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Square Capital Pulls eBay Into SMB Lending Space

PYMNTS

When eBay announced that it would be accepting Apple Pay , it wasn’t the only new development for the online marketplace. Bloomberg reported Tuesday (July 24) that eBay will begin offering merchants up to $100,000 in financing through Square Capital. Square Capital is likely to see a significant boost to its financing volumes.

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Goldman, Amazon Discuss SMB Lending Partnership

PYMNTS

Goldman Sachs and Amazon are in discussions about the possibility of partnering for small and medium-sized (SMB) business lending in the U.S., Goldman would use its latest lending technology to offer SMB loans on Amazon’s lending platform as soon as next month, two sources told FT. Financial Times reported on Monday (Feb.

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Anti-Bias Lending Software Developer Zest AI Lands $15M

PYMNTS

Zest AI , which is developing software that it claims will help wring the bias out of lending, just got a multimillion-dollar vote of confidence. In one of the most high-profile cases of machine bias, Goldman Sachs was hit with a major backlash after it launched the new Apple credit card. Zest on Tuesday (Oct.

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The New Lending Fintech Bonanza

Gonzobanker

It was into this world that the much celebrated digital lending fintech OnDeck recently sold to Enova for $90 million, a virtual fire sale at way under 1X OnDeck’s revenue. Following on Goldman Sachs Marcus and Apple Pay entrants to the fintech market, now we have ICE, NYSE and Nasdaq. or 26X revenue but quickly doubled in the market.

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India’s Tata Capital Introduces App For Commercial Loan Clients

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Mumbai-based Tata Capital , a division of Tata Group, is rolling out a mobile app to make it easier for its business loan customers to manage their accounts. Tata Capital is deeply invested in providing easy access of credit to merchants and dealers through its Channel Finance and Term Loan products.

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Why The Goldman-Amazon Bet On SMB Lending Is No Sure Thing

PYMNTS

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. Amazon Lending traces its roots back to 2011, and the company had $863 million in SMB loans, according to recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Weekly Wrap: Apple channels fintechs with card launch

Bank Innovation

In this episode, Suman Bhattacharyya, deputy editor of Bank Innovation, speaks with Alyson Clarke, principal analyst at Forrester Research, about the following developments: With the much-awaited launch of Apple Card, the tech giant has taken a page […].

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