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UK, US SMB Lending Experience A Growing Divide

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One area of impact is small business finance and lending, with small businesses and lenders seeing a slowdown in demand. Small business lending platform Funding Circle commented on this effect in its latest earnings data, noting that there has been “some deterioration” in its higher-risk small business loan bands in the U.K.

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The new 4 C’s of commercial lending

Celent Banking

Last week, I participated in a Finextra webinar on the topic of “Connected Credit and Compliance for Lending Growth” with panelists from ING, Vertus Partners, Misys and Credits Vision. Cost of compliance. Changing client expectations. Competition from new entrants.

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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks

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We’re also a pure-play technology company, designed to support banks [that] want to offer lending products, but … either can’t or won’t dedicate hundreds of millions to building the capacity,” he said. Avant launched its first bank partnership with Alabama-based Regions Bank in 2016, using its SaaS product.

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Building A Better Lending Model To Serve SMBs Who Served

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And so with his friend, former Capital One executive and former South African Air Force member Mickey Konson, he founded StreetShares , Inc. “We That rate, he noted, is based on more than mutual soldier loyalty, as StreetShares has other lending requirements. We were a very boot-strappy start-up,” he recalled. What’s Next.

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The impact of lower energy prices on banks

Abrigo

Analysts examined banks with at least 25 percent of deposits held in oil- and gas-dependent counties in order to investigate the impact of direct lending to local oil and gas firms and indirect lending to companies servicing the sector. Lower energy prices have had only a modest effect on banks’ profitability and capital adequacy.”

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Alternative Finance’s Popularity Won’t Break With Investors

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The small business loan market is oversaturated, she argued, creating a “FinTech credit bubble” that first showed signs of deflating as investors pulled out of some players like CAN Capital and LendingClub in 2016. Alternative Lending. The market is ripe for consolidation and beneficial partnerships,” Grealish wrote.

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FirstCaribbean Wants $100M In US IPO

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The financial institution currently targets the Caribbean with its banking services and, according to analysts, its financials remain strong despite natural disasters in the region. In February, alternative lending company TruFin, based in the U.K., An F-1 registration statement revealed the bank’s plans for an IPO in the U.S.,

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