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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National Funding Explores AltFin’s Uncertain Growth Trajectory
National Funding Explores AltFin’s Uncertain Growth Trajectory
October 09, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The alternative finance boom post-2008 financial crisis undoubtedly provided more options for small business (SMB) borrowers, but that doesn’t mean the industry is guaranteed to...

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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks
Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks
October 02, 2018  |  Loans

Avant is best known among its financial services peers as a FinTech firm, founded to throw automation and an artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced underwriting process at...

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Tide Wants FinTech Firms To Have A Bigger Share Of RBS Funds
Tide Wants FinTech Firms To Have A Bigger Share Of RBS Funds
October 01, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Challenger bank Tide wants the U.K. to allow eMoney non-bank institutions to be able to compete for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) bail out funds,...

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AltFin’s Inconsistent Path To SMB Adoption
AltFin’s Inconsistent Path To SMB Adoption
October 01, 2018  |  B2B Payments

What does small business (SMB) lending look like? It depends on many factors, including one’s location. For example, alternative finance in the U.K. seems to...

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Data Casts Doubt Over Alt-Fin’s Role For Small Businesses
Data Casts Doubt Over Alt-Fin’s Role For Small Businesses
September 24, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In the latest research of small business lending trends, researchers have found evidence to be optimistic. Across the U.S. and U.K., it appears access to...

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eCapital: Modernizing The Factoring Tradition For A New Generation Of Fleet
eCapital: Modernizing The Factoring Tradition For A New Generation Of Fleet
September 24, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Of the hundreds of thousands of freight carriers in the U.S. today, the vast majority are small fleets with only a handful of trucks. These...

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KeyFleet Introduces Fleet Financing Solution
KeyFleet Introduces Fleet Financing Solution
September 21, 2018  |  B2B Payments

U.K. fleet management company KeyFleet is rounding out its offering with added financing capabilities. Reports in The Business Desk on Thursday (Sept. 20) said KeyFleet...

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Solna On Moving Beyond AltFin To Tackle Late Vendor Payments
Solna On Moving Beyond AltFin To Tackle Late Vendor Payments
September 19, 2018  |  B2B Payments

In the late payments battle, a popular strategy to ease cash flow concerns is to target the business getting paid late. Broadening access to trade...

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation
A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation
September 18, 2018  |  Consumer Finance

Necessity is the mother of invention. Invention can become necessity. And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention...

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