The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Chicago Booth School of Business recently collaborated on research […]
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Small Business Confused About Alternative Lending Options Part II
When we think small business lending, we are usually talking loans less than $250,000. Many non bank fintech companies have made forays into this space […]
Small Business Confused About Alternative Lending Options
The Federal Reserve Bank is very interested in new online lending platforms targeting small business to the point they gathered small businesses together in an […]
Why Repayment Velocity Matters to Securitization Investors
When Marketplace lenders establish new loans, the question of how repayment is going to work matters to investors, particularly those that invest in their securitization […]
Merchant Cash Advances evolve to Online Lending Platforms – Part I
We are seeing financial innovations over the last few years that we have not seen ever. Period. Small business lending has seen the brunt of […]
Can Marketplace Lending Go the Distance? An Insider’s View Part II
The first installment of our discussion with Susan Joseph covered why 2014 was the year for Peer to Peer or Marketplace lending. Today we look […]