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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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Top 5 Trends to Watch in 2018

Bank Innovation

EXCLUSIVE — It’s not even a month into 2018 and already so much has changed. Then of course there are various other events sweeping the financial services space, from new tax laws in the U.S., The cryptocurrency bitcoin, which shocked everyone by surpassing $17K, further shocked everyone by dropping below $10K.

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Helping The Smallest Businesses Navigate Credit – And Taxes

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Likewise, small business owners need credit to help them get operations in place to get top lines flowing. As relayed in recent coverage and interviews with Fundbox and Keeper Tax, the needs (and opportunities) are significant. trillion: Value of the small business lending market as estimated by the CFPB.

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Reading The Tea Leaves Of Post-Pandemic SMB Lending

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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. Right now, we've been taking a look at 2018 and 2019 tax returns. Reading The Tea Leaves.

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Is Small Business Lending Facing a ‘Moment of Reckoning?’

Gonzobanker

Financial institutions that want to play in the small business lending sandbox need to bring their digital toys. But how can community banks successfully compete with big banks and fintechs that are spending billions on their digital lending capabilities? In a recent American Banker. In a recent American Banker. Source: DeBanked ).

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Commercial Real Estate or Business Lending: Which Is Better?

Jeff For Banks

The much sought after "operating account." The charts below show the pre-tax profits as a percent of the total product portfolio during different rate scenarios compared to the Fed Funds Rate. So the answer, from a straight pre-tax profit perspective, is commercial real estate in more recent times and a rising rate environment.

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Wells, JPMorgan, Citi (Mostly) Impress In Q1 — But Corporate Activity Falls Flat

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tax reform, and strong economic growth around the globe is also benefitting these players. This week’s B2B Data Digest examines the numbers released by the institutions for Q1 2018, highlighting the role corporate and wholesale banking operations did (or did not do) to support an overall impressive quarter. JPMorgan Chase.

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