Small business

Sunil Chandra's job will be to guide the fintech's international expansion. It says 12 banks are using its small-business lending platform, including three in the United States.

Amid the fallout from the catastrophic collapse of Carillion last year, the U.K. government has been getting tough on late payments.

As businesses navigate the trade war, these loans can help cover anything from inventory to office supplies – any area where a business is taking a hit, says Become's Eden Amirav.

The Pennsylvania community bank has seen rapid growth in recent years, thanks in large part to its success in attracting women clients.

With more players joining the lending industry, it's becoming a more crowded space, and business owners weighing their options are a bit overwhelmed, says Luke Intuit's Luke Voiles.

Stripe is joining the throng of providers offering merchant loans based on payment receivables with Stripe Capital, a service for e-commerce companies already using Stripe for payments processing.

Months after Denmark’s Nets A/S completed its merger with Germany-based Concardis, the combined operation is rolling out a broad new digital payment service tailored for small businesses in Germany.

NorthOne's U.S. launch joins other app providers hoping to attract entrepreneurs and freelancers with features such as real-time insights into cash flow.

Lawmakers and others faulted the agency's foot-dragging on approving licenses and funding requests for small-business investment companies, whose owners include banks.

A fight between Democrats and Republicans over a proposal to let the SBA’s Office of Advocacy challenge rulings made by other government agencies is threatening to hold up funding for small-business loan guarantees.