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

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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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SBA Promotes Credit Union SMB Lending

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When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. In Fiscal Year 2018, not one of the 100 top lenders participating in the SBA’s 7(a) loan program were credit unions, reports in American Banker said last month.

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Tax Reform Shows Early Signs Of SMB Bank Lending Impact

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tax reform led to much chatter and some confusion about exactly how changes would impact the nation’s small businesses (SMBs). Department of Treasury finalized rules that apply to SMBs on qualifying for a 20 percent tax deduction, with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) applauding the initiative. percent rate.

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African Financial Startup JUMO Notches $55M

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The company already operates in Pakistan and plans to roll out in India later this year. JUMO currently has operations in Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania, where it works with telecoms and financial services firms to provide savings, lending and insurance services. The firm claims to have disbursed $1.8

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Today In Payments Around The World: India’s Central Bank Aims To Clamp Down On Shadow Lenders; Global FDI Falls By 42 Pct

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The Reserve Bank of India aims to prevent events such as the collapse of a significant financier in 2018. 55-Plus Group Lends Optimism To Travel Operators. The central bank of India wants more stringent regulations for large shadow lenders. It seeks to put non-bank financial firms into one of four categories.

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CFPB 2019 fair lending report highlights alternative scoring models

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The CFPB’s annual fair lending report covering its 2018 activities was published in today’s Federal Register. In addition to discussing the symposium and Data Point report in the section on “Access to Credit,” the new fair lending report discusses conducting supervisory reviews of alternative credit scoring models.

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Fast Action: Tennessee Sportsbook Bets Service Quality On Instant Payments

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1, a milestone that also made Action 24/7 the only locally owned sportsbook gaming operator of four licensed by the state. “I While the number of states and gambling venues has risen exponentially, questions remain whether the pool of players is growing at a comparable rate or if new locations simply cannibalize existing operations.

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