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    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Coronavirus economic impact
      UK taxpayer on hook for billions lost on Covid business loans

      Data reveal which banks have the largest exposure to default and fraud under the scheme

    • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
      eBay Inc
      Ebay takes on banks and PayPal with loans to businesses

      ‘Landmark’ move is ecommerce group’s most significant step into financial services

    • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
      Americas companies
      Tech disrupters deliver on their promise for growth investors

      Many fast-growing companies on the FT ranking were already well-placed for the changes that Covid-19 accelerated

    • Thursday, 29 April, 2021
      InterviewFintech
      Fintech lender Upgrade tops FT ranking of fast-growth companies

      The online lender, founded by former Lending Club chief Renaud Laplanche, doubled revenues last year

    • Wednesday, 14 April, 2021
      Digital banking
      Fintech lender targets India’s female entrepreneurs

      In some states, women do not have any control over household budgets but that is starting to change

    • Monday, 15 February, 2021
      News in-depthFintech
      Asian authorities clamp down on digital lenders

      Officials in credit-hungry economies have struggled to control the fast-growing sector

    • Thursday, 8 October, 2020
      IPOs
      China’s Lufax files for US IPO against backdrop of rising tensions

      Online lender worth nearly $40bn to float in New York even as Trump threatens delistings

    • Monday, 17 August, 2020
      Kabbage sells to American Express after halting lending

      SoftBank-backed small business loan platform made strategic U-turn as pandemic hit

    • Monday, 17 August, 2020
      Online loans defy fears of mass delinquencies

      Impairment rates on marketplace loans have risen only moderately during the pandemic

    • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
      FT The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies
      Fintech offers lifeline for crisis-hit Mexican businesses

      Upstart lenders plug gaps as SMEs struggle to access government support and bank finance

    • Thursday, 2 April, 2020
      Online lender stops making loans to small US businesses

      Kabbage calls on Washington to step in as it cuts credit lines and furloughs staff

    • Wednesday, 1 April, 2020
      US banks
      Banks stand to make billions from US small business rescue

      Federal loans will be forgiven if recipients use them to cover payroll and other costs

    • Monday, 3 February, 2020
      Goldman Sachs Group
      Goldman/Amazon: credit buddies Premium content

      Initiative will do little to help David Solomon hit ambitious financial targets

    • Wednesday, 9 October, 2019
      LexStripe Inc
      Stripe: parallel lines  Premium content

      Branching into loans seems risky but will help fintech to keep its customers on side

    • Sunday, 22 September, 2019
      News in-depthFinancial services
      Failed promise of marketplace lending faces a new test

      Industry faces threat of economic slowdown just as underwriting skills show improvement

    • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
      Fintech
      Emerging markets fintech Tala raises $110m

      California-based lender that offers small loans to the ‘unbanked’ eyes expansion

    • Thursday, 15 August, 2019
      FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
      Monzo: a serious risk of a bank breaking out

      The bank of the future becomes the bank of the past.

    • Sunday, 14 April, 2019
      Dianrong aims to raise $100m to cope with peer-to-peer crackdown

      Chinese group taps investors after it was hit hard by regulatory curbs on sector

    • Sunday, 14 April, 2019
      Banks
      TSB pledges to refund victims of online fraud

      New guarantee will cover authorised and unauthorised losses by customers

    • Monday, 25 March, 2019
      Fintech
      Top-ranked FT 1000 fintech Blue Motor Finance up for sale

      Private equity owner Cabot Square in talks about potential buyers

    • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
      Big Data
      How big data really fits into lending

      The implications of improved underwriting technology.

    • Monday, 21 January, 2019
      MarketInvoice Ltd
      Big banks embrace fintech to exploit disrupters’ expertise

      Barclays and Santander lead £26m investment into UK-based lender MarketInvoice

    • Wednesday, 26 December, 2018
      News in-depthPeer-to-peer lending
      Peer-to-peer lending looks for fresh start as interest wanes

      Groups are changing focus with moves into mainstream banking

    • Monday, 12 November, 2018
      Special ReportFT Transform
      Online lending: US fintechs gain from behaving more like banks

      Platforms once out to change ‘the entire system’ move away from ‘tech’ — and risk

    • Monday, 8 October, 2018
      UK banks
      Burnley loan business targets full banking licence

      Started by minibus salesman Dave Fishwick, ‘Bank on Dave’ hopes to raise £5m via crowdfunding

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