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Merchant Underwriting: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Important

Stax

The merchant underwriting process is a critical step that payment processors and financial institutions use to assess the risk associated with onboarding new businesses. Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification. What is the Purpose of Merchant Underwriting?

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From open banking to open finance and beyond: The future of financial data-sharing

The Payments Association

From open banking to open finance and beyond: The future of financial data-sharing March 18 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is this article about? The evolution of open banking into open finance, examining regional regulatory approaches and adoption trends. Why is it important?

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SMB Loan Underwriting Prepares For Turbulent Times

PYMNTS

After a long period of pulling back, lenders are finally beginning to find value in financing small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). 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.

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Trade Ledger Partners With Wiserfunding For Commercial Risk Assessments

PYMNTS

The London business lending platform Trade Ledge r is joining forces with Wiserfunding to give lenders and alternative financing providers the ability to evaluate the creditworthiness of its commercial users, Trade Ledger announced Tuesday (March 10).

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Capitalise Teams Up with Plaid

Finovate

Capitalise, a business finance platform based in the U.K., has forged a strategic partnership with data and open finance network Plaid. based business finance platform Capitalise has announced a strategic collaboration with fellow Finovate alum Plaid. Capitalise made its Finovate debut at FinovateEurope 2016.

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SME finance gap: Why UK SMEs deserve better financial access

The Payments Association

Often, talk around SME finance centres on access to loans. Common issues include: Standardised risk assessments that overlook innovative or early-stage firms. These disruptions cut off SMES from essential services, creating real operational and reputational risk. Representing 99.9% But the gap is much broader.

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8 Southeast Asian Fintechs Featured in Forbes Asia 100 to Watch List

Fintech News

These companies, which represent countries such as Malaysia, the Philippines and South Korea, are tackling challenges in sectors such as lending, banking, and business finance, leveraging innovative business models and cutting-edge technologies to boost efficiency and enhance accessibility across the financial services industry.

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