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Platforms, Alternative Lending Sources Help Fill Small Businesses’ Capital ‘Gap’
SMBs // January 10, 2023

Banks’ pullback on small business lending is creating an opportunity for FinTechs to step in. In data released on Tuesday (Jan. 10), small business financing firm Biz2Credit noted that there’s been little to no growth in lending to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). As for the...

SMB Credit Platform Tillful Partners With Experian to Profile New Businesses
SMBs // June 22, 2022

Tillful, a small business credit platform, will partner with Experian on making credit profiles for businesses that are new to credit or credit-invisible, a press release said. The making of new businesses is going strong, as there were more than 5.4 million new business applications...

Small Businesses Need Credit, Lenders Need a Better Way to Assess That Risk
SMBs // February 11, 2022

Traditional credit scores — for decades, the prime metric to be granted or denied financing — is a bit of a relic, and in the aftermath of a global health and business crisis, it’s simply not that helpful. In a time of off-the-charts small business...

Tillful Launches Card for Small Businesses With Highnote and Mastercard
Credit Cards // February 09, 2022

Small and medium-sized business (SMB) credit platform Tillful has collaborated with payment card creation company Highnote and Mastercard on the Tillful Card, which will increase SMBs’ access to credit and growth capital, according to a Wednesday (Feb. 9) Highnote press release. The Tillful Card joins...

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Platforms, Alternative Lending Sources Help Fill Small Businesses’ Capital ‘Gap’

January 10, 2023
Banks’ pullback on small business lending is creating an opportunity for FinTechs to step in. In data released on Tuesday (Jan. 10), small business financing firm Biz2Credit noted that there’s been little to no growth in lending to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). As for the big banks, small business loan approval percentages fell from 14.6% […]

Small Businesses Need Credit, Lenders Need a Better Way to Assess That Risk

February 11, 2022
Traditional credit scores — for decades, the prime metric to be granted or denied financing — is a bit of a relic, and in the aftermath of a global health...

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Nav Acquires Tillful to Accelerate Data Platform Development

July 17, 2023
Nav, a financial health platform for small businesses, has announced its acquisition of Tillful. Tillful, a FinTech startup, focuses on modernizing business credit and cash flow insights for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), Nav said in a Monday (July 17) press release. “At a time when financing options are tightening, Nav has built the only destination for […]

Tillful Launches Card for Small Businesses With Highnote and Mastercard

February 09, 2022
Small and medium-sized business (SMB) credit platform Tillful has collaborated with payment card creation company Highnote and Mastercard on the Tillful Card, which will increase SMBs’ access to credit and...