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BCL of Texas Makes the Loan. Then Stays for the Homework.
From a $30,000 equipment loan to a family auto shop coming home, this Texas nonprofit pairs capital with coaching. Its most revealing success story begins with a rejection.
Lendistry turns big money into small-business breathing room
From Amazon sellers to airport coffee counters, Lendistry finances businesses that do not fit neatly into a bank’s checklist. Its next test is making that approach work beyond the emergency-aid boom.
Lendio Killed a $10 Million Business - Then Built the Loan Marketplace Main Street Needed
The founders traded a working $10 million company for zero revenue because 98 percent of its customers needed loans, not venture capital. Fifteen years later, Lendio is turning that hard-won marketplace into lending infrastructure for banks and business platforms.
The 168-Year-Old Island Bank Making a $10 Billion Leap
First Hawaiian Bank has spent 168 years learning how to be local. Its proposed TriCo deal asks whether that advantage can cross the Pacific without losing what made the bank valuable in the first place.