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How Alternative Lending Technology Stays Flexible For SMBs

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In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and banks' subsequent pullback from the small- to medium-sized business ( SMB ) lending arena, a slew of alternative lenders emerged onto the scene to fill the credit gap. Flexible Technology. What's just as important is to ensure that lending technology is flexible.

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Figure Technologies Raises $103M To Continue Blockchain-Based Lending

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Blockchain lending firm Figure Technologies announced that it has closed a $103 million series C funding round led by Morgan Creek Digital. MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Davies as head of Lending, Tony Morosini as vice president of Banking and Payments, and Tina McNulty as chief communications officer.

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Zest AI CEO: Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Lending and Credit

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It’s here now and being used to make good banks better — whether to eliminate discrimination in lending decisions, add stability to existing screening systems or drive loan growth and profits. De Vere said part of the proceeds will fund a technology push to further develop software and make it more broadly available.

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JPMorgan Provides $100 Million Financing Facility To Figure For Mortgage Lending

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Figure Technologies , which works in blockchain-based finance tech transformations, has worked with J.P. With the facility, Figure will work on fueling mortgage lending growth, which shot up nearly 50 percent month over month in the fourth quarter. Cagney also told PYMNTS in November about Figure’s project to work on payments.

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Will Instant Payments Spur Healthcare Innovation?

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Healthcare is an undoubtedly complicated space for all the players involved (the providers, insurers, patients, pharmaceutical manufacturers), particularly when it comes to payments. On the business-to-business (B2B) side of things, payments have improved quite a bit in terms of digitization. Cutting The Clutter Out Of The Process.

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SBA Promotes Credit Union SMB Lending

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When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. The SBA and NCUA collaboration is a three-year agreement that aims to build upon that momentum, and heighten CUs’ share of the SMB lending market. Credit Unions In Growth Mode.

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Mambu, Ranqx Partner To Enhance SMB Digital Lending

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Berlin's Mambu is partnering with New Zealand digital lending platform Ranqx , which will use Mambu's API-first digital banking platform to provide digital lending experiences, loan origination, decisioning and monitoring for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a press release.

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