Small business lending

SmartBiz launches AI-based 'adviser' for SBA loans

01/31/18

The tool runs the numbers and tells small-business people if they would qualify for an SBA loan, and if not, what they need to do to become eligible.

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Salesforce boosts nCino global expansion plans

01/31/18

The cloud-based vendor was formerly a division of Live Oak Bank.

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Kabbage to further challenge banks with $250,000 credit lines

01/30/18

The online lender to small businesses is expanding its business deeper into traditional banks’ territory with larger loans.

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Bill to boost SBA lending comes with strings attached

01/26/18

The proposed legislation would give the agency authority to increase funding for the 7(a) program — with several caveats designed to manage exposure.

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Online lender with focus on veteran-owned businesses raises $23M

01/24/18

StreetShares seeks to tap into the loyalties of military veterans, bringing together borrowers and savers through an online platform.

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Fintech lender Fundbox shows how open banking can be done

01/22/18

The online lender is integrating itself with several popular software programs to provide lending as a service. It’s an open-banking road map for skeptical banks.

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U.S. Bank teams with nonprofit to help drive more loans to CDFIs

01/08/18

The Minneapolis bank is the first bank to join Community Reinvestment Fund's online service that matches small-business borrowers who don’t qualify for bank loans with community development financial institutions.

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Shared office space becomes marketing hook for banks

01/08/18

A number of banks, especially those with extra real estate on their hands, are trying to capitalize on the co-working craze to appeal to fledgling companies that could become success stories — and their customers.

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Online lender Funding Circle inks partnership with Kansas bank

01/04/18

Intrust Bank has agreed to purchase $20 million worth of Funding Circle's small-business loans in what could just be the beginning of a long-term relationship.

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Top bank tech trends for 2018

12/28/17

With so much uncertainty, the only thing that's clear is how different the sector may look a year from now. Here's an overview of the leading trends in technology that will impact banking in 2018.

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