Main Street businesses represent the backbone of both the American economy and their local communities. And with the news on Tuesday (April 16) that Rapid Finance has teamed up with Galileo Financial Technologies on a small business financing solution, small business lending is top of mind for financial...
From time to time, most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) find themselves having to borrow money to meet short-term needs or unexpected expenses. But as PYMNTS Intelligence recently reported, many SMBs — especially those earning modest revenues — avoid borrowing whenever possible. One of the...
Intuit QuickBooks has added a line of credit offering to the small business lending options available through its platform. The new QuickBooks Line of Credit enables small businesses to access funding from $1,000 to $50,000 and tap into the funding when and how they need...
Banks — the stalwarts of traditional lending — are finding new channels and conduits to getting capital to borrowers, across alternative channels, and with FinTech collaborations forged and expanded. Alternative lending (or alt-lending) gets funding, typically short-term in nature, to borrowers, with one particular ready-made...
March 21, 2024
Banks — the stalwarts of traditional lending — are finding new channels and conduits to getting capital to borrowers, across alternative channels, and with FinTech collaborations forged and expanded. Alternative lending (or alt-lending) gets funding, typically short-term in nature, to borrowers, with one particular ready-made audience extant in the form of small business applicants. The […]
October 05, 2023
David Feuer, chief product officer of Galileo Financial Technologies, told PYMNTS that the current financial services landscape is a challenging one for smaller firms — and especially so for the...
February 03, 2020
In the platform economy, scale matters. And in leveraging Amazon’s scale as a platform — with millions of small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and even micro-sized businesses hawking pretty much...
December 11, 2019
Of late, California’s emissions standards have become a source of some controversy as the state’s ability to set emission standards for cars and trucks that are higher than the standards...
June 04, 2024
Small business banking platform Rapid Finance has introduced updates to its fraud detection platform Lynx. The platform now has a cloud-based rules engine that lets the company’s enterprise customers create customized risk management rules and outcomes, letting them make informed lending decisions tailored to specific criteria for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). “The cloud-based rules […]
March 28, 2024
Intuit QuickBooks has added a line of credit offering to the small business lending options available through its platform. The new QuickBooks Line of Credit enables small businesses to access...
March 20, 2024
Boulevard has added a new capital program to its client experience platform for self-care businesses like salons, barber shops, spas and med spas. The new Boulevard Capital financial offering provides...
March 04, 2024
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has launched an enhanced version of its Lender Match tool that connects small business owners with SBA-approved lenders. The enhanced platform provides a mobile-first...
