Small businesses, real estate owners and investors must conduct their due diligence when looking for a hard money lender online. While technology enables quicker, easier access to funding, it also creates new potential avenues for associated fraud....
Topics:
Alternative Lending,
Small Business Finances,
Business Resources,
Hard Money Loans
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Online lending has empowered consumers and business owners and changed the dynamic between borrowers and lenders. The traditional relationship between financial institutions and the borrowing community was one where borrowers appeared on bended knee...
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Small Business Loans,
Business Loan Consolidation,
FinTech,
Marketplace Lending,
Alternative Lending,
Banking regulation
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American Banker recently held their second annual Marketplace Lending and Investing Conference at the midtown Hilton in New York City. According to the event organizers, attendance was double from last year. The explosive growth in this sector along...
Topics:
Small Business Loans,
Marketplace Lending,
Alternative Lending,
Peer-to-Peer Lending
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To say that alternative business lending has grown significantly in the past few years would be an understatement. Yet as far as online lending has come in recent times, it still represents a fraction of business and consumer lending in the United...
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Small Business Loans,
Marketplace Lending,
Alternative Lending,
Peer-to-Peer Lending,
Small Business Loan Brokers
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Loan micropayments might be a term that you aren’t well aware of yet, but it’s one that’s important to know and understand in the realm of alternative lending - especially for your small business.
Topics:
Small Business Loans,
Marketplace Lending,
Alternative Lending,
Peer-to-Peer Lending
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Alternative lenders are providing sorely needed liquidity to small businesses in the United States. Most lenders have a simple online application process, so why has the business brokerage industry exploded? And is it legitimate?
Topics:
Small Business Loans,
FinTech,
Marketplace Lending,
Alternative Lending,
Peer-to-Peer Lending,
Banking regulation
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Marketplace lending now has dedicated analysts from investment banks charting growth in the industry. That’s a very, very good sign. Marketplace lending is a fairly recent phenomenon in the United States compared to other developed economies, such...
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FinTech,
Marketplace Lending,
Alternative Lending,
Peer-to-Peer Lending
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How Small Business Owners Can Grow by Leveraging, De-leveraging and Leveraging Again
Small business owners know their numbers. They run their lives by what’s in the bank today and what’s due tomorrow. They can tell you about every nickel they spent,...
Topics:
Small Business Loans,
Marketplace Lending,
Alternative Lending,
Banking regulation
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Since the global financial crisis of 2008-9, many small businesses and individuals have "de-leveraged."
Deleveraging refers to the process of paying off debt that was accumulated from before the financial meltdown.
This act was an important first...
Topics:
Small Business Loans,
Merchant Cash Advance,
Business Loan Consolidation,
Marketplace Lending,
Alternative Lending,
Peer-to-Peer Lending
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