PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Federal and state authorities are targeting companies that allegedly lend money to small businesses at extreme rates and seek to collect payments with heavy-handed tactics, NBC News reported Tuesday (Aug. In some cases, NBC News reported, business owners took payments from companies’ bank accounts even after COVID-19 struck.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

This week Oxx, which tends to focus on B2B software startups, led the $12 million funding round for the company, which also saw participation from Industrifonden, SEB Venture Capital and KTH Chalmers Capital, according to reports. The funds will go toward customer outreach, reports said. SMB Lending.

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Abrigo

JULY 20, 2021

From leveraging PPP technology to building relationships, reasons for boosting SBA lending are numerous. . Takeaway 1 SBA lending can expand your product offerings to help win deals with prospects and existing business customers or members. Why SBA Lending? Would you like others articles like this in your inbox? 1 and Sept.

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Lending FDIC Capital Risk Management 195

Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 3 Loan-level stress testing can help assess repricing risk, while capital stress testing helps clarify the impact of CRE loan losses on capital.

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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. India-based Xtracap secured $1 million in angel funding, YourStory reported. Xtracap Fintech. Apollo Agriculture.

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Capital Analytics Fintech Report 141

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed members to its newly-formed Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee as it works to support small business access to capital. The committee, which is the result of the 2016 SEC Small Business Advocate Act, will meet for the first time in early May, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

India-based SME lender Capital Float has added a bit of funding to its books thanks to a $2.3 According to Capital Float cofounder Sashank Rishyasringa, the deal brings the total raised for Capital Float in 2016–2017 to $9.2 The company has secured significant venture capital, too. million through this route.

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Capital Lending Security Report 122

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Key Takeaways Commercial real estate lending will be a top focus for many financial institutions in 2020. Macy’s closing 125 stores signals ‘more pain’ for retailers,” ABC News reported Feb. While investors are increasingly cautious and focused on an investment's potential for downturn protection, investment capital remains abundant.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 28, 2023

This post investigates whether large and small banks in the UK and US differ in the cyclical patterns of capital positions and credit provision. The reforms aimed to ensure that banks have sufficient capital resources to absorb losses and reduce the cyclical effects of bank capital (and regulation) on the supply of bank credit in stress.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

The Financial Stability Board says Basel III rules have not led to a squeeze of the small business bank lending market, according to reports on Friday (June 7). The FSB announced Friday the findings of its analysis of Basel III regulations on the small business lending space.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Lighter Capital, an alternative lender targeting the startup community, is adding new financing products to its offering. In a press release issued on Wednesday (June 5), Lighter Capital said it will add lines of credit and term loans to its current offering of revenue-based financing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Zopa , the United Kingdom-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lender, has reached its latest milestone and received its banking license as it takes on traditional banks, the Financial Times reported. “We In December, PYMNTS reported Zopa expected to receive £130 million ($1.67 Capital One was one of the earlier disrupters,” Janardana said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2018

Months after reports surfaced that Amazon was considering an investment in the company, alternative lending platform Capital Float revealed it secured $22 million in funding led by the eCommerce giant. Past investors in the company include SAIF Partners, Ribbit Capital and Sequoia India.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

But for all the pressure to push forward, there are plenty of stumbling blocks and stutter steps when it comes to providing for security, the availability of tech or access to capital. Data: $175B: Approximate size of the lending gap for Southeast Asian SMBs. 27K: Approximate membership of a “stop 5G” U.K.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Davies , head of lending at Figure, will spearhead the firm’s initiatives to get a bank charter from the OCC and he will become the Figure Bank chief executive officer, according to Cagney. Davies served as CitiMortgage’s chief executive officer and Citibank’s head of global mortgage in addition to Capital One’s president of home loans.

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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. Reports in The Irish News on Saturday (Aug. 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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Lending Analytics Data Security 129

PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2017

Startups in India have been looking towards venture capital for financing in the absence of traditional bank loans. And while InnoVen Capital is a top provider of that capital, it’s now looking to facilitate startups’ search of traditional financing by teaming up with other lenders. Reports Wednesday (Jan.

