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Today In Data: Holiday Weekend Sales And SMB Lending

Today In Data: Holiday Weekend Sales And SMB Lending
Today In Data: Holiday Weekend Sales And SMB Lending
November 27, 2017  |  Today In Data

With the holiday shopping season comes a lot of other factors: purchases made, money spent, items gathered and bills paid off. The Thanksgiving, Black Friday,...

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How Small Online Sellers’ Global Ambitions Complicate Cash Flow
How Small Online Sellers’ Global Ambitions Complicate Cash Flow
November 27, 2017  |  B2B Payments

In many ways, eCommerce has democratized the market for small sellers, a group that can now easily reach a global base of potential customers. But...

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Cards, Bank Loans And AltFin Easing SMBs’ Search For Financing
Cards, Bank Loans And AltFin Easing SMBs’ Search For Financing
November 27, 2017  |  B2B Payments

With another Small Business Saturday in the books, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are still kept on their toes by the yearly spike in sales...

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Chinese Online Lender’s IPO On Shaky Ground
Chinese Online Lender’s IPO On Shaky Ground
November 27, 2017  |  International

LexinFintech Holdings Ltd., operator of China’s leading online lender Fenqile, was slated to meet with advisers over the weekend to decide if it will go...

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Why The Cleveland Fed Pulled Their Online Lending Study
Why The Cleveland Fed Pulled Their Online Lending Study
November 21, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

Last week, we told you a tale of two Fed studies, which were putatively about the same topic, but drew nearly opposite conclusions. Get the Full Story...

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Kabbage Lands Credit Suisse Credit Facility
Kabbage Lands Credit Suisse Credit Facility
November 20, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Alternative small business (SMB) lender Kabbage says it is diversifying the sources from which it obtains money to finance loans through a new deal with...

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Online Lending And A Tale Of Two Fed Studies
Online Lending And A Tale Of Two Fed Studies
November 14, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

Online consumer lending – in a variety of forms – has grown explosively over the last decade. In 2010, digital lenders originated $249 million in unsecured personal...

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Asia’s Alternative SMB Finance Lands Investment Boom
Asia’s Alternative SMB Finance Lands Investment Boom
November 10, 2017  |  B2B Payments

B2B FinTech enjoyed more time in the spotlight with investors this week as companies around the globe — ranging from eProcurement to small- and medium-sized business...

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Taking A Credit-First Approach To Alt Lending 
Taking A Credit-First Approach To Alt Lending 
November 07, 2017  |  Alternative Finances

Those who are fortunate enough to have access to credit often take it for granted. Imagine if your car broke down, your child needed school...

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