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How Alternative Lending Technology Stays Flexible For SMBs

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Over the years, that surge in competition gave way to a more collaborative spirit between traditional financial institutions (FIs) and FinTechs as both sides worked to digitize and modernize SMB financing. In Canada, one of those alternative players is Thinking Capital. The SMB lending space is evolving rapidly.

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How 5G Will Shake Up Banking and FinTech?

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Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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FinTech Startup Qupital Raises $15M For Chinese Expansion

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FinTech startup Qupital announced that it has closed a $15 million Series A, led by CreditEase FinTech Investment Fund ( CEFIF ). We look forward to working with Qupital to broaden its source of capital base and create unparalleled investment opportunities for CreditEase. “We

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How Data Builds A Foundation For Commercial Bank/FinTech Collaboration

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The corporate expense management market doesn’t look like it once did. The commercial card and expense management market is yet another space in which collaboration between FIs and FinTechs has proved key to driving innovative tools – especially as corporates grow weary with the traditional legacy services their banks provide.

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What Open Banking Means For China, Challenger Banks And SMBs

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At the same time, digital banks are looking to capitalize on their growing small and medium-sized business (SMB) customer base, with open banking and bank-FinTech collaborations an important part of that strategy. Open Banking Drives Challenger Bank Adoption. China Dips Its Does Into Unlocking Data.

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FI.SPAN, Beanworks Target Mid-Market With B2B Payments Hub

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The businesses will target mid-market business customers and create a B2B payments hub through Beanworks’ existing BeanPay platform. FI.SPAN will integrate third-party FinTech services into the hub, the firms explained, and deploy APIs to facilitate payment processing.

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SMB Alt-Lending Gears Up For Another Industry Shakeup

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The level of market volatility hitting the U.S. It also opened the door for a boom of FinTech innovation and a flood of alternative lenders targeting the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) segment. “It’s not the largest market, and there are a lot easier markets to go after,” said Diamond.

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