Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face challenges when securing credit, especially in an uncertain economy. Embedded lending, which integrates credit options directly into purchase platforms, offers a fast and convenient solution. But a key element of embedded lending is the need for SMBs to share...
Block, formerly known as Square and the owner of Cash App, has distinct ambitions. And they vary for each of its business lines. Outside of Square and Cash App, Block also counts the buy now, pay later service Afterpay; decentralized finance and Web3 platform TBD; Tidal, a...
Embedded lending is all about the future of credit. As such, it has opportunities and challenges, even in developed markets like the United States. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Embedded Lending Opportunity: U.S. Edition,” commissioned by Visa, found that 17% of consumers and 16% of...
Open banking/instant payments company Zūm Rails is teaming with Fiserv. The collaboration, announced Thursday (Oct. 3), will see Zūm utilize Fiserv’s embedded finance capabilities to enable payments and financial services for U.S. businesses. “Today, payments and banking services are expanding beyond traditional banks and financial institutions, and companies across industries...
November 14, 2024
The payment and commerce platforms PayPal, Shopify and Block have long been developing ecosystems for merchants. For the small to mid-sized businesses, signing on to some services (such as payments processing) provides an onramp to accessing funding, via capital solutions that can help them meet unplanned expenses, or grow their businesses. As has been spotlighted […]
November 14, 2024
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face challenges when securing credit, especially in an uncertain economy. Embedded lending, which integrates credit options directly into purchase platforms, offers a fast and convenient...
October 09, 2024
Embedded lending is all about the future of credit. As such, it has opportunities and challenges, even in developed markets like the United States. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Embedded...
October 03, 2024
Embedded lending options are proving to be critical lifelines for individuals and the smallest businesses — particularly in an uncertain macro environment marked by relatively high interest rates. “Many times...
October 03, 2024
Open banking/instant payments company Zūm Rails is teaming with Fiserv. The collaboration, announced Thursday (Oct. 3), will see Zūm utilize Fiserv’s embedded finance capabilities to enable payments and financial services for U.S. businesses. “Today, payments and banking services are expanding beyond traditional banks and financial institutions, and companies across industries are eager to embed financial and payment options directly into […]
October 03, 2024
HSBC has launched an embedded finance venture aimed at its business clients. SemFi is a joint venture between HSBC and B2B global trade network Tradeshift, designed to embed HSBC payment, trade and...
June 21, 2024
Banco Santander and Amazon are reportedly close to reaching a deal in which the bank would provide financing options for Amazon shoppers across the Europe Union (EU). The negotiations between the...
June 17, 2024
Embedded lending platform Momnt has a new chief executive officer. Chris Bracken, who has served as the company’s revenue lead since 2020, has been promoted to the CEO position, Momnt...
