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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How UK Regs Steer Clear Of Alt-Lending
How UK Regs Steer Clear Of Alt-Lending
October 03, 2016  |  B2B Payments

In the U.S., interest for alternative finance startups has waned among investors. Not so abroad, including in the U.K., where invoice financing firm DueCourse recently announced more than $8 million...

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Confidence In The Face Of Alt-Lending’s Potential Implosion
Confidence In The Face Of Alt-Lending’s Potential Implosion
September 28, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Investors have cooled off to alternative lending in the U.S. Just look at the near-immediate struggle faced by Lending Club and OnDeck after their IPOs...

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Alt-Lending Back On Top (Just Not In The US)
Alt-Lending Back On Top (Just Not In The US)
September 23, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Alternative finance is back in the game! After a few months of lackluster performance with venture capitalists, alternative lending startups have won big this week...

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Tolexo Entices B2B eCommerce With Merchant Cash Advances
Tolexo Entices B2B eCommerce With Merchant Cash Advances
September 21, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Indian eCommerce platform Tolexo wants more businesses to procure goods online and is now offering a financing solution to attract SMEs. Reports on Tuesday (Sept....

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The Political Factor Weighing On SMEs’ Minds (It’s Not Brexit)
The Political Factor Weighing On SMEs’ Minds (It’s Not Brexit)
September 14, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Analysts quarreled over how the U.K. referendum would impact the markets, but immediately after the nation voted to leave the European Union, it was too...

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France Alt-Lender Catches VCs’ Attention
France Alt-Lender Catches VCs’ Attention
September 12, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Alternative lending has been popular among venture capitalists, but France may not come to mind when one considers the top alt-fin markets of the world....

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One SME Lender’s Take On Regulation And Transparency
One SME Lender’s Take On Regulation And Transparency
August 25, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Though small businesses have suffered from a gap in financing availability post-2008, the demographic continues to shape the financial markets. SME demand for financing led...

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Goldman Backs Alt-Lender With $100M Fund
Goldman Backs Alt-Lender With $100M Fund
August 24, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Goldman Sachs has been vocal about the lapse in small business funding availability, with president Gary Cohn telling reporters last year that regulations have caused...

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Lendingkart Taps Amazon Talent For New Hire
Lendingkart Taps Amazon Talent For New Hire
August 24, 2016  |  B2B Payments

India-based small business lender Lendingkart has secured new talent from top names. The company has reportedly hired a former Amazon executive as its new chief...

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