Top 36 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) May 2025
Bank of Montreal went online with the first digital credit application in 1997. That effort, from...
Read Moreby Jim Bruene | May 27, 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 Moreby 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 Moreby Jim Bruene | May 9, 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 Moreby Jim Bruene | May 1, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Data & Analytics, Small Business Banking, Startup of the week, Startups
The first pure-play online bank, Security First Network Bank (SFNB), launched in 1995, just a year...
Read Moreby 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 Moreby Jim Bruene | Mar 3, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Savings, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking, Startup of the week
Other than a brief spike in 2018, it’s been more than 15 years since short-term rates were...
Read Moreby 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 Moreby Jim Bruene | Mar 3, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking
It’s a great time to shop for a new checking account for your small business. The first...
Read Moreby Jim Bruene | Dec 2, 2024 | Challenger Banks, Small Business Banking, Startup of the week
There is a small business owner in one of every 3 US households. They have more complicated...
Read Moreby Jim Bruene | Oct 28, 2024 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking, Startup of the week
As a small business owner, choosing the right banking partner comes with tradeoffs. Do you want to...
Read Moreby Jim Bruene | Mar 20, 2024 | Data & Analytics, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking
We usually focus on the digital-first challengers that have risen to prominence in the past 7 or 8...
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