Big small-business lender to Florida firms preps to go public

On Deck Capital Inc. plans to raise about $150 million in an initial public offering. The capital raise means On Deck, an online platform for small business lending, will be able to beef up operations and make more loans to customers, including the thousands of professional service firms, retailers, restaurants and food service companies, health care specialists and wholesalers it has served nationwide, a filing with the U...