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Anticipation For Amazon’s SMB Lending Disruption Grows

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It was the (initially) small FinTech startups that delivered a collective shakeup to the small business (SMB) lending industry. Their next target could be small business lending, and according to some experts, it’s fast approaching the market. When I look at it from a U.S. New reports in Bloomberg on Wednesday (Oct.

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Former Obama Advisor Eyes Google, Amazon For SMB Lending

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Google and Amazon are ready to shake up the small business lending world and place competitive pressure on traditional banks, according to Karen Mills, advisor for small businesses to former President Barack Obama. Amazon has already made inroads in the small business lending space over the years. When I look at it from a U.S.

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In Banking, The Line Between SMB And Consumer Can Blur

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This challenge has led to an influx of challenger banks and FinTechs specifically targeting startups, solopreneurs and small- and medium-sized businesses. There is a “blurring in the line between lending to small business and personal credit,” she added. But that mix is not a smart tactic for managing company spend and finances.

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Canadian Fintech Market Map

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Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Canadian fintech companies raised $251M through the end of H1’19, nearly double the $133M raised in H1’18. The 2019 Canadian fintech market map. Navigating the Canadian fintech market map.

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Kenya Gets Ready To Unveil Sandbox Policy

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In Kenya, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its “FinTech Sandbox Guidance Note,” which is now finalized as policy. In further evidence of FinTech linkups with traditional financial services firms, Revolut , a FinTech firm based in the United Kingdom, said late last week that it has been granted a European banking license.

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Company.com Integrates SMB Funding Marketplace

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“Time and time again we hear from small businesses that access to capital is the biggest obstacle to growth,” Company.com Chief Operating Officer David Kramer said in the announcement. Differing definitions of what a small business is may also be obscuring actual small business loan valuation, the FDIC noted.

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Is The Great Contraction Coming Soon To Alt Lending?

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And that story is currently being acted out over in the online lending segment, as the recent high speed, multi-phase come apart over at Lending Club has markedly destabilized the entire segment. And yet livestock was the go-to metaphor for Pat Grady of Sequoia Capital when he addressed a FinTech conference recently. .

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