...
The U.K. government is considering reinstating its so-called “crown preference” policy in an effort to prioritize the collection of tax payments from insolvent small businesses....
U.K. alternative lender iwoca’s growth could signal ramped up competition between banks and FinTechs, according to new data. Reports in Forbes on Thursday (April 25)...
Might banks be making inroads into the hearts and minds of smaller firms as they seek out capital – as some SMBs cite at least some...
Microlending is a relatively simple concept that can be complicated to evaluate. The theory behind it, pioneered by Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, is pretty...
India’s alternative finance community is calling on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to relax regulations on the market, particularly as they pertain to lending...
Recent data has warned that small business (SMB) optimism is beginning to drop after months of record highs. It wasn’t altogether unexpected, though: After all,...