Top 36 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) Oct 2025
Bank of Montreal went online with the first digital credit application in 1997. That effort, from...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Oct 13, 2025 | Data & Analytics, Lenders, Small Business Banking, Startups
Bank of Montreal went online with the first digital credit application in 1997. That effort, from...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Sep 16, 2025 | Payments, Small Business Banking, Small Business Payments, Startups
Money and cash flow are the lifeblood of a small business. And it’s an area often overlooked...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Sep 15, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Top Rankings (Banks)
Everyone loves a startup (aka challenger bank), especially when they have a compelling story....
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Aug 19, 2025 | Accounting/bookkeeping, Payments, Startups
Managing cash flow, invoices, bills, expenses and payments is overwhelming and costly. Digital...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | May 22, 2025 | Cryptocurrency/Blockchain, Investing, Startups
While I’m not a crypto/blockchain fanboy, I have long expected asset tokenization for retail...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | May 20, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business Banking, Startups
Since we last profiled Relay Financial (Sep 2023), the challenger bank has expanded its product...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | May 12, 2025 | Featured Startups, Startups, Top Rankings (Banks)
We are suckers for business lists (we now regularly update 27 here). One that we’ve long...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Mar 13, 2025 | Credit & charge cards, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking, Startup of the week, Startups, Unicorns (fintech)
Ramp is a New York City-based fintech startup founded in 2019 that offers corporate charge cards...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Mar 10, 2025 | Mortgage, Real estate, Startups
Great news today. The merger of two of my favorite companies that came up in the Web 2.0 era,...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Mar 3, 2025 | Data & Analytics, Insurance, Insurtech, Small Business Banking, Startups
At least 7 out of 10 small businesses (SMB) lack basic business insurance coverage in one...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Mar 3, 2025 | Credit & charge cards, Offers, Startups
It’s a great time to for small business owners to shop for a new credit or charge card. Since many...
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