Digital Transformation and FinTech

Tech's impact on lending and financial services.

Alternative Financing

Uber Eats' Embedded Lending for Restaurants

Sep 11, 2025

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14 min read

Uber Eats' Embedded Lending for Restaurants

AI underwriting based on real-time transaction data

Jordan Hansen

Alternative Financing

Figure's IPO on Sept 10,2025 and $4.13B valuation target

Sep 4, 2025

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14 min read

Figure's IPO on Sept 10,2025 and $4.13B valuation target

$16bn originations, +22% revenue YoY

Jordan Hansen

Alternative Financing

Casca Gives Banks 10x Loan Origination Edge

Aug 26, 2025

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9 min read

Casca Gives Banks 10x Loan Origination Edge

90% Cost Cut, 3x higher conversion rates

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Citi & Validis' Commercial Lending Tech-first, Speed-Focused

Jul 8, 2025

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9 min read

Citi & Validis' Commercial Lending Tech-first, Speed-Focused

Alt Lending Speed & Real-time financial data integration

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Rapid Finance New AI Lending Tool: SPADE (Smart Processing and Data Extraction)

Jun 26, 2025

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8 min read

Rapid Finance New AI Lending Tool: SPADE (Smart Processing and Data Extraction)

New AI Lending Tool: SPADE (Smart Processing and Data Extraction)

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Autobooks & Fundbox's New SMB Embedded Lending Autobooks Capital

Jun 19, 2025

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11 min read

Autobooks & Fundbox's New SMB Embedded Lending Autobooks Capital

Banks now have fintech speed without the overhead

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Plaid's New AI boosts 25% Better Loan Decisions

Jun 17, 2025

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12 min read

Plaid's New AI boosts 25% Better Loan Decisions

500+ Real-Time Cash Flow Data Attributes

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Jun 10, 2025

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8 min read

Bluevine + Stripe New SMB Invoicing

Lending Intel Each Transaction. Data moat in the making?

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Figure Secures $200 Million Investment from Sixth Street

Mar 1, 2025

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8 min read

Figure Secures $200 Million Investment from Sixth Street

Constant liquidity for Figure via joint venture

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Synchrony Financial’s $2bn Ally Lending Acquisition

Feb 11, 2025

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8 min read

Synchrony Financial’s $2bn Ally Lending Acquisition

Credit Risk, Portfolio Health & Integration Challenges

Jordan Hansen

Regulatory Technology [RegTech]

Momentus Securities' Single-Lender Securitization Platform

Jan 17, 2025

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7 min read

Momentus Securities' Single-Lender Securitization Platform

Rohan Kalbag from Main Street Launch Approved

Jordan Hansen

Market Dynamics & Strategy

ICE Buys American Financial Exchange to Unify Bank Lending Market

Jan 8, 2025

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8 min read

ICE Buys American Financial Exchange to Unify Bank Lending Market

AMERIBOR® Links 1000+ US Banks

Jordan Hansen

Alternative Financing

Parafin Hits $1bn in Embedded Finance Volume

Dec 21, 2024

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8 min read

Parafin Hits $1bn in Embedded Finance Volume

400% Growth Through Digital Platform Integration

Jordan Hansen

Business Growth & Expansion

Dec 13, 2024

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9 min read

Affirm's $4bn Deal with Sixth Street

$20bn loans over the next 3 years

Jordan Hansen

Business Growth & Expansion

Dec 4, 2024

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9 min read

BlackRock Buys HPS in $12B Deal

$220bn Private Credit Franchise

Jordan Hansen

Alternative Financing

Cantor-Tether $2B Bitcoin lending Program

Nov 25, 2024

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10 min read

Cantor-Tether $2B Bitcoin lending Program

New Lending Opportunities Led by Conservative Powerhouse Cantor Fitzgerald

Jordan Hansen

Alternative Financing

Generational Opportunity in CRE Debt Crisis

Nov 21, 2024

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5 min read

Generational Opportunity in CRE Debt Crisis

Benefit Street Partners Predicting Lender's Perfect Storm

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Oct 7, 2024

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5 min read

Plaid's Newest Cash Flow Underwriting

Get Real-Time Cash Flow Data

Jordan Hansen

Business Growth & Expansion

Numerated & Alloy Partnership for Enhanced Fraud Prevention

Oct 5, 2024

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7 min read

Numerated & Alloy Partnership for Enhanced Fraud Prevention

Faster onboarding, enhanced risk control & User Experience.

Jordan Hansen

Alternative Financing

Oct 2, 2024

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7 min read

Idea Financial's $50M facility secured

Performance Trust Capital Partners & Idea Financial Partnership along with community banks

Jordan Hansen

Alternative Financing

Citigroup & Apollo Set $25B Lending Deal

Sep 30, 2024

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6 min read

Citigroup & Apollo Set $25B Lending Deal

Lending Market Shake-Up: Adapt or Be Left Behind

Jordan Hansen

Products and Offering

SBG Funding Hits $1B Milestone in US Business Lending

Sep 27, 2024

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5 min read

SBG Funding Hits $1B Milestone in US Business Lending

400% Growth, 25K SMBs Empowered in 3 Yrs

Jordan Hansen

Products and Offering

Sep 25, 2024

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5 min read

Klarna & Xerox Partnership

BNPL for B2B is here!

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Top VCs Bet $58M on Crypto Industry Experts

Aug 30, 2024

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5 min read

Top VCs Bet $58M on Crypto Industry Experts

Stablecoin Payment Network by Bridge

Jordan Hansen

Regulatory Technology [RegTech]

Jul 22, 2024

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4 min read

Goldman, BofA, Citi lose $4.14B in Q2 2024

Old Lending Ways are Failing

Jordan Hansen

Digital Transformation and FinTech

Uber Eats' Embedded Lending for Restaurants

Figure's IPO on Sept 10,2025 and $4.13B valuation target

Casca Gives Banks 10x Loan Origination Edge

Citi & Validis' Commercial Lending Tech-first, Speed-Focused

Rapid Finance New AI Lending Tool: SPADE (Smart Processing and Data Extraction)

Autobooks & Fundbox's New SMB Embedded Lending Autobooks Capital

Plaid's New AI boosts 25% Better Loan Decisions

Bluevine + Stripe New SMB Invoicing

Figure Secures $200 Million Investment from Sixth Street

Synchrony Financial’s $2bn Ally Lending Acquisition

Momentus Securities' Single-Lender Securitization Platform

ICE Buys American Financial Exchange to Unify Bank Lending Market

Parafin Hits $1bn in Embedded Finance Volume

Affirm's $4bn Deal with Sixth Street

BlackRock Buys HPS in $12B Deal

Cantor-Tether $2B Bitcoin lending Program

Generational Opportunity in CRE Debt Crisis

Plaid's Newest Cash Flow Underwriting

Numerated & Alloy Partnership for Enhanced Fraud Prevention

Idea Financial's $50M facility secured

Citigroup & Apollo Set $25B Lending Deal

SBG Funding Hits $1B Milestone in US Business Lending

Klarna & Xerox Partnership

Top VCs Bet $58M on Crypto Industry Experts

Goldman, BofA, Citi lose $4.14B in Q2 2024

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