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SMB Loan Underwriting Prepares For Turbulent Times

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But after years of finding SMBs too unprofitable to finance, lenders have to play catch-up to develop better underwriting processes for greater accuracy and efficiency. This presents a gap in the market and an opportunity for FinTechs to fill it with automated underwriting technologies, like an automated small business credit score.

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Open Banking Deepens Its SMB Accounting, Lending Presence

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As Open Banking spreads further into the small business (SMB) financial services market, accounting and lending platforms are taking advantage. Small business accounting platform FreshBooks recently announced an agreement to integrate with Taxfyle , a data sharing arrangement that aims to automate tax prep for small business owners.

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How Opening Bank Data Can Transform SMB Lending

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But lenders themselves, even industry incumbents, are also quickly recognizing the potential that unlocking data has not only on improving the SMB borrowing experience, but on significantly improving their own internal operations, particularly when it comes to risk mitigation. ” The U.S.’s ’s Open Banking Path.

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Bank-FinTech Collaboration Tackles SMB Finance Friction

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Biz2Credit's technology can also enhance underwriting to mitigate risk even further for the financial institution (FI), it said. Targeting FIs, Nucleus Software has rolled out its latest technology with a focus on supply chain risk mitigation. Nucleus Software Debuts Supply Chain Tech For Banks.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

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Several US legislations (like the Patriot Act, anti money laundering laws , or FinCEN regulations) require PayFacs to know the identities of the business owner(s) they plan to facilitate payments for, during the underwriting stage. This requires sound underwriting policies and procedures.

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For SMB Underwriting, Exploring A More Reliable Kind Of Alternative Data

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But SMB loan underwriting at traditional FIs has, for the most part, remained unchanged, even as alternative lenders began exploring the role of alternative data in the risk mitigation process. “We think this is going to be part of the lending criteria going forward,” he told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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Corporate Finance’s Interest In AI Doesn’t Lead To Adoption: Oracle

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Corporate treasurers are exploring AI for their own cash management and forecasting needs, while AI is also being explored among both traditional and alternative finance players for risk mitigation and underwriting purposes. ” Even so, only 11 percent of companies surveyed have integrated AI within their finance functions.

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