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Commercial Credit Trends – Where to Tread Carefully

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This data is critical for pricing, capital allocation, and marketing. Regarding volatility, Alabama is projected to have the most significant variability in credit, while Connecticut is expected to have the most minor variability. Getting more granular in credit risk means a more efficient allocation of capital.

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Shipt Gets $20 Million In Funding To Challenge Amazon, Google

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million in Series A funding that the company plans to use to expand into new markets and further compete with well-heeled online food delivery giants, like Amazon, Google and Instacart. Founded and based in Birmingham, Alabama, Shipt launched in Nov.

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OnDeck Channels Accountants For SME Funding

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While the tool initially launched in March , reports said OnDeck expanded this aspect of its operations this month across Kentucky, Florida and Alabama. ” OnDeck facilitates access to working capital of up to $500,000 for accountants’ SMEs with the program. . According to reports, annual interest rates can be as low as 5.99

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Avant Brings SaaS Lending Tech To Banks

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Avant’s consumer-facing product is devised as a digital alternative to that market. The time has come, though, for that business line to step out and start building a real identity in the market all its own, according to Goldstein. A Better Option For Banks.

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TGI Fridays, Fast Casual Food To Cater To Millennial Expectations

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Whole Foods and other retailers capitalizing on the at-home health food craze were able to get out in front of millennial eating trends — or, at least, start riding at the crest of the wave. Every generation has to eat, but every generation doesn’t have to eat the same way.

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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Jeff Bezos missed a major marketing opportunity there (as if Amazon needs it). As New Mexico’s capital city, Albuquerque naturally put in a bid, but the state’s more southern offering may prove more interesting, as it straddles the U.S.-Mexico Birmingham, Alabama. Doña Ana County.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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But Facebook got the jump on the news cycle this week with the big news that it was opening up Facebook Canvas for retailers and other marketers on the site, as opposed to just advertis e rs. Last week , Walmart Pay rolled out in Alabama and Georgia. Yesterday’s “real” action resulted in a market cap of around $2 billion.

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