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Ag lending outlook & top challenges

Abrigo

Strong demand is a factor in the ag lending outlook ahead Ag lenders can begin taking steps to ensure they are prepared and can provide positive customer or member experiences. The outlook for ag lending has its share of uncertainty. Inflation, rates are factors in ag lending outlook. Farmers expect worse in 2023. Rising inputs.

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Has Alternative Lending Seen Its VC Peak?

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The industry indeed proved to be lucrative for FinTechs, with alternative lending often landing at the top of venture capital investment reports with giants like Kabbage , OnDeck and LendingClub securing an early lead in the industry. Remarks made in 2017 from BlueVine CEO Eyal Lifshitz hinted at this emerging trend.

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How Relationship Lending & A Transaction-Oriented Focus Can Win More Business Loans

Abrigo

Personalized Touch with Efficient Service Can Boost Lending Banks and credit unions can boost business lending by combining a relationship focus with transaction-oriented processing. . This competition can only increase as the lending landscape continues to shift.

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Reading The Tea Leaves Of Post-Pandemic SMB Lending

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The PPP initiative was instrumental in helping small businesses navigate market volatility in the near term. We did more loans in a two-month period than we did in 10 years of SBA lending combined," he said. "We Historically, traditional business lending is based on historical financial performance," he said.

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Why Micro-Lending Is Branching Out In 2018

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Coming up on the half mark in 2018, total fundraising on the continent has hit $168.6 The two biggest players in the FinTech startup have been Cellulant — a digital payments operation currently up and online in 11 African countries — and the online micro-lending startup Branch. So why the boom? Cellulant raised $47.5

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Hong Kong Probes China’s Citic Bank Lending

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15) that Hong Kong authorities have reportedly opened an investigation into Chinese banks operating in the city. Unnamed sources told the publication that Citic Bank International has similarly tamed its efforts to expand investment banking operations.

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UK SMB Lending Challenger B-North Raises $2.2M

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Founded in 2018 by former Santander and Atom Bank executives, the FinTech has applied for its banking license. The funding will be used to introduce B-North’s regional “Lending Pods” across Manchester in the second quarter of 2020. This latest funding adds to the €4.9 million B-North raised in previous rounds.

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