PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

In 2015, news outlets ran articles about the “ gold mine ” of venture capital investments in the alternative finance sector. But there is evidence that investors’ appetite for alternative lending startups is on the wane, even as overall FinTech funding continues to climb — and as the success of the alternative lending market grows, too.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

Though traditional financial institutions have faced a surge in market pressure to digitize as new FinTech competitors emerge, there are still plenty of areas in which banks hold the upper hand, commercial lending included. But an overwhelming surge in demand painfully exposed traditional banks' biggest shortcomings in business lending.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

Capital Float , an India-based FinTech startup aimed at helping SMBs gain access to loans, announced on Thursday (May 12) that it closed a $25 million Series B funding round. We have a partnership with Alibaba and are also partnering with Industrybuying, Tolexo, amongst others,” Capital Float Cofounder Sashank Rishyasringa explained.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2020. In addition to invoice finance, the company offers SMBs a range of other solutions, including order management and online payments tools. Apollo Agriculture.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

With the holiday shopping season in full swing amid the global pandemic, online commerce is booming. Despite a surge in sales, small businesses selling online can struggle to manage working capital, particularly as many rely on third-party marketplaces like Amazon that don't facilitate instant access to revenues.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 12, 2017

The marketplace lending industry is far from dead. This was the upshot from a venture capital panel at a recent Bank Innovation event in San Jose. But what got the online lenders in trouble in the first […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

B2B payments startup Razorpay announced the launch of Razorpay Capital, a lending marketplace offering both short-term working capital loans and long-term business loans. Integrated with the company’s existing dashboard, Razorpay Capital also provides quick settlements and collateral-free loans to its customers. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

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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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 9, 2016

Lending Club survived a brutal second quarter (barely) and is considering some fundamental changes to thrive going forward. Specifically, the beleaguered marketplace lender will consider funding its own loans rather than selling them off post-origination.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

Alternative small business lending firm Capital Float appears to be deepening its footprint in the personal finance market through the acquisition of Walnut. At present, only about a quarter of Capital Float’s business stems from consumer finance, with the rest coming from small business lending operations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

regulations have been working to elevate business banking competition and expand access to capital for corporate and SMB borrowers, but the latest reports from the government suggest those efforts are falling short. billion decline in net lending to companies in the month driven by the $2.43 Reports in The Irish News on Saturday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. Credit unions (CUs), meanwhile, are rarely the first point of contact for small businesses in need of capital or other financial services, according to a recent Federal Reserve report.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

New Jersey-based financial institution Investors Bank has announced a collaboration with online small business lending firm OnDeck to digitize its own small to medium-sized business (SMB) lending operations. The companies announced their collaboration in a press release Monday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

So it is with the Chinese alternative lending space, with various nomenclature in place, seemingly interchangeable, embracing P2P loans or internet lending – in short, funds flowing outside the confines of the bank branch and the teller window. Regulations take shape, usually quite a bit more slowly.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The FinTech Capify has pulled in an additional $10 million in an equity round of funding and is banking on continued support from the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division for its lending platform, which is geared to small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Capify is an online alternative lender that serves SMBs in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

FinTech investments targeting B2B and corporate services spanned the globe, with particular concentration this past week in SMB lending across India and Europe. The money, which came via Series D round led by Sequoia Capital India and The Three Sisters Institutional Office, brings the total tally raised to date to $81 million.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

New York’s Department of Financial Services is recommending that online lenders are subjected to the same scrutiny and regulations that traditional banks face. Cuomo on June 1, 2017, required DFS to study online lending in New York State and submit a report of its findings. A bill signed by Governor Andrew M.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Making small business loans efficient and worthwhile Digitalizing the lending process can help financial institutions win small business loans and meet customers' needs. You might also like this webinar on small business lending best practices. Top problems in small business lending. Roadblocks to Success.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

So, access to capital isn’t just essential for these companies to survive — it’s critical for the economy to thrive. Yet, the small business lending gap remains. In a new report, PayNet and financial research firm Raddon examined the state of small business lending in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2016

