Financeit Raises $13M to Bring Their Market-Leading Point of Sales Financing Platform to the US

Investment from leading financial technology investors will expand Financeit into $500 billion per year U.S. market in 2014

TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Financeit (www.financeitPOS.com), a platform that enables businesses to offer consumer financing to their customers from any device, has secured $13 million USD in growth capital. The Series A round was led by a number of investors in the banking, payment technology and financial industries. Financeit will use the funds to implement an aggressive expansion of its sales financing solutions into the U.S in 2014.

Point of sale financing represents a $500 billion market in North America annually, yet the industry has traditionally focused largely on big box retailers as well as large vehicle merchants and manufacturers. Financeit changes this dynamic by enabling smaller merchants to offer innovative and compelling customer financing anywhere, anytime. The Financeit platform gives merchants the tools they need to compete with large retailers - particularly when selling big-ticket items.

"The Financeit platform is a game-changing strategy for small businesses, allowing them to punch above their weight class by offering point of sale financing to grow their business in unprecedented ways," said Michael Garrity, CEO and co-founder at Financeit. "Since launching in Canada in 2011, we've had nearly 3,000 merchant partners process more than $500M in loan applications through our market-leading platform."

This group of investors brings strategic relationships that will facilitate Financeit's expansion into the U.S. market. Investors participating in the round included industry leading financial technology venture investors TTV Capital, Inter-Atlantic Group, and Second City Capital.

Small businesses are in need of an efficient, affordable way to offer payment plans to their customers," said Mark Johnson,Partner at TTV Capital. "We are investing in Financeit to ensure that smaller merchants across North America have access to POS financing to drive their business growth. The platform's success in Canada proves that the model works and that demand for these solutions is exceptionally high."

The Financeit point of sale financing platform leverages the latest mobile and cloud-based technologies to simplify the loan application process for merchant partners. Instead of requiring a shopper to fill out lengthy paperwork to apply for financing, a merchant can simply use a mobile app in-store or in-field and instantly capture all the needed information by photographing the customer driver's license with a tablet or smartphone. As a result, customer financing applications can be processed in minutes.

"This financing round gives us the capital we need to bring Financeit to Main Street merchants in both Canada and the US," said Garrity.

To find out more about Financeit and stay up to date on future updates visit www.financeitPOS.com.

About Financeit
Financeit is a platform that makes it easy for businesses to boost sales by offering consumer financing to their customers from any device. The company brings point of sale financing tools to main street merchants to increase close rates and transaction size - a proven strategy previously reserved for big box retailers. Since launching in 2011, Financeit has signed up over 2,800 retail, vehicle, home improvement and healthcare businesses who have processed more than $500 million in loans.

About TTV
TTV Capital is an Atlanta based venture fund specializing in technology-enabled financial services companies with sustainable business models and innovative products. TTV Capital invests in technology-enabled financial services businesses that serve the varied needs of the financial services sector and the consumers of financial products. Their team of experienced technology and financial services professionals has more than 100 years of venture capital and highly relevant industry operating expertise acquired across three decades and multiple economic cycles. For more information visit www.ttvcapital.com.

About Inter-Atlantic Group
Inter-Atlantic Group is a New York-based private investment firm dedicated to making venture and growth capital investments in technology-enabled financial and business services companies. Since 1992, they have partnered with dozens of innovative entrepreneurs with the like-minded goal of creating positive disruption in the financial and business services space. Their team has over 170 years of collective experience as investors in this space with a strong track record across 23 different portfolio company investments. For more information visit www.interatlanticgroup.com.

About Second City Capital
Second City Capital Partners ("SCCP") is a multi-fund private equity group founded by Samuel Belzberg. SCCP aims to deliver superior risk adjusted returns by focusing on strategies of deploying capital into high quality asset sectors, such as: Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Energy Services, Materials, Infrastructure, Financial Services and Power. For more information visit  www.secondcitycapital.com.

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