Square’s stock is up over 200% in the past year; the run up occurred prior to news that the Square Cash app would allow users to buy and sell bitcoin; Square Cash had more than 7 million active users in December of last year; according to the Quartz article, the growth has also been fueled by recent bank partnerships; other successful lines of business include Square Capital which lent out $305 million to small businesses in the fourth quarter of 2017. Source
Renaud Laplanche’s vision for a second generation lending platform seems to have struck a chord with borrowers and investors alike....
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Brazil and Mexico are often talked about as fintech booms in Latin America; the size of the industry overall is...
Kabbage continues to look into how they can serve small businesses in new ways. We recently shared Kabbage’s announcement of...
Embedded lending provider, Momnt, won Fintech Nexus' 2023 PitchIt crown. Here's what swayed the judges vote.
We started LendIt in 2013 because we wanted to attend a conference that had all the leading players in the...
Amazon has plans to offer financial services to their customers but so far has focused on providing credit to small...
Kabbage's study shows the increased usage of mobile devices for loan applications. Source
Tala CEO Shivani Siroya not only points to the idea of building trust to grow a customer base but also belief in her instincts.