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Cultivate a better ag lending process: 7 best practices

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Develop better ag lending workflows before demand picks up. A better ag lending process makes applying smoother for borrowers and can allow efficient ag loan growth without adding a lot of staff. Takeaway 1 Now is the time to plant the seeds for harvesting growth in the ag loan portfolio by creating a better ag lending process.

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Changes To Business Lending Underway At India’s PSU Banks

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India’s state-owned banks are going through changes that could mean an overhaul in business lending, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Friday (Jan. India’s biggest lender, the State Bank of India (SBI) , is now considering a move to a cash-flow-based lending model from the current asset-based model.

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Banks Keep SMB Lending Gains Rolling

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In its monthly Small Business Lending Index, released Tuesday (Sept. 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.

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Big Banks Continue SMB Lending Uptick, Biz2Credit Finds

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Small business hiring may have petered out in January, but lending to SMBs certainly didn’t. The latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index found SMB lending among large financial institutions (FIs) continued to climb, reaching a 25.3 percent approval rate in January.

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Interest, Auto Lending And Credit Cards Boost Capital One’s Q1

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Capital One logged stronger than expected results when it posted its earnings yesterday — the growth was driven largely by rising interest rates and an uptick in its largest lending categories, cars and cards. The competitive marketplace remains intense, but generally rational. Capital One reported net income up 71 percent to $1.3

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Top concerns and growth strategies of community banks: Part II

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We can find answers in the August Bank Director’s 2014 Growth Strategy Survey , which asked executives from banks of all sizes across the United States about their growth strategies for the next 12 months. Source: 2014 Growth Strategy Survey. Source: 2014 Growth Strategy Survey. Source: 2014 Growth Strategy Survey.

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Ant Financial Posts Rare Quarterly Loss

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Ant Financial , the Chinese FinTech giant and an affiliate of Alibaba Group , posted an earnings pre-tax loss of 2.4 The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ), citing Ant, reported that the company had a pre-tax profit of 5.3 billion yuan in pre-tax profit in the fiscal year ending in March, Bloomberg reported. It posted 9.18

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