PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. The news reveals CEO Anthony Noto 's aspirations to go public after he succeeded SoFi Co-Founder Mike Cagney in 2018.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Key Takeaways Financial institutions who want to maintain a healthy share of business lending this year and through potentially tougher economic times ahead want to be in the best position possible before trouble hits. Abrigo's Business Lending Readiness Survey found many processes stymie those efforts. learn more.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Online lenders will need the green light from the central bank to roll out new offerings or hike lending rates if the legislation is put into law, Quartz Africa reported. Online lending has brought about a number of complications in Kenya, with digital loans reportedly leading rising personal debt for users in the country.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

In 2015, news outlets ran articles about the “ gold mine ” of venture capital investments in the alternative finance sector. But there is evidence that investors’ appetite for alternative lending startups is on the wane, even as overall FinTech funding continues to climb — and as the success of the alternative lending market grows, too.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

Online lenders in the U.S. Reuters , citing interviews with half a dozen online lenders, reported the companies are worried that a recession could hit the U.S. It would be a test for many of the online lenders that haven’t lived through an economic downturn. economy.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based The report, entitled “The Economic Benefits of Online Lending to Small Businesses and the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2016

Online lending was all the rage even a few months ago, but funding going toward online lending platforms is on the decline. According to a new report from PitchBook Data, Inc., equity investments going toward online lending companies fell 44 percent in the first half of 2016 to $2.1 billion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

PayPal said on Wednesday (March 6) that it has provided more than £1 billion in financing to small businesses in the United Kingdom through its Working Capital program. As has been reported, the company’s capital lending program lets companies receive cash advances against future revenues.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

OnDeck Capital has created a unit that will provide technology and services for banks lending to small businesses over the internet. Reuters , citing the company, reported the new company will be called ODX and will expand its business, in which it provides lending software to banks.

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Lending Online Conference Software 108

Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 3 Loan-level stress testing can help assess repricing risk, while capital stress testing helps clarify the impact of CRE loan losses on capital. is robust.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week Oxx, which tends to focus on B2B software startups, led the $12 million funding round for the company, which also saw participation from Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital, according to reports. The funds will go toward customer outreach, reports said. SMB Lending. B2B eCommerce.

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Abrigo

APRIL 8, 2020

Automation is key to streamlining PPP loans and getting capital into the hands of small business owners quickly. Many hopeful participants took to Twitter to express frustrations with their primary lenders not lending or including caveats to borrower eligibility. Some have even filed lawsuits. Automate the PPP loans in 48 hours.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2020. India-based Xtracap secured $1 million in angel funding, YourStory reported. There was a nearly 20 percent drop in the number of deals solidified in the quarter, too.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

Capital Float , an India-based FinTech startup aimed at helping SMBs gain access to loans, announced on Thursday (May 12) that it closed a $25 million Series B funding round. We have a partnership with Alibaba and are also partnering with Industrybuying, Tolexo, amongst others,” Capital Float Cofounder Sashank Rishyasringa explained.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Small Business Loans | 5 minute read Key Takeaways Credit unions' small business loans hit a record low, while small business lending continues to remain strong at big banks and community banks. Going digital can help reduce the cost of small business lending and capture more member business loans. Talk to an expert.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2016

Lending Club, which has been struggling to recover from loan errors and the departure of its Chief Executive (among other issues), has named Patrick Dunne, a veteran of BlackRock, as its new chief capital officer. Dunne is well known in financial circles and his appointment is seen as a boon to the beleaguered Lending Club.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

As the dust continues to settle from the great Lending Club explosion, the big banks of Wall Street are reportedly inking up their Plan Bs when it comes to exposure to those loans should the market deteriorate more. “This is noise banks want to avoid,” said Allard, who heads FireBreak Capital, a hedge fund that focuses on lending.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

regulations have been working to elevate business banking competition and expand access to capital for corporate and SMB borrowers, but the latest reports from the government suggest those efforts are falling short. Reports in The Irish News on Saturday (Aug. Reports in The Irish News on Saturday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

Not all is lost in the online lending space. TechCrunch reported on Thursday (June 16) that Payoff has raised a nice payoff of $46.7 The money being lent out comes, mostly, from Eaglewood Capital Management. million, which itself is only part of a $67.4 million financing round.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

JPMorgan Chase plans to launch a digital bank in the United Kingdom early next year, Sky News reported Friday (Aug. The move “will enable it to capitalize on the accelerating transition of millions of bank customers from branch-based activity to digital services during the COVID-19 pandemic,” the news outlet said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

and Tata Capital has rolled out a new lending platform in India. In Italy, UBI Banca and SIA are providing a service that allows visitors at the Milan Bergamo Airport to pay for parking at two parking lots with their smartphones, according to reports. Tata Capital’s platform is developed in partnership with U.S.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 4, 2016

A deep read of OnDeck Capital‘s earnings report yesterday reveals this truth: the company is moving away from marketplace lending.

