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SMB Alt-Lending Gears Up For Another Industry Shakeup

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After industry consolidation and a leveling-out of venture capital interest, alternative SMB lending remains a strong market, though just like traditional banks, it has also faced new lessons as a result of the current market. But that doesn’t necessarily mean history is repeating itself. ” A Banking Pullback?

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Helping FI’s Develop Their ‘FinTech Sense’

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Everyone knows that digital and mobile services are key to success in the 2020s — not only in terms of more revenue, but also larger transformations. But that doesn’t mean all the players in payments and financial services have a solid or clear digital strategy. But that’s not the whole story, of course. Outside Standards.

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Revenue-Based Financing Challenges The Bank Loan Status Quo

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by regulatory initiatives (designed to spur competition in small business banking, open up the market to new challenger banks and support marketplace lending platforms), the bank loan is often the first place small business owners look when in search of capital. venture capital investments in U.K. venture capital investments in U.K.

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Cisco Awarded Top 5 Rank by IDC in Financial Services

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We spend every day working with our Financial Services customer to adopt a Digital transformation strategy , however in today’s market it is not enough to just have a Digital strategy. You also need to have a Digital Ready Network platform that will enable you to execute and deliver on that Digital strategy.

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How Supplier Focus Propels AP Innovation

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Innovation in the accounts payable (AP) space continues to expand, with FinTechs looking to capture their piece of a growing market driven by businesses’ desire to digitize their operations. Investors at SignalFire led the round, while Hillsven Capital, Bloomberg Beta and NextWorld Capital also participated. billion valuation.

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Digital Banking Startup Alkami Secures Series D Funding

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In an era of digital transformation , our clients, who consist of credit unions and banks in the U.S., count on Alkami to inspire and power their digital strategies through enhancing value, growth, service, efficiency and relationships,” said Alkami CEO Mike Hansen in a statement.

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This Week In Payments: Saving Small Business

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But for many of them, this has also been an opportunity for them to really develop their digital strategies. That relates to storefronts, that relates to collaborating and being able to work remotely, and it also relates to digital payments. Moreover, he’s seen this rapid all-hands-on-deck push in all corners of industry.

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