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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

Abrigo

By leveraging their strengths in relationship lending and their access to technology in order to grow the small business loan portfolio profitably. You might also like this whitepaper on big opportunities in small business lending DOWNLOAD . Changing Lending Environment. Small businesses are turning to small lenders.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

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And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. Necessity is the mother of invention. Mortgages ?

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KeyBank Acquires Bolstr Digital Small Biz Lending Platform

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KeyBank has acquired a digital lending platform for small businesses developed by Bolstr , the financial institution (FI) announced Wednesday (June 20). Bolstr’s technology transforms the small business lending process and allows us to more efficiently serve small businesses for their SBA and traditional lending needs.”. “We

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UK’s Metro Bank To Buy P2P Lender RateSetter For At Least $3.27M

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The two companies “share a focus on delivering something better for the customer,” RateSetter CEO Rhydian Lewis said in the release, adding there was a “strategic logic” to marrying RateSetter’s technology platform with Metro Bank’s “strong deposit base.”. RateSetter, founded in 2010, said it is “the U.K.’s

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Credit Card Interest Rates Rise To Near-Record Levels

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prime lending rate, which banks charge to their best credit customers, is now at almost its lowest point ever due to Federal Reserve monetary policy. More than 100 million new credit card accounts have been added since 2010, which means the total amount of customers was at 486.5 trillion since 2010. million in Q2.

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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

In comparison, investments in new technology or new business lines pale in comparison to other strategic investments due to the time and effort it takes to get a business line off the ground. Demographics shift, products change and technology drives channel preferences. Today’s R&D investments are tomorrow’s businesses.

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Bank Of America’s Corporate Banking Lead To Depart

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The unit handles the bank’s corporate lending, M&A advisory services and capital raising operations. It has fallen from the number-two spot in the industry, which it held between 2010 and 2013. The bank’s current Asia-Pacific President Matthew Koder is slated to replace Meissner, according to reports.

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