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Capital Security Analytics Operations 101

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Commercial payments technology firm WEX landed a $400 million investment this week, but when it comes to venture capital, investors set their sights on B2B eCommerce, small business funding, payroll and more. PYMNTS breaks down the companies that did manage to secure funding, below. With a combined $43.3

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Capital Fintech Security Operations 161

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

Direct Lending Investments ’ founder and CEO Brendan Ross has resigned while his company is the focus of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company reported the issue to the SEC, which is investigating the matter. As a result, Direct Lending suspended withdrawals at that time.

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Lending Capital Company Report 134

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

One area of impact is small business finance and lending, with small businesses and lenders seeing a slowdown in demand. Small business lending platform Funding Circle commented on this effect in its latest earnings data, noting that there has been “some deterioration” in its higher-risk small business loan bands in the U.K.

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Lending US Capital Data 144

PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

challenger Starling Bank is moving forward with plans to introduce business lending services, reports in Specialist Banking said this week, with the bank revealing new details about its strategy. “We don’t think we’re going to automate every lending decision,” said Doignie.

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Lending Strategy Capital Groups 118

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. Reports in The Times of India said the AltFin player reached a deal to acquire the personal finance management app for $30 million in cash and stock.

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Capital Lending US Management 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nonetheless, Many FIs are looking to simplify and secure their onboarding procedures while also enabling customers to stay safe during the pandemic, leading them to seek out innovative technologies to do so. Brazil-based facial recognition and identification technologies provider Acesso Digital recently reported that more than 5.2

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. Such alternative data, said the GAO, could pose risk to such lending decisions. Sandboxes, Gathering Steam.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

An alternative lending conglomerate based in the U.K. just secured more than $97 million through an initial public offering. Its units include Distribution Finance Capital, Satago and Oxygen Finance, while it also owns a minority stake in peer-to-peer (P2P) lender Zopa. reports noted.

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Lending Capital Groups Financial Technology 122

PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Small business lending emerged as a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, and it’s no surprise, considering the role small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) play in supporting their local economies. Utility account aggregation company Urjanet secured $14.65 Aye Finance.

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Capital Lending Cards United States 288

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

challenger bank Metro Bank, the financial institution is reportedly looking to reduce its corporate loan exposure and wind down commercial lending operations. Shares fell nearly 40 percent following initial reports of the errors related to misclassification of a large portion of the bank’s commercial loan portfolio.

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Metro Lending Fraud Capital 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

13) said that alternative lender Fountainhead Commercial Capital can now offer SBA loans through its platform after securing a Small Business Lending Company (SBLC) loan program license from American Business Lending. The recent government shutdown forced the Small Business Administration to stall its lending operations.

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Security Lending Washington Capital 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. Swedish Startup Lendify Closes $115M Funding Deal. Morgan Stanley and J.P.

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Security Groups Payments Regulation 134

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. Alternative Lending. 3) that it secured $250 million in equity funding from a subsidiary of SoftBank Group.

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Lending Capital Fintech Data 109

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2017

With home loan growth expected to slow to 4 percent in 2018, National Australia Bank (NAB) wants to build its business elsewhere, namely in SME lending. A report in The Australian on Monday (July 31) revealed news that the NAB is adding new features to its small business (SMB) lending unit, QuickBiz, in an effort to build market share.

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National Lending Capital Regulation 100

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

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. To get a sense of just where the lending partnership may target — if it comes to fruition — consider the fact that the loans have ranged from $1,000 to $750,000.

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Lending Apple Study Online 146

PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

In the early days of online lending, the big appeal was access to funds for potential borrowers with few, if any, options for securing capital. The move comes in the face of growing evidence that the loans they have sold and secured have not quite performed up to par. The Coming Risk Assessment Reset.

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Lending Security Philadelphia Dallas 116

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

China’s move to suspend Ant Group’s anticipated blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) likely came from the top echelon of the Chinese government, according to a report in the Financial Times. Chinese regulators are also growing concerned about the breakneck growth of Ant Group’s lending business.

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Lending Groups Regulation Marketing 240

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. It should be noted that almost all mortgage security finance (i.e.,

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Lending Innovation Fintech Cards 148