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Toolbox

Can a single SMB lending platform aggregate the best available credit products and deliver fast, affordable working capital to small businesses at scale?

HQUnited States
IndustryFintech / Lending
The story

Toolbox (toolboxlending.com) is a fintech lending platform targeting small businesses, positioning itself as a fast-approval working capital provider with a lender marketplace model. The company operates as a financial technology company (not a bank), with banking services provided through partner banks that are FDIC members. Thread Bank is listed as a banking partner, consistent with a BaaS-enabled model. Toolbox helps SMBs access credit across multiple loan types from a single application.

Last 12 months
The stack
3 layers disclosed in Toolbox’s embedded-finance stack
Banking / BaaS
Thread Bank
Lending
in the full report
Sponsor bank
in the full report
Accounting gap: none
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