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Finastra Partners With Microsoft to Offer Financing Options for North American SMEs
Financial services software and cloud solutions provider Finastra announced a Banking as a Service (BaaS) collaboration with Microsoft to bring new lending options to thousands of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Finastra’s SME embedded finance solution on Microsoft Dynamics 365
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Real Estate Companies Now Refinance via Loanboox
Loanboox, a public sector financing platform, now also offers its services to housing cooperatives, real estate funds and real estate companies. For this purpose, Loanboox has added the experienced real estate financing expert Patrick Zurfluh to the team. To date,
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Swiss SME Lender Tradeplus24 Launches in the UK With £30 Million Debt Facility
Swiss small and medium enterprise (SME) financing startup Tradeplus24 announced that it will be expanding into the UK with the close of a £30 million debt facility provided by San Francisco-headquartered global credit fund, Partners for Growth (PFG), with advice
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BLKB beteiligt sich als strategische Investorin an KMU Crowdlending Platform
Die BLKB beteiligt sich als strategische Investorin an swisspeers AG, die eine digitale Plattform zur Finanzierung von KMU in der Schweiz betreibt. Die BLKB beteiligt sich an der 2015 gegründeten swisspeers AG. Die digitale Plattform von swisspeers ermöglicht den KMU
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Valuu: Das Angebot der Finanzierungsplattform wächst
Was im Februar 2019 als Hypothekenvermittlung für Privatpersonen begonnen hat, weitet sich mehr und mehr zu einer vielseitigen Finanzierungsplattform aus: Seit dem Sommer 2021 bietet Valuu auch einen Zugang für Vertriebspartner:innen und die Vermittlung von Privatkrediten an. Die beiden neuen
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Credit Card Startup Upgrade Raises US$280 Million Series F, Now Valued at US$6 Billion
Upgrade, Inc., a fintech company that offers affordable and responsible credit and mobile banking to mainstream consumers, announced that it raised a US$280 million Series F round at a US$6 billion pre-money valuation. Upgrade said that it has raised US$600
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Mexican Credit Card Issuer Stori Closes US$200 Million in Oversubscribed Series C
Mexican credit card issuer Stori announced that it has closed US$125 million during an over-subscribed Series C funding round co-led by global venture capital firm GGV Capital and growth-stage investor GIC. Other investors include General Catalyst, Goodwater Capital, and Mexico-based
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BNPL Adoption Soars in the UK
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) arrangements are growing exponentially in the UK, gaining traction amongst both consumers and businesses. Research by consulting firm Bain & Company found that BNPL is now used by 25% of e-commerce shoppers and 20,000 merchants
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Klarna Expands Its Footprint to Ireland
Swedish Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform Klarna announced that it has officially launched in Ireland. Irish consumers will be able to shop online and split their purchases into three interest-free equal payments (Pay in 3) through both the Klarna
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New Forrester Paper Explores Loan Origination Solution Market
Changing consumer behavior, tighter regulations and emerging technologies are transforming the lending landscape, challenging how incumbent lenders acquire, service and retain customers. In the latest edition of the Now Tech series, research and advisory company Forrester explores the loan origination
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