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High-Profile — But Secretive — Funding For B2B FinTechs

PYMNTS

While Khanna added that it’s “hard to say” whether venture capital funding is getting easier for startups, there is evidence that FinTech — and, specifically, B2B FinTech — is headed for a solid year. Alt-Lending. that looks to apply distributed ledger technology to payments and settlement. and the U.S. Tradeshift.

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Disruptor UK Bank Atom Raises £50M

PYMNTS

Atom was co-founded by Anthony Thomson, who is responsible for Metro Bank, one of the first newer banks to challenge legacy banks in the country. Atom said that lending to both businesses and homeowners was up 76 percent in the last year. Atom is part of a movement in Britain of banks taking on the established financial norms.

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Disruptor UK Bank Atom Raises £50M

PYMNTS

Atom was co-founded by Anthony Thomson, who is responsible for Metro Bank, one of the first newer banks to challenge legacy banks in the country. Atom said that lending to both businesses and homeowners was up 76 percent in the last year. Atom is part of a movement in Britain of banks taking on the established financial norms.

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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

Independent Banker

embraces a combination of the latest technology and traditional beliefs about finance and business growth. The technology it uses allows it to maximize efficiency while minimizing costs in its operations. We are changing the face of business banking in Arizona by combining cutting-edge fintech technology with true relationship banking.”

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P2P Lending Meets High Street Banking as Metro Bank Partners to Lend Via Zopa

Fintech Labs Insights

Great Britain’s first P2P lender Zopa has teamed up with Metro Bank to combine P2P lending with “high street banking.” ” The first-of-its-kind deal makes Metro Bank the first bank in Great Britain to lend via a P2P platform. Metro Bank will lend customer deposits through the platform.

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In the Kitchen of FinTech

Let's Talk Payments

One of the core differences between the FinTech world and traditional financial institutions lies in the underlying technology and the level of freedom to build it. Unlike traditional banks,

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending. The score combines the average of the bank’s percentile rank for lending concentration and for loan growth over the past year in each lending category. By Ed Avis. Methodology. AGRICULTURE.