Renaud Laplanche , Former CEO of Lending Club, in a 2013 interview. Those were the good old days of Lending Club, a Silicon Valley darling that was the next big thing in lending. Lending Club was the poster child of that alt lending movement. I want to create something new and innovative.” He was far from alone.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Potential borrowers apply online or via mobile, can be approved and offered a rate within 15 minutes, and can have their loans funded within 24 hours. Avant is really two businesses operating under one roof — connected in crucial ways, but separate in function. These are massively complicated and expensive systems to build.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

Much has been made of the woes suddenly being faced by online lenders, with Lending Club serving as the poster child, perhaps, of murky loan review processes and internal controls. The fact remains that there will still be demand for online platforms linking lenders and borrowers directly.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2017

Online lending as a business model has taken some lumps over the last several months, with Lending Club (and investors) only the most visible casualty of alleged fraud. As for questions surrounding the viability of these online lending platforms, as posited by Webster, Moore said the model exists as one that is here to stay.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

While data from the Federal Reserve shows small and large banks still tower over online lending platforms when it comes to small businesses that seek financing, the Fed has recorded a steady climb in the percentage of entrepreneurs who turn to an alternative lender first.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 31, 2019

Financial institutions that want to play in the small business lending sandbox need to bring their digital toys. But how can community banks successfully compete with big banks and fintechs that are spending billions on their digital lending capabilities? While online lenders Kabbage and OnDeck lent $2 billion and $2.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Soon after Lending Club revealed its ex-CEO may have artificially inflated the company’s lending volumes, the U.S. Find out which alt lenders secured $77 million in venture capital, as well as the other startups across the U.S., Alternative Lending. alternative lending space this week, too. Lendingkart.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

The alternative lending industry continues to scoff at doubters, and the latest B2B venture capital roundup suggests confidence is growing in the space — and not just in the U.S., Last month was a booming time for alternative lending when top names, like BlueVine, scored hefty sums. Alt-Lending. Funding Circle.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Kraft Heinz, one of the world’s prominent global food and beverage companies, operates Evolv through a team effort, involving food, startup and venture capital professionals. He said Fabric’s goal was to “change the game” in how businesses operate. Online sales still aren’t a huge force in grocery retail in the U.S.

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Abrigo

JULY 5, 2020

Indeed, with in-person contact between members and staff prohibited by stay-at-home orders during the pandemic, credit unions relied on online loan applications to collect information from the deluge of prospective borrowers who sought funds in the first round of PPP funding. The SBA didn’t break out larger credit union PPP lending activity.)

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

The alternative small business lending market took home the biggest slice of cake this week with about $33.5 million worth of venture capital across two deals. But it was the big names from Google, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard that made for the week’s largest enterprise-focused venture capital round. SME Finance. and Europe.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Now, the fast-growing operation is tapping into one of the growing trends in payments and commerce by offering online financing for its many partners. To get a better handle on what’s going on — and why OYO is embracing hotel financing — PYMNTS recent talked with Abhinav Sinha, chief operating officer and operating partner at OYO USA.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Not one of the four alternative lending startups that secured investments this week were from the U.S. Alternative Lending. Late last week, South Africa’s LulaLend brought some rare attention to the nation’s alternative lending space. There’s talk that alternative finance is dead. Well, in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

The online lending landscape may get rockier as federal regulators are eyeing whether to bolster their oversight on loans extended to small businesses. The focus of these lenders has been to extend capital to small businesses and startups, and those players have maintained that more regulations could hurt business.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Alternative lending was the golden child among investors around 2015, but lately, the industry seems to have fallen out of favor thanks to regulatory uncertainty and questions over the viability of some business models. sent a letter to five alternative small business lenders operating in the country, inquiring about their business practices.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

Many small businesses may not have the operating history in place to snag the funding they need. In an interview with PYMNTS, CEO and Cofounder Brian Simon said that traditional lenders, including big banks, have been hesitant to lend to SMEs because there is typically less collateral available to secure loans.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment. Lyric plans to use the investment to expand its operations as it continues to focus on regulatory compliance.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Recent dynamics of the small business lending market A deep understanding of the small business lending landscape and potential efficiencies can help banks and credit unions grow their portfolios. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending. Record new business formation and a wider gap between U.S.

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