Kabbage now has debt funding capacity of $750 million; the additional facility will allow the company to offer higher lines of credit with longer terms; Deepesh Jain stated, “The new, DBRS-rated facility, provided by Credit Suisse, speaks to Kabbage’s maturity in the financial markets and gives us diverse funding options to serve our small business customers. To earn an investment-grade rating requires a rigorous evaluation of not only our lending models, automated risk analysis, and successful history of reducing bad debt to an industry-low, but also our operational processes – from exceptional customer service to unmatched technology development.” Source
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