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2.0KCross Border CommerceBlueVine Teams With Veem For Cross-Border Payments
BlueVine, the provider of working capital to small business (SMB) owners, announced news on Thursday (March 8) that it has inked a...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsIndifi Targets B2B Payments Lag With New Financing Tool For Startups
India-based alternative lender Indifi Technologies is targeting B2B startups with its latest financing service. According to news from Business Standard on Tuesday (Dec....
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1.8KB2B PaymentsUK’s BBB Ramps Up Asset-Based SMB Financing In Brexit Prep
The British Business Bank (BBB) has announced a $40 million commitment to provide U.K. small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) working capital loans...
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2.8KToday In DataToday In Data: SMBs’ Capital Management, Cash Still Powerful And B2B Apps For Professionals
When it comes to payment methods and moving money between parties, knowing how to handle transfers in the most efficient way possible...
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5.6KB2B PaymentsQuick.me: The Fundamentals Of Ethical SMB Lending
While some of the entrepreneurs we talk to at PYMNTS seem to have been almost born to solve the problem they founded a...
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5.8KB2B PaymentsMarketInvoice Brings Invoice Financing To More Smaller Sized Businesses
MarketInvoice, the invoice financing company, announced Thursday (Aug. 17) that it is providing more than 400,000 smaller businesses (SMBs) with access to...
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4.5KPartnerships / AcquisitionsPayPal Acquires Swift Financial To Expand SMB Lending Options
The Great Recession had a crippling effect on credit markets across the board. Consumers, enterprise-sized businesses and small businesses (SMBs) all found...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsNudging SMBs Into The Global Export Game
The SMB alternative lending space has evolved in the U.S. in large part to help accelerate small businesses’ access to cash. Whether...
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9.8KSMBsJPMorgan Chase And OnDeck Shake Hands On Another 4 Years
Small business owners shouldn’t have to waste their time chasing loans. They have enough to think about without spending hours applying for...
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17.4KB2B PaymentsSmall Biz Hiring Stalls
The tides are turning for small businesses in the U.S. After a spout of optimism, the latest data find a downturn in...
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2.9KInvestmentsKabbage Receives $250M Strategic Growth Investment From SoftBank
Kabbage Inc., a financial services, technology and data platform serving small businesses globally, has announced the agreement on a $250-million equity investment...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsNational Australia Bank Builds SME Lending Features
With home loan growth expected to slow to 4 percent in 2018, National Australia Bank (NAB) wants to build its business elsewhere,...
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2.6KLoansLendio Has Facilitated More Than $500 Million In Small Business Loans
Lendio, a free online service that helps business owners find the right small business loans within minutes, announced it has helped facilitate...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsCircleUp Adds Lines Of Credit To Equity Finance Platform
CircleUp is adding a new way to invest in consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. The crowdfunding platform — which originally launched to link...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsIndonesian FinTech Launches App For Individual SME Investors
An Indonesia-based alternative lender is turning to the mobile device to attract small business investors. Reports Friday (July 21) said Mitrausahua Indonesia...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsBofA Allows SMEs To Apply For A Loan Through Mobile App
Bank of America (BoA) is expanding its mobile service for small- and medium-sized (SME) customers. An announcement by the financial institution (FI)...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsThe Lines Are Blurring Between Alternative, Traditional SME Finance
Alternative lending has shifted from a competitor of traditional FIs to a collaborator, often lending a digital hand to banks in need...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsFifth Third Implements Faster Access To SMB Lines Of Credit
Fifth Third is making changes aimed at accelerating SMBs’ access to its lines of credit. The bank announced Friday (July 7) that...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsMost U.S. SMEs Struggle With Cash Flow, Survey Says
A new report from Dun & Bradstreet and the Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management finds the majority of small- and...
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2.2KLoansMercado Libre To Offer Working Capital Loans
Mercado Libre Inc, the Argentina online marketplace, is gearing up to offer working-capital loans to entrepreneurs in Brazil and Mexico during 2017, reported...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsiPayment Links Merchants To SMB Lender RapidAdvance
Alternative SMB lender RapidAdvance is linking up with payments and processing company iPayment to expand its reach. The companies announced their partnership this...
