Business Lending news and trends

Exclusive: Markaaz Introduces Global Business Identity Platform
Monday Meetup // May 06, 2024

A new global business identity platform is on the scene, enabling banks, FinTechs and enterprises to verify and onboard businesses of all sizes, particularly smaller businesses. Four years and hundreds of millions of data points in the making, Markaaz has a unique, two-sided business model...

Banks Report Lending Slows as Corporate Borrowers Pay Down Debt
Banking // April 16, 2024

The largest U.S. banks are reporting a slowdown in lending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this...

Small Businesses Seek Capital From Innovative Lending Solutions
SMBs // April 04, 2024

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and their owners are the backbone of local economies worldwide. And they haven’t had it easy, not recently. That’s because they have to big needs: streamlined access to capital to expand their businesses and keep the lights on, and the...

Citi and LuminArx Team to Issue Private Credit
Loans // January 18, 2024

Citi and LuminArx have introduced a financing tool for the private lending market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

Interviews & Exclusives
Ocrolus Gives Flawed SMB Credit Scoring System A Cash Flow Based Upgrade

September 23, 2021
As Ocrolus CEO and Co-founder Sam Bobley put it, there’s never been a data capture technology that could analyze financial documents of any format or quality with perfect accuracy. Add in low-quality images and thousands of different document formats and the problem gets even worse.   Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock […]

Why Better Data Is The First Step In Curing The ‘Startup Slump’

October 01, 2019
When the economy crashed in 2008, and fully bottomed out in June 2009 credit across the board froze. Consumer, enterprise and SMB lending all ground to a near halt and...

Why SMB Lenders Need Straight Through Data

March 01, 2018
Securing bank financing for a small business (SMB) is neither fast nor easy, but the people running those SMBs need it to be both. For financial institutions (FIs), too, it’s...

Quick Reads
Bank Loans to UK Businesses Hit 28-Year Low

May 25, 2026
Lending by banks to businesses in the U.K. has reportedly reached a 28-year low. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing […]

Banks Report Lending Slows as Corporate Borrowers Pay Down Debt

April 16, 2024
The largest U.S. banks are reporting a slowdown in lending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Citi and LuminArx Team to Issue Private Credit

January 18, 2024
Citi and LuminArx have introduced a financing tool for the private lending market. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Loanspark Launches Co-Branded B2B Lending Service

February 01, 2023
Loanspark has launched a co-branded lending service that helps B2B firms offer business funding products. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...