alternative finance

Alternative finance refers to financial channels, processes, and instruments that have emerged outside of the traditional finance system such as regulated banks and capital markets.

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B2B FinTech Turns Away From VCs For Funds
B2B FinTech Turns Away From VCs For Funds
February 02, 2018  |  B2B Payments

This week was not, by any means, the biggest week in B2B FinTech venture capital. A modest $33.7 million landed among corporate accounting, supply chain...

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AltFin Proves Its Staying Power With Asian Investors
AltFin Proves Its Staying Power With Asian Investors
January 26, 2018  |  B2B Payments

More than $150 million in venture capital bolstered the B2B FinTech market this week, and while investors made big steps into areas like human resources,...

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InventoryClub Taps Blockchain For Inventory Finance
InventoryClub Taps Blockchain For Inventory Finance
January 26, 2018  |  B2B Payments

InventoryClub is the latest company to deploy blockchain technology for business finance. The company announced news on Thursday (Jan. 25) that it’s launching as, what...

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Sorodo Expands Platform Beyond Merchant Cash Advances
Sorodo Expands Platform Beyond Merchant Cash Advances
January 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

U.K. alternative lender Sorodo says small businesses (SMBs) in the nation remain unaware of the option to access a merchant cash advance, and that’s something...

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UK Firms Getting More Curious About Crowdfunding
UK Firms Getting More Curious About Crowdfunding
December 22, 2017  |  B2B Payments

U.K. businesses are beginning to get curious about their crowdfunding options to access financing. According to accounting and advisory firm Cowgill Holloway, the term “crowdfunding”...

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Approaching Payment Rails, Corporate Finance and Supplier Payments From New Angles
Approaching Payment Rails, Corporate Finance and Supplier Payments From New Angles
December 11, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Much of the alternative business financing market formed as a response to the need for an entirely different way for companies to take out a...

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Small Businesses Drive 43 Percent Growth In UK Alternative Finance
Small Businesses Drive 43 Percent Growth In UK Alternative Finance
December 11, 2017  |  B2B Payments

New data from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) found the U.K.’s alternative finance market grew by 43 percent in 2016, and researchers are...

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Helping New-To-Country Entrepreneurs Land On Their Feet In The UK
Helping New-To-Country Entrepreneurs Land On Their Feet In The UK
November 22, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Ask any entrepreneur, and he or she will tell you that starting a new business isn’t easy. Now imagine moving to a new country to...

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Kabbage Lands Credit Suisse Credit Facility
Kabbage Lands Credit Suisse Credit Facility
November 20, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Alternative small business (SMB) lender Kabbage says it is diversifying the sources from which it obtains money to finance loans through a new deal with...

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