Talking Alternative Finance With MultiFunding's Ami Kassar: 'It's The Wild, Wild West Out There'

Ami Kassar knows his way around small business loans: As chief executive of MultiFunding, based outside of Philadelphia, he advises business owners about financing. Though bank lending to small businesses has come back since the depths of the financial crisis, the rise of alternative lenders and online lending has changed the playing field. Small business owners – including those with less-than-stellar credit – have an array of financing options that didn’t exist a decade ago. But many of ...