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SoFi raises $500m

SoFi, a mobile-first personal finance company, announced today it has closed over $500 million in equity financing led by Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), which values the company at $4.3 billion on a pre-money basis.

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Azlo and Kabbage team on small business lending programme

Azlo, a U.S. online banking platform, and Kabbage, Inc., a cash-flow technology and small business lending platform, announce the launch of Mission Street Capital, a new program that provides small businesses banking with Azlo access to loans through Kabbage® up to $250,000.

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Supply chain finance outfit CapitalBay gets Malaysian regulatory green light

CapitalBay, an award-winning Malaysian multi-bank supply chain finance platform has received the approval from the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) to operate a peer-to-peer (P2P) financing platform.

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BlueVine appoints Herman Man chief product officer

BlueVine, which provides small- and medium-sized businesses with access to fast and simple online financing, announced today that it has named Silicon Valley technology and engineering verteran, Herman Man, its Chief Product Officer.

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Finitive raises $6m

Finitive, a financial technology platform providing institutional investors with direct access to alternative lending investments, announced today that the firm raised approximately $6 million in a series seed financing.

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Canada's Lendified raises $15m

Lendified Holdings Inc. (“Lendified”), a Toronto-based financial technology company, is pleased to announce that it has successfully closed a $15 million funding round with institutional and private investors.

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Canadian POS financing outfit Financeit makes hire for US push

Canadian based point-of-sale financing provider, Financeit, announces industry veteran, Steve Olszewski, in the role of General Manager leading its U.S. division.

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Kabbage gets $700m in debt funding

Kabbage, Inc., a global financial services, cash flow technology and data platform for small businesses, closed the largest asset-backed securitization (ABS) by a small business online lending platform to date for $700 million.

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OnDeck offers same-day funding

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), the leader in online lending to small business, today announced that it will offer to fund and debit customer bank accounts with Same Day ACH transfers, eliminating a decades long pain point for small business owners accustomed to the traditional ACH transfer process, which can take multiple days and lacks certainty on when the transactions will hit bank accounts.

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LendInvest secures up to £200 million in funding from HSBC UK to back entry into home loan mortgages

LendInvest, the marketplace for mortgages, has secured funding of up to £200 million from HSBC UK, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations, bringing further institutional capital to its platform.

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American Express to provide new financing options for SAP Ariba users

American Express (NYSE: AXP) and SAP Ariba today announced that they have entered into a strategic multi-phased partnership designed to offer buyers and suppliers new payment and financing options on Ariba® Network, extending its value for joint large and global customers.

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Moneysupermarket partners with FundingXchange

Moneysupermarket Group announces exclusive partnership with Funding Xchange to give small business access to the best funding solutions.

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Affirm raises $300m

Affirm, the financial technology company founded by entrepreneur Max Levchin to provide honest financial products that improve lives, today announced it has raised a $300 million series F round of funding.

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OnDeck merges Canadian ops with Evolocity

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), the leader in online lending to small business, today announced it has completed the transaction combining its Canadian operations with Evolocity Financial Group (Evolocity), a Montréal-based online small business lender. The combined companies are majority owned by OnDeck.

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Mexican lendtech Credijusto scores $100m credit facility with Goldman Sachs

Credijusto, the leading tech-enabled lender in Mexico, announced today that it has closed a credit facility with Goldman Sachs for up to USD $100 million.

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BlueVine names Facebook vet Brian Jackson head of engineering

BlueVine, a leading provider of working capital financing to small and medium-sized businesses, today announced that it has named veteran Silicon Valley technologist Brian Jackson as Head of U.S. Engineering.

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Credit Suisse teams with Klara for online credit requests

Credit Suisse and the Swiss software provider KLARA are joining forces: Starting now, SMEs that use KLARA can submit online credit requests to Credit Suisse – digitally, simply, and efficiently.

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Belfius launches Dot-Capital

Widely recognised for its expertise in supporting Belgian bond issuers on the financial markets, Belfius is launching Dot-Capital, a digital platform aimed at directly connecting investors and (semi-)public entities and companies of all sizes: large companies, real estate developers, cities and provinces, Regions and Communities, schools and universities, hospitals and so on, wishing to diversify their sources of financing in the short, medium or long term. It is a first in Belgium

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Wages-on-demand startup ZayZoon raises $15m

ZayZoon, the leading provider of Wages On- Demand and employee financial payroll features, announced today that it has raised $15 million, led by a consortium of institutional and private capital providers.

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CapitalRise turns to Seedrs for equity financing

CapitalRise, the online property crowdfunding platform that connects prime real estate developers seeking finance with investors seeking attractive returns, has today publicly launched its first equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, giving investors across Europe an opportunity to become shareholders in this fast-growing business.