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Open Banking Entices SMB Lender Investly To Go After Funding

Open Banking Entices SMB Lender Investly To Go After Funding
Open Banking Entices SMB Lender Investly To Go After Funding
January 30, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Alternative lending platform Investly has announced plans to raise new funds and take advantage of the U.K.’s new Open Banking regulations, according to Peer2Peer Finance...

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BFC Bank Loops Into UK’s Faster Payments
BFC Bank Loops Into UK’s Faster Payments
January 30, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The U.K.’s Faster Payments Scheme has another participant. BFC Bank, a challenger bank with plans to launch later this year, recently announced it had joined...

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MPs Slam Finance Watchdog For Omission In RBS SMB Scandal Summary
MPs Slam Finance Watchdog For Omission In RBS SMB Scandal Summary
January 22, 2018  |  B2B Payments

U.K. members of parliament (MPs) say managers at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) knew — or, at least, should have known — about alleged mistreatment of small...

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WhatsApp Goes B2B
WhatsApp Goes B2B
January 19, 2018  |  SMBs

WhatsApp is expanding into the business market, the instant messaging and voice over internet provider (VoIP) service company announced Thursday (Jan. 18). According to reports,...

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Trade Finance Awaits A Boost From FinTech
Trade Finance Awaits A Boost From FinTech
January 11, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Lenders in the U.S. overwhelmingly plan to expand financing activity this year. According to new research from Magilla Loans, which offers an anonymous search engine...

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British MP Calls For Action Against Banks’ Small Business Mistreatment
British MP Calls For Action Against Banks’ Small Business Mistreatment
January 09, 2018  |  B2B Payments

A British member of parliament (MP) is calling for the creation of a special tribunal to tackle bankers’ mistreatment of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)...

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Economy Boosts SMB Borrowing Activity
Economy Boosts SMB Borrowing Activity
January 09, 2018  |  B2B Payments

New data from small business credit analysis firm PayNet finds the small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending landscape expanded significantly toward the end of 2017....

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Payroll Startup Salarium Plans ICO
Payroll Startup Salarium Plans ICO
December 28, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A startup offering payroll and human resources (HR) solutions is looking to raise $20 million via an initial coin offering (ICO), according to Wednesday (Dec....

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