Altfin news and trends

Lighter Capital Broadens AltFin Products For Startups
B2B Payments // June 06, 2019

Lighter Capital, an alternative lender targeting the startup community, is adding new financing products to its offering. In a press release issued on Wednesday (June 5), Lighter Capital said it will add lines of credit and term loans to its current offering of revenue-based financing....

LATAM Banks Embrace Platforms As A Service
International // January 09, 2018

As quickly as financial services are evolving in the U.S., the U.K. and other more advanced economies, things are just heating up in other parts of the world, where less established infrastructure and a large, untapped market for emerging payment technologies exist. Latin America is...

SMBs Reveal Complex, Contradictory Relationship With Banks
B2B Payments // September 05, 2017

Alternative lenders entered the market, in large part, to position themselves against the big banks. In the U.K., AltFin promised faster, more convenient access to capital during a time when the rift between small businesses and banks was growing (and continues to grow) thanks to...

The Lines Are Blurring Between Alternative, Traditional SME Finance
B2B Payments // July 19, 2017

Alternative lending has shifted from a competitor of traditional FIs to a collaborator, often lending a digital hand to banks in need of upgrading their systems to provide faster, more agile financing to SMEs. A new report from the state-backed British Business Bank (BBB), however,...

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LATAM Banks Embrace Platforms As A Service

January 09, 2018
As quickly as financial services are evolving in the U.S., the U.K. and other more advanced economies, things are just heating up in other parts of the world, where less established infrastructure and a large, untapped market for emerging payment technologies exist. Latin America is one of those places where some of the methods that […]