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Small business lending insights Vol. 1

Abrigo

Recent data and trends of the small business lending market SMB Lending Insights is a snapshot of current financial trends and metrics that impact small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending and financial institutions. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending.

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Small Business Banking Catching Up in Innovation Race

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There are quite a few lending solutions these days for small businesses -- Funding Circle, OnDeck, Kabbage, and Square Capital, to name a just a few -- but innovation and digitization are lagging in other areas, such as digital account opening. Atlanta-based Gro has […].

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Most Americans Don’t Know What’s Included in Their Credit History

Bank Innovation

Most Americans do not know that many non-traditional payments are not included in their credit history, according to a survey conducted by the Atlanta– based alternative credit bureau, FactorTrust. Lending Club, for example, […].

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Lending FinTech GreenSky Files For IPO

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Lending FinTech GreenSky has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO). The Wall Street Journal reported that the Atlanta-based company, which enables retailers, health-care providers and home contractors to offer loans to their customers, could go public as soon as this summer.

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Q2’s Acquisition of Gro Came Through an Investor Introduction

Bank Innovation

The digital banking software provider Q2 Holdings announced yesterday it had acquired Atlanta-based digital sales platform Gro Solutions. Q2 announced it was buying Cloud Lending, a cloud-based lending platform, in August. In 2017, […].

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Credit unions continue to see growth in auto lending

Abrigo

Overall auto lending at credit unions is up more than 30 percent in recent years, a positive sign that CUs remain competitive in an evolving banking landscape. Utilizing the Sageworks Bank Information platform, Sageworks recently examined how steadily auto lending at credit unions – specifically for new vehicles – grew in 2014.

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Fintech for Kids: How Startup Greenlight Financial Teaches Kids about Compound Interest

Bank Innovation

Today the Atlanta-based Greenlight unveiled a feature which lets kids create a savings account through their Greenlight app, an account that is controlled by a guardian. EXCLUSIVE – Fintech startup Greenlight Financial Technology has just added a new feature that helps kids understand tricky concepts like interest, APR and savings accounts.

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