alternative lending

Bracing Mid-Market Firms For Financing Volatility
Bracing Mid-Market Firms For Financing Volatility
April 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Post-financial crisis, an influx of alternative lending players emerged to accelerate business finance digitization and expand choices for borrowers. In many ways, it was great...

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Funding Options Strikes Open Banking Deal With 20 Alt Lenders
Funding Options Strikes Open Banking Deal With 20 Alt Lenders
April 07, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Through small business finance broker Funding Options, around 20 alternative lenders will now have the power to receive open banking data directly to begin making...

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Banks, FinTechs Wield Open Banking For SMB Finance
Banks, FinTechs Wield Open Banking For SMB Finance
March 19, 2020  |  B2B Payments

As financial service providers deploy new solutions on the heels of open banking regulatory initiatives in the U.K. and Europe, players in other geographies have...

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Trade Ledger Partners With Wiserfunding For Commercial Risk Assessments
Trade Ledger Partners With Wiserfunding For Commercial Risk Assessments
March 10, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The London business lending platform Trade Ledger is joining forces with Wiserfunding to give lenders and alternative financing providers the ability to evaluate the creditworthiness...

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Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia
Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia
March 10, 2020  |  B2B Payments

The small business credit gap is a global issue, a problem that banks and FinTechs continue to hack away at, yet one that remains stubbornly...

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Financing Vietnam’s Underbanked And High Risk Agri-SMBs
Financing Vietnam’s Underbanked And High Risk Agri-SMBs
February 24, 2020  |  B2B Payments

While a lack of access to affordable, quick capital is a barrier to growth for small businesses across the globe, there are certain markets and...

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Fifth Third Links Rejected Business Borrowers To Alt-Lender
Fifth Third Links Rejected Business Borrowers To Alt-Lender
February 23, 2020  |  B2B Payments

To offer expanded services as it pursues a digital innovation strategy of harnessing partnerships to provide an enhanced customer experience, Fifth Third is teaming with Fundation for...

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Top News In Payments: Tougher Criteria For 2020 Business Loans; Wordline To Buy Ingenico
Top News In Payments: Tougher Criteria For 2020 Business Loans; Wordline To Buy Ingenico
February 04, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, U.S. banks are expected to tighten standards for 2020 business loans, Wordline is buying rival payments firm Ingenico, and Alphabet released...

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Kabbage Steps Up Payments Offering With SMB Loans
Kabbage Steps Up Payments Offering With SMB Loans
February 04, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Alternative lending firm Kabbage is introducing a new loan product that offers customized cash flow solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), the payments startup...

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