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Frohwein: Kabbage will lend nearly $2.5B in 2018

Rob Frohwein · 1213 Kabbage CEO: We've lent $5b to 150,000 SMB's, Will Pass $300m in 2018 Revenue · Nov 19, 2018 · at 2:37

Rob Frohwein, co-founder and CEO of Kabbage, shares expected lending volume for 2018.

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“We're set to put up nearly two and a half billion this year.”

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