BlueVine, the provider of working capital to small business (SMB) owners, announced news on Thursday (March 8) that it has inked a...
India-based alternative lender Indifi Technologies is targeting B2B startups with its latest financing service. According to news from Business Standard on Tuesday (Dec....
The British Business Bank (BBB) has announced a $40 million commitment to provide U.K. small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) working capital loans...
When it comes to payment methods and moving money between parties, knowing how to handle transfers in the most efficient way possible...
While some of the entrepreneurs we talk to at PYMNTS seem to have been almost born to solve the problem they founded a...
MarketInvoice, the invoice financing company, announced Thursday (Aug. 17) that it is providing more than 400,000 smaller businesses (SMBs) with access to...
The Great Recession had a crippling effect on credit markets across the board. Consumers, enterprise-sized businesses and small businesses (SMBs) all found...
The SMB alternative lending space has evolved in the U.S. in large part to help accelerate small businesses’ access to cash. Whether...
Small business owners shouldn’t have to waste their time chasing loans. They have enough to think about without spending hours applying for...
The tides are turning for small businesses in the U.S. After a spout of optimism, the latest data find a downturn in...
Kabbage Inc., a financial services, technology and data platform serving small businesses globally, has announced the agreement on a $250-million equity investment...
With home loan growth expected to slow to 4 percent in 2018, National Australia Bank (NAB) wants to build its business elsewhere,...
Lendio, a free online service that helps business owners find the right small business loans within minutes, announced it has helped facilitate...
CircleUp is adding a new way to invest in consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. The crowdfunding platform — which originally launched to link...
An Indonesia-based alternative lender is turning to the mobile device to attract small business investors. Reports Friday (July 21) said Mitrausahua Indonesia...
Bank of America (BoA) is expanding its mobile service for small- and medium-sized (SME) customers. An announcement by the financial institution (FI)...
Alternative lending has shifted from a competitor of traditional FIs to a collaborator, often lending a digital hand to banks in need...
Fifth Third is making changes aimed at accelerating SMBs’ access to its lines of credit. The bank announced Friday (July 7) that...
A new report from Dun & Bradstreet and the Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management finds the majority of small- and...
Mercado Libre Inc, the Argentina online marketplace, is gearing up to offer working-capital loans to entrepreneurs in Brazil and Mexico during 2017, reported...
Alternative SMB lender RapidAdvance is linking up with payments and processing company iPayment to expand its reach. The companies announced their partnership this...
SMEs need access to capital, especially when it comes to securing goods and services needed for their own expansion. As eInvoice payment firm...
SMB online lending marketplace Lendio and Comcast announced a collaboration on a pilot program that will give Comcast Business customers easier access...
The struggle of small business borrowing is well documented. Indeed, it’s the underlying reason why the alternative SME lending industry exists. But...
At least two-thirds of consumers who go online apply for a loan. In our latest Data Drivers, Joe DeCosmo, chief analytics officer...
If expansion is key for SMBs, so too is it for lenders. Biz2Credit is linking up with Oriental Bank in Puerto Rico...
May 1 – the start of Small Business Week – also marked the day that PayPal launched a solution intended to streamline...
Kyriba Corp., the cloud-based treasury and working capital solutions company, announced Friday (March 18) that Pimkie chose its supply chain finance solution...
Let’s take an updated look at SME finance. Across the world, small business finance is about more than how much money is...
SME alternative lender BlueVine announced its newest venture capital financing Tuesday (Feb. 28) thanks to Fortress Credit Corp. The company revealed a $75...
Invoice solutions firm Tungsten is linking up with supply chain finance outfit Orbian, with an eye on large corporates providing SCF to...
Two years out, it’s been quite the journey for OnDeck. Back in December 2014, the online lender took to the public markets,...
Sage is gearing up for a busy year ahead after showing a favorable financial performance for FY 2016 and announcing plans to make...
Between the rise of blockchain technology, the market debuts of faster payments initiatives and the advancements in virtual card capabilities, small businesses...
Despite the turmoil in the alternative finance market, Plousio sees opportunity in linking SMB borrowers to the working capital they need, according...
Many firms live the equivalent of paycheck to paycheck — with less than a month’s worth of cash in the bank. Financing receivables...
With an eye on Square and other FinTech upstarts, Amex is branching out into working capital loans -- and banking on its...
Millions of businesses — many of them small — have limited access to capital by traditional means and a need for speed...
Newly launched CapitalFront is bringing working capital financing and other lending products to SMEs. CEO Brian Simon discusses the ways a tech-oriented...
As 2015 draws to a close, SMEs are in the midst of planning capex – and looking for working capital funding. Here’s...
As India’s SMEs grapple with access to working capital, startup Lendingkart says social media, and other forms of data can uncover patterns...
Small businesses are the lifeblood of many economies, and cash is the lifeblood of small business. But many smaller players simply can’t...
Small businesses are struggling to manage their cash flow, and a new report from PwC examines just how far SMEs have dropped...
As headlines focus on consumer mobile transactions, one other payments area that is also growing, though a bit more quietly, is B2B...