GROUNDFLOOR Recognized as the Best Lending Platform
November 20, 20205 min
Annual event honors innovative financial technology companies
Fintech Company Obligo Raises $15.5M in Series A
November 19, 20205 min
Fintech company Obligo today announced a $15.5 million Series A funding round from investors including 83North, 10D, Entrée Capital, Viola Credit, and other strategic real estate investors. The funding will enable Obligo to roll out its deposit-free technology to millions of homes across the U.S. Obligo enables tenants to rent an apartment without a security deposit. Instead of paying a deposit or buying deposit insurance, renters submit a payment method for pre-authorization, similar to a hotel check-in process. If the...
Freedom Financial Network Ranks a Fastest-Growing Pvt Company
November 4, 20205 min
San Francisco Business Times names financial services company to Fast 100 list
Tavant Named to Prestigious IDC FinTech Rankings
October 23, 20203 min
Annual ranking highlights top 100 global providers of financial technology
Glia Partners with MeridianLink® to Improve Loan Origination
August 27, 20204 min
Glia, a leading provider of Digital Customer Service, today announced that it has joined forces with MeridianLink, a developer of multi-channel account opening and loan origination platforms, to bring Digital Customer Service to MeridianLink’s bank and credit union clients. By incorporating Glia’s modern communications and collaboration platform into the loan origination process, customers can communicate with their institutions through their channel of choice, whether that’s voice, messaging, video, or a combination of all three. Lenders can leverage advanced...
Lending Arm Ally Expands Financing Into Retail
August 25, 20205 min
Ally Lending, the personal lending arm of Ally Bank, a subsidiary of Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY), today announced its partnership with Vyze, Mastercard’s leading alternative financing platform for retailers. Ally’s entrance into point-of-sale retail financing builds on its deep experience and rapidly growing footprint in healthcare and home improvement lending. Ally Lending will serve as the first installment loan lender on the Vyze platform, giving thousands of retail merchants access to a financially stable lender for higher-ticket...
Direct Lending Fund Manager Finances Tilting Point’s Second UAF
August 14, 20205 min
Metropolitan Partners Group Management, LLC (“Metropolitan”), a direct lending fund manager that provides senior-secured, transitional capital to small and mid-sized businesses in the U.S., closed an investment to finance the expansion of gaming marketing and publishing company Tilting Point’s User Acquisition Fund. This represents Metropolitan’s second investment in Tilting Point after providing initial financing for its User Acquisition Fund in July 2018 and providing the company with growth capital to continue building on its powerful AI-driven...
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ezbob, an established technology provider that powers the digital SME lending arm of several UK banks has today announced that it has submitted its proposal for part of the BCR’s (Banking Competition Remedies) £100m Pool E. Tomer Guriel, Founder and CEO at ezbob, said: “We are delighted to submit a bid for the BCR Pool E funds which will allow us to provide our technology not only to banks but also to smaller financial institutions...