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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Biz2Credit Bets On India’s Emerging Alt-Fin Market
Biz2Credit Bets On India’s Emerging Alt-Fin Market
June 06, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Biz2Credit is expanding its small business lending operations into a market without much experience with alternative finance. An announcement on Friday (June 3) said the...

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Meet Lending Club’s Largest Shareholder
Meet Lending Club’s Largest Shareholder
May 24, 2016  |  Alternative Finances

Lending Club – and the alternative lending industry overall – has lost a lot of support in just a few short weeks following the sudden...

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Deloitte Report Flares Tensions Amid Banks, Alt-Lenders
Deloitte Report Flares Tensions Amid Banks, Alt-Lenders
May 24, 2016  |  B2B Payments

The threat that is alternative lending is no more, according to a new report by Deloitte. The firm published a paper on the marketplace lending industry...

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Alt-Lending Market Continues Expansion Despite Struggles
Alt-Lending Market Continues Expansion Despite Struggles
May 17, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Amid growing doubts over the alternative lending industry and a rising chance of regulation, marketplace finance firms are facing an uncertain future. But that hasn’t...

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Without Regulation, Alternative Lenders Turn To Self-Policing
Without Regulation, Alternative Lenders Turn To Self-Policing
May 09, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Last week, OnDeck, Kabbage and CAN Capital banned together to form the Innovative Lending Platform Association (ILPA), an advocacy group to champion increased transparency for small...

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