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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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Perficient Included in IDC Market Glance: Lending Digital Transformation Strategies

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While it was once expected and acceptable for lenders to enforce standardized payment due dates and policies, COVID-19 brought the impracticality and ineffectiveness of a “one-size-fits-all” approach to credit and lending to light. IDC’s Take on Lending Digital Transformation Strategies. And for good.

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Managing real estate and construction lending risk

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How construction administration units mitigate construction lending risk Construction lending involves unique risks and requires specialized processes. WATCH Takeaway 1 The OCC recommends that construction lending risk be managed by specialized real estate and construction lenders who report to the credit department.

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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. Davies as head of Lending, Tony Morosini as vice president of Banking and Payments, and Tina McNulty as chief communications officer. MUFG Innovation Partners Co., and abroad.”.

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FinTechs Help Banks Ease The PPP Lending Pain

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As the nation’s traditional financial institutions struggle to cope, alternative lending platforms and other B2B FinTechs are exploring how to put their own technologies to good use. Bottomline Technologies. Small businesses, meanwhile, can use the platform to apply online as fewer physical bank branches are available.

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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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How to Lend More to Small Businesses

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According to Patrick Reily, co-founder of Uplinq , a technology firm that helps small business owners gain access to fair and ethical credit, “Using the FDIC’s definition, 80% of the small businesses in the U.S. Minority small business owners need ‘fair and accessible’ lending. The problem is even worse in 2024. are ‘underserved.’”

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