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 Moreby 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 Moreby Jim Bruene | Oct 13, 2025 | Conferences/Events, Startups
As the year winds down, it’s time to start putting together your plan for 2026....
Read Moreby 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 Moreby Jim Bruene | Sep 5, 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 | Aug 19, 2025 | Accounting/bookkeeping, Payments, Startups
Managing cash flow, invoices, bills, expenses and payments is overwhelming and costly. Digital...
Read Moreby 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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