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Lending Capital Report Company 150

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

The Federal Reserve has released new data on small businesses’ appetite for capital, and it appears that financing demand is on the rise. Compared to 2017 figures, small businesses have increased their demand for capital. Nearly one-third sought financing online in 2018, an increase from 24 percent in 2017.

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Capital Survey Lending Online 109

PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

Alternative small business lending firm Capital Float appears to be deepening its footprint in the personal finance market through the acquisition of Walnut. Reports in The Times of India said the AltFin player reached a deal to acquire the personal finance management app for $30 million in cash and stock.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Many of these processes had begun to shift to digital channels within the past several years, however, and the health crisis has caused the online shift to pick up steam at an incredible pace. Brazil-based facial recognition and identification technologies provider Acesso Digital recently reported that more than 5.2

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Video Report Meeting United States 211

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Goldman, according to reports in Bloomberg, would be added to the Amazon lending platform, which has traditionally helped merchants get the funding they need to get inventory. To get a sense of just where the lending partnership may target — if it comes to fruition — consider the fact that the loans have ranged from $1,000 to $750,000.

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Lending Apple Study Online 146

PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

LendingClub’s former CEO, Renaud Laplanche, who stepped down in May, sending shockwaves throughout the online lending industry, is gearing up to launch a new lender online called Upgrade. According to a report in Fortune , Upgrade of San Francisco, Calif., Laplanche acknowledged loan missteps at LendingClub when he left.

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Online San Francisco Utah Lending 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

Small business lending technology company Lenderfit has rolled out its services in beta, connecting financial institutions to solutions to facilitate small business lending. Reports in Insider Louisville said the Louisville-based startup launched in beta this week, according to CEO David Taliaferro. Recent research from the U.S.

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Lending Louisville Kentucky Survey 128

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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Lending Fintech Data Wyoming 150

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

So, access to capital isn’t just essential for these companies to survive — it’s critical for the economy to thrive. Yet, the small business lending gap remains. In a new report, PayNet and financial research firm Raddon examined the state of small business lending in the U.S.

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Lending Fintech Capital Report 159

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

With an early string of alternative lenders having a tough go of it, startups looking to raise money are having to show how they will avoid the woes of the online lenders before them. The executive noted that investors are looking at the “viability of the overall lending model” and what effect it will have on the weaker players.

Online 100

Online Lending Capital Compliance 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

The peer-to-peer (P2P) industry in China could see the number of players decline by as much as 70 percent in 2019, reported Bloomberg. The report, citing research firm Yingcan Group, reported that a crackdown by the China government caused the decline in peer-to-peer lenders. trillion yuan by the end of 2017, reported Bloomberg.

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Lending Marketing Regulation Groups 153

PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2019

More than $213 million was raised, with investors targeting a range of solutions from alternative lending to document and application programming interface (API) management. based Salaryo will focus on scaling its online service that connects freelancers and entrepreneurs with financing for security deposits on co-working spaces.

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Capital California Groups Industry 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. Credit unions (CUs), meanwhile, are rarely the first point of contact for small businesses in need of capital or other financial services, according to a recent Federal Reserve report.

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Lending Analytics Data Security 129

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2017

With home loan growth expected to slow to 4 percent in 2018, National Australia Bank (NAB) wants to build its business elsewhere, namely in SME lending. A report in The Australian on Monday (July 31) revealed news that the NAB is adding new features to its small business (SMB) lending unit, QuickBiz, in an effort to build market share.

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National Lending Capital Regulation 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has, as finews.asia reported this past week, amended its credit risk management guidelines in a way that seeks to boost the embrace of analytics when lending to smaller firms.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

New York’s Department of Financial Services is recommending that online lenders are subjected to the same scrutiny and regulations that traditional banks face. Cuomo on June 1, 2017, required DFS to study online lending in New York State and submit a report of its findings. A bill signed by Governor Andrew M.

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