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Traditional Banks v. Alternative Lenders: How Goliath Can Beat David

Banking 2020

The rapid emergence of crowdfunding, alternative lending, and peer-to-peer transactions strongly indicates that small businesses are shifting away from the traditional banking environment. According to FDIC Data Calls as outlined in the Forbes , in the 4th Quarter of 2014, traditional banks’ commercial loan portfolios saw a 3.1%

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

The Maze of Banking: History, Theory, Crisis 2015 Gary B. Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises 2005 John Jay Knox Knox, John Jay A History of Banking in the United States 2017 Timothy Koch Koch, Timothy Bank Management (8th ed.) Paul Volcker: The Making of a Financial Legend 2005 John D.

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