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Square revises credit risk model for its SMB lending program

Bank Innovation

An update to Square’s credit risk model for its Square Capital commercial lending product — first disclosed yesterday — was “a key driver of Capital’s outperformance in the fourth quarter,” the company said. The advancement of Capital is key for Square as it continues to grow the fast-growing — and lucrative — lending product.

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Startups to take the stage at Bank Innovation Ignite

Bank Innovation

Bank Innovation has hand-selected 10 companies to participate in its DEMOvation Challenge at Bank Innovation Ignite, which runs from March 2-3 in Seattle. The competing companies are listed below.

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OnDeck’s Noah Breslow on building a community business bank

Bank Innovation

Small business lending company OnDeck is expanding its ecosystem of products. Through its application for a bank charter, the company wants to become a full-service digital bank for small businesses it says are overlooked by traditional banks.

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B2B payments companies seek growth amid pandemic  

Bank Innovation

Despite the current economic uncertainty resulting from COVID-19, some business-to-business payment companies are gaining traction with clients and investors alike. “Our Our solution is even more relevant today than it was four weeks ago,” said Sameer Gulati, chief operating officer of the payments company Plastiq.

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Brex to launch treasury, insurance and loan products

Bank Innovation

Chief Operating Officer Paul-Henri Ferrand told Bank Innovation that the company aims to add insurance, lending and treasury products. “We’re building our operating system around our real-time underwriting and our financial stack. We think we can […].

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Amex acquires Acompay to bolster lending business

Bank Innovation

American Express acquired business-to-business payment company Acompay this week, allowing the company to automate the accounts payable process for business customers. The acquisition comes at a time when large institutions are looking to grow their business clientele through new underwriting tools and other technology.

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Funding Circle surpasses $10b in loans, plans aggressive partnership strategy

Bank Innovation

-based peer-to-peer lending platform, hit a $10 billion milestone in loans to small- to medium-sized (SME) businesses on Thursday. The nine-year-old company plans to continue to develop its “partnership strategy,” Bernard Martinez, U.S. managing director at Funding Circle, told Bank Innovation. In the U.S.,

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