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Data snack: Square ends 2021 as the top SMB digital lender by volume 

  • Square Loans closed 2021 at record small business loan origination levels - $2.5 billion - higher than its pre-pandemic volumes.
  • The fintech also inched ahead of rivals PayPal and OnDeck for the first time, making it a market leader in the digital SMB lending space.
Iulia Ciutina | March 25, 2022
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