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1.5KB2B PaymentsNorth Of The Border, Securing The Supply Chain
SMEs need access to capital, especially when it comes to securing goods and services needed for their own expansion. As eInvoice payment firm...
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4.5KMarketplace Lending PlatformLendio And Comcast Pair On SMB Lending
SMB online lending marketplace Lendio and Comcast announced a collaboration on a pilot program that will give Comcast Business customers easier access...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsDitching FICO, And Finding Another Path To SME Loans
The struggle of small business borrowing is well documented. Indeed, it’s the underlying reason why the alternative SME lending industry exists. But...
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8.4KData DriversHow Fraud Data Streamlines Digital Loan Decisioning
At least two-thirds of consumers who go online apply for a loan. In our latest Data Drivers, Joe DeCosmo, chief analytics officer...
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5.0KB2B PaymentsOff The Continent And Into Puerto Rico For Online SMB Lending
If expansion is key for SMBs, so too is it for lenders. Biz2Credit is linking up with Oriental Bank in Puerto Rico...
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7.2KB2B PaymentsPayPal Powers Payments Ecosystem For SMBs
May 1 – the start of Small Business Week – also marked the day that PayPal launched a solution intended to streamline...
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2.9KPayment MethodsPimkie Taps Kyriba For Early Payment Of Invoices
Kyriba Corp., the cloud-based treasury and working capital solutions company, announced Friday (March 18) that Pimkie chose its supply chain finance solution...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsSME Finance Means Missed Opportunities And Lost Sleep
Let’s take an updated look at SME finance. Across the world, small business finance is about more than how much money is...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsAnother Financing Boost Goes To BlueVine
SME alternative lender BlueVine announced its newest venture capital financing Tuesday (Feb. 28) thanks to Fortress Credit Corp. The company revealed a $75...
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4.9KB2B PaymentsSupply Chain Finance, With An Eye On Size
Invoice solutions firm Tungsten is linking up with supply chain finance outfit Orbian, with an eye on large corporates providing SCF to...
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4.6KInvestments
Two Years Post-IPO, Rocky Journey For OnDeck
Two years out, it’s been quite the journey for OnDeck. Back in December 2014, the online lender took to the public markets,...
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4.5KB2B PaymentsSage Links French SMEs To Fast Financing
Sage is gearing up for a busy year ahead after showing a favorable financial performance for FY 2016 and announcing plans to make...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsSmall Biz Cash Management Struggles Across The Globe
Between the rise of blockchain technology, the market debuts of faster payments initiatives and the advancements in virtual card capabilities, small businesses...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsAlternative Finance, Plausibly, Via Plousio
Despite the turmoil in the alternative finance market, Plousio sees opportunity in linking SMB borrowers to the working capital they need, according...
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3.0KPYMNTS Topic TBDBeating The SMB Cash Crunch
Many firms live the equivalent of paycheck to paycheck — with less than a month’s worth of cash in the bank. Financing receivables...
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9.0KAlternative FinancesAmex Sets Sights On Working Capital Loans
With an eye on Square and other FinTech upstarts, Amex is branching out into working capital loans -- and banking on its...
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3.6KInternationalGreenfield Opportunity Looms In India For Online Financing
Millions of businesses — many of them small — have limited access to capital by traditional means and a need for speed...
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4.2KAlternative FinancesTech — And A Human Touch — In SME Lending
Newly launched CapitalFront is bringing working capital financing and other lending products to SMEs. CEO Brian Simon discusses the ways a tech-oriented...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsLinking Capital And Equipment In 2016
As 2015 draws to a close, SMEs are in the midst of planning capex – and looking for working capital funding. Here’s...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsFinancial Inclusion Via Social Media
As India’s SMEs grapple with access to working capital, startup Lendingkart says social media, and other forms of data can uncover patterns...
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B2B Payments
Canada Ripens for Online Small Business Loans
Small businesses are the lifeblood of many economies, and cash is the lifeblood of small business. But many smaller players simply can’t...
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B2B Payments
Waking Up To Proper Cash Flow Management
Small businesses are struggling to manage their cash flow, and a new report from PwC examines just how far SMEs have dropped...
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B2B Payments
Slow Going, But B2B Mobile Poised to Pick Up Steam
As headlines focus on consumer mobile transactions, one other payments area that is also growing, though a bit more quietly, is B2B...
