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Office Depot Refinances Credit Facility, Retires Term Loan
Office Depot Refinances Credit Facility, Retires Term Loan
April 20, 2020  |  Retail

In an effort to streamline its capital structure, Office Depot has refinanced its current asset-based credit facility with a new five-year arrangement and has retired...

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Consumers Pay Down Credit Card Debt As Businesses Ramp It Up
Consumers Pay Down Credit Card Debt As Businesses Ramp It Up
April 19, 2020  |  Economy

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, a sharp difference emerges between the ways consumers and businesses are dealing with credit: Consumers are spending less and have...

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Trend Talk: FIs And FinTechs Can Operationalize Aid Fast, Get Liquidity Flowing
Trend Talk: FIs And FinTechs Can Operationalize Aid Fast, Get Liquidity Flowing
April 10, 2020  |  Banking

Contradiction, confusion and, glaringly, the absence of promised government cash has intensified the crisis now gripping American businesses, from Main Street to Wall Street. It’s...

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Afterpay CEO On The Obstacles And Opportunities Growing Into The U.S. Market
Afterpay CEO On The Obstacles And Opportunities Growing Into The U.S. Market
April 07, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

While installment loan products were not quite unheard of in the U.S. five or six years ago, they were quite rare. At that time, the...

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SMBs Accuse Kabbage Of Abruptly Canceling Credit
SMBs Accuse Kabbage Of Abruptly Canceling Credit
April 02, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Amid a climate in which cash needs are on the rise, it’s been reported that Kabbage Inc. has abruptly cut off credit to small business...

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New Data: SMBs Shift COVID Cash Flow Challenges To Their Workforce
New Data: SMBs Shift COVID Cash Flow Challenges To Their Workforce
April 02, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic is advancing, wreaking havoc on U.S. citizens and the economy. Consumers are staying at home more, buying less and saving what they...

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US Eases New Banking Rule On Reporting Bad Loans
US Eases New Banking Rule On Reporting Bad Loans
March 30, 2020  |  Banking

Bank regulators have rolled back the Jan. 1 accounting standard known as “current expected credit loss” (CECL) in an effort to bolster loans in the...

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Lenders Tighten Reins On Loans, Credit For SMBs, Households
Lenders Tighten Reins On Loans, Credit For SMBs, Households
March 29, 2020  |  Coronavirus

As a potential recession lurks, FinTechs, traditional banks and other financial institutions (FIs) are tightening the reins on loans to small businesses and households with...

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Fed To Offer Credit Help To Stem Economic Losses For Business, Households
Fed To Offer Credit Help To Stem Economic Losses For Business, Households
March 23, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The U.S. Federal Reserve said on Monday (March 23) that it would support a large range of credit for not only households, but big employers...

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