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Company.com Integrates SMB Funding Marketplace
Company.com Integrates SMB Funding Marketplace
March 06, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Small business financial services platform Company.com is integrating a solution into its offering through which small firms can access external financing. Company.com said in a...

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FinTech Firms Ease Resistance To California SMB Borrower Protection Rules
FinTech Firms Ease Resistance To California SMB Borrower Protection Rules
March 05, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Heightening efforts among policymakers across the globe to expand customer protections in the financial services (FinServ) space have largely left small business (SMB) banking and...

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Levchin: Why The Affirm-Walmart Partnership Is More Than POS Credit
Levchin: Why The Affirm-Walmart Partnership Is More Than POS Credit
March 04, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

As we learned last week, purchase financing for Walmart customers is changing. In fact, the change has already begun and will continue to roll out over...

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Kabbage: Small Business Owners Not Paying Themselves
Kabbage: Small Business Owners Not Paying Themselves
March 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Cash flow management challenges can burden small business owners struggling to pay vendors and employees, but a new report from Kabbage finds that entrepreneurs often...

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What Smart, Conversational AI Adds To Credit Scoring
What Smart, Conversational AI Adds To Credit Scoring
February 26, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Traditional credit-scoring models have not had it easy in the court of public opinion over the last few years. The complaints vary in their specifics, but...

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LendingClub Links Lenders To Loan Metrics Via Brismo
LendingClub Links Lenders To Loan Metrics Via Brismo
February 22, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Lending performance data solutions provider Brismo is integrating its technology into the LendingClub platform, enabling lenders to analyze the performance of their portfolios. In a...

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SMB Lender iwoca Raises $194M
SMB Lender iwoca Raises $194M
February 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.K. alternative small business (SMB) lender iwoca announced on Monday (Feb. 18) a fundraise worth nearly $194 million. Reports in Business Leader said Augmentum Fintech...

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Nav CEO On Breaking SMB Financing’s ‘Black Box’
Nav CEO On Breaking SMB Financing’s ‘Black Box’
February 18, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Starting a business in the United States requires being courageous, someone who embraces the idea of success as a long shot. In fact, to be...

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SMB Challenger Banks A Hot Spot With VCs
SMB Challenger Banks A Hot Spot With VCs
February 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.K. challenger banking market saw a flurry of venture capital (VC) activity this week, as FinTech firms aim to disrupt small business (SMB) financial...

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