June 28, 2018 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kabbage, Inc., a global financial services, tech and data platform serving small businesses, reports its 145,000-plus small business customers accessed over 300,000 loans during non-banking hours, reaching a record total of more than $1 billion in funding. In total, Kabbage has now provided access to… Read More

June 21, 2018 @ 3:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kabbage, Inc., a global financial services, technology and data platform serving small businesses headquartered in Atlanta, released survey data that uncovers insights from 500 established small businesses and the key moments that triggered their growth. The results offer entrepreneurs applicable lessons from experienced business owners… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 8:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

ThinCats has reportedly delivered a £1M ‘agile finance facility’ to fund MBO and contract win for Firtitudo Ltd. The transaction enabled the managing director of Firtitudo Ltd and database for business limited (dbfb) to acquire the remaining 45 per cent of secure communications specialist dbfb and… Read More

April 12, 2018 @ 10:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Investment manager Downing LLP has launched of a new bond on its crowdfunding platform, Downing Crowd, paying 7.6% p.a. interest to investors by lending £10M to projects across the UK’s reserve power market. In this latest launch, Downing Reserve Power has been established as a company… Read More

March 31, 2018 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based challenger bank TSB announced this week it is preparing to launch a new lending marketplace with a mission help small businesses across the UK get the funding their need to continue growth. The bank is partnering with Funding Options to launch the marketplace this… Read More

March 22, 2018 @ 8:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendr, a provider of flexible working capital to small- and medium-sized businesses, specializing in business finance and factoring solutions, announced on Thursday the closing of its $25 million senior credit facility. MidCap Financial Trust served as the Administrative Agent for the transaction. According to to duo,… Read More

January 30, 2018 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kabbage, Inc., a global financial services, tech and data platform serving small businesses, now offers lines of credit of up to $250,000. The expanded Kabbage product aims to provide larger businesses with greater purchasing power for longer-term investments. $250,000 is reportedly the largest credit line… Read More

January 16, 2018 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Magilla Loans, a search engine for loans that connects borrowers to banks without requesting personal information, announced on Tuesday it has surpassed $4.5 billion in aggregated loans from top banks across the U.S. Founded in 2015, Magilla Loans claims it is a “first-of-its-kind” loan matching… Read More

December 14, 2017 @ 8:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

LendInvest, a leading UK online marketplace platform for property finance, has reported a record-breaking year of capital raising. Since the start of 2017, LendInvest’s lending capital base has grown by 104% to £765 million ($1.03 billion). LendInvest’s diversified investor base includes global banks, pension and infrastructure… Read More

December 7, 2017 @ 11:45 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Marking its 15th anniversary year, BFS Capital, a small business financing platform, has extended over $1.7 billion in financing since funding its first deal in 2002. The company also reported that over 75 percent of its originations have occurred in the last five years and more… Read More

November 17, 2017 @ 5:38 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

That this past hurricane season wreaked economic havoc on metropolitan Houston, southern Texas, Louisiana, southern Georgia and Florida is not surprising (Hurricane Maria’s effects on Puerto Rico were not covered in this analysis); in a recent blog, Orchard Platform posted initial research how much Hurricanes Harvey… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform PeerStreet announced on Monday the launch of its new lender platform. According to the company, lenders may now access detailed Property Valuation Reports that allow them to analyze property data and adjust property details to generate highly accurate valuations that reflect current or… Read More

October 25, 2017 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendified, a Canada-based lender who provides small business loans online has entered into an agreement with ClearFlow Commercial Finance to increase its lending capacity. According to the lending platform, through the agreement, ClearFlow is providing it with a $60 million credit facility to fund loans… Read More

October 24, 2017 @ 10:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Kabbage Inc., a global financial services, tech and data platform serving small businesses, and ING, a leading global bank, are expanding their strategic partnership into France and Italy to provide small businesses with real-time access to working capital. Building on ING’s successful launch in Spain… Read More

October 20, 2017 @ 12:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online student lending platform, Climb Credit, announced this week it has entered into agreements with investors to purchase $130 million of student loans originated on its website. According to the lender, this new transaction will enable it to continue expanding its student loan programs beyond its current network… Read More

October 11, 2017 @ 3:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lending platform LendingHome announced on Wednesday it has expanded operations by opening its new office in Pittsburgh. The online lender revealed it plans to bring a total of 50 well-paying financial technology jobs to Pittsburgh over the next year.  Co-Founder and CEO Matt Humphrey, who is Pittsburgh native… Read More

September 19, 2017 @ 1:43 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Big news for business finance company MarketInvoice who not only is celebrating a £1.5b funding milestone but has also signed an agreement with Varengold Bank AG to provide £45m funding annually on its invoice finance platform, funding working capital solutions for businesses across the UK. “Institutions… Read More

August 8, 2017 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Biz2Credit announced the release of its latest monthly analysis, which revealed that loan approval rates at big banks ($10 billion-plus in assets) increased to a new post-recession high in July 2017 and the loan approval percentages of institutional investors also set a new… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 11:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

LendKey, a leading lending-as-a-service solution for banks and credit unions, raked in $13 million in Series C funding, $8 million in equity and $5 million in debt financing. North Atlantic Capital, based in Portland, ME, led the round with participation from each of LendKey’s existing… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Biz2Credit announced its latest Small Business Lending Index revealed that loan approval rates at big banks, $10 billion-plus in assets, increased to post-recession highs in June 2017 while small banks, alternative lenders, and credit unions experienced a decline in the percent of funding… Read More