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Off The Continent And Into Puerto Rico For Online SMB Lending

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In a partnership formed recently with Puerto Rico’s Oriental Bank, Biz2Credit said late last month that it has begun offering its digital lending platform to the bank’s commercial clients. Drilling down a bit into the Puerto Rico market in particular, Arora noted some differences between small business lending versus, say, the United States.

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Spotlight on lending: Commercial loan growth geographically

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Now that banks have filed their third quarter financial reports , what did the lending picture look like last quarter? However, Q3 commercial lending is down from the beginning of 2014 (quarter ending 3/31/2014) by about $67 billion. Specifically for businesses, are commercial loans on the rise? Nationally, the picture is a fine one.

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Closing Latin America’s $350B SMB Trade-Finance Gap

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But, as Shoihet said, these firms account for roughly 50 percent of trade volume in the LATAM region. The other 50 percent, he said, comes from the SMBs that are being overlooked by the traditional financial services community, he told PYMNTS — and who create a majority of jobs in the region. trillion globally, according to Shoihet.

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Facebook Faces Billions In Possible GDPR Fines

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Also in Europe, the European financial markets regulator has said that it wants to spend one million euros to promote market stability in the region as pertains to cryptocurrencies and FinTechs. That document focuses on budgets and regulatory efforts across the region. community banks and small business lending.

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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

PYMNTS

To that end, news came earlier this week in the United States that a dozen community and regional banks have formed a group aimed at exploring the opportunities amid FinTech offerings. Here In The States. In the United States, sandboxes are grabbing a bit of headline space.

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Building A Better Lending Model To Serve SMBs Who Served

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percent, are owned by veterans of the United States Armed Forces. That rate, he noted, is based on more than mutual soldier loyalty, as StreetShares has other lending requirements. According to the Small Business Administration , of the 28 million U.S. SMBs, roughly 2.5 million, or 9.1 million jobs.

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Another Online Lender Announces Layoffs

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Consumer lending platform Avant is giving pink slips to 60 employees, or about 7 percent of its workforce. The executive said in an interview, in reference to beleaguered Lending Club : “Our biggest competitor just fell down, and the whole space is at an inflection point.”.

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