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Banks Keep SMB Lending Gains Rolling

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When you combine a strong economy, healthy retail demand and the willingness of small business owners to reinvest their savings from tax cuts, it creates a positive atmosphere for small business lending ,” said Rohit Arora, Biz2Credit CEO, in a statement. percent approval rating in March of 2012, Biz2Credit noted.

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Lending to nonprofits: Considerations for credit analysis

Abrigo

nonprofits are also opaque, considering only a small percentage is required to file some version of Form 990, the return for organizations exempt from income tax. Based on filings with the IRS, however, reporting nonprofits’ revenues and assets grew more quickly between 2012 and 2013 than did their expenses, the Urban Institute said.

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What Apple Didn’t Tell You Last Week

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Stockholm is the largest city in the small country of Sweden that’s famous for a few other things, too: charming and beautiful people, long dark winters, short but amazing summers, generous government and social benefits, and having one of the most progressive tax systems in the world. times the average Swedish income.

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Can Rio de Janeiro Withstand The Olympic Pressure?

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In an effort to spur job growth, the Brazilian government offered tax and legal incentives for technology companies within Rio. The Cariocas startup community was launched in 2015 and is an example of the startup scene’s maturation, providing a place of support and information for startups in the city. Efficiency Drives Growth.

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New Investment for Dealstruck Boosts Lending Capital to More than $100 Million

Fintech Labs Insights

Dealstruck has raised $10 million in new capital from Community Investment Management. The online business lender now has a total capital of $70 million and says the investment will enable it to lend more than $100 million to small businesses. “And growing the capital pool means more access and more opportunity.”

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

And don’t forget that they are still finishing the $667 billion Operation Twist Program by year end 2012, where they sell shorter maturities and buy longer term ones to push interest rates lower. In March, 2012, the Bhutan GNH Index was on a UN meeting agenda, no doubt to promote the idea of promoting well being over weak economies.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community. Get the full report. How Stripe makes money .

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