Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Loan providers share an infectious enthusiasm and growing optimism for one vertical’s prospects in 2022: commercial lending. Here’s how community bankers can take advantage of various sectors—including SBA lending—over the next 12 months. anticipates a low double-digit increase in its commercial lending in 2022. Quick Stat.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The right talent and tools can equip bankers to take advantage of opportunities in the small business market. As bankers continue to fight the deposit wars, they must move past the polite talk and build a true go-to-market plan to capture the lucrative U.S. No two markets are created equal.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Banks consistently produce under their cost of capital. However, for the average bank, their cost of capital is between 9% and 14% depending on the bank’s equity liquidity with an average of 12.5%. As an industry, we misallocate capital. You can’t develop lending expertise overnight. Why is that?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Looking Toward The Blockchain . The Charter Advantage .

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 2 Advisors recommend that financial institutions look behind some of the headlines and examine their own markets before ruling out CRE altogether.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times. Meet Competitive Pressures : National and larger regional banks are specifically targeting better borrowers for five, seven, ten-year fixed-rate loans.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

The level of market volatility hitting the U.S. and other nations around the world as a result of the global pandemic continues to draw comparisons to the 2008 financial crisis — so it’s only natural that analysts may turn to the past in an effort to predict what could lie ahead. ” A Banking Pullback?

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Consumer appetites for new loans have slowed in the face of record interest rates, but Sunlight Federal Credit Union's partnership with Avana Capital helps identify commercial real estate opportunities in markets both local and national.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

63 percent of small businesses applied for a working capital loan last year, data from S&P Global Market Intelligence recently found. However, Dave Gilbert, founder and chief executive officer of SMB alternative lending firm National Funding , said he’s seen a trend of growing traction within the small business community.

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Abrigo

JUNE 3, 2019

SBA Lending Can Be a Hidden Gem for Some Institutions. With proper planning and the utilization of technology, SBA lending can boost customer acquisitions and deposits. Many argue that SBA lending is complicated, and while that’s true, it’s actually a good thing. SBA lending rewards financial institutions that are prudent.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 23, 2022

While every bank’s mix of deposits and loans is different, community bankers should consider some common themes in the market when optimizing their balance sheet loan portfolio. The graph below compares the loan repricing mix for banks under $2B in assets, over $25B in assets, and the national average over the last year.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 5, 2024

First, larger loans are made to larger companies, and larger companies typically have more access to liquidity and capital, making them more credit-sound. These larger companies have already withstood the test of time and have survived business downturns, and the market has validated their business models.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 5, 2024

First, larger loans are made to larger companies, and larger companies typically have more access to liquidity and capital, making them more credit-sound. These larger companies have already withstood the test of time and have survived business downturns, and the market has validated their business models.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

When it comes to small business (SMB) lending, the top two contenders for business owners are banks and alternative financiers or online marketplaces. Credit unions (CUs), meanwhile, are rarely the first point of contact for small businesses in need of capital or other financial services, according to a recent Federal Reserve report.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

So, access to capital isn’t just essential for these companies to survive — it’s critical for the economy to thrive. Yet, the small business lending gap remains. In a new report, PayNet and financial research firm Raddon examined the state of small business lending in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

The company is championing a national digital framework in Australia that would speed up the processes used to verify customers. Both companies have said they also see the potential in the market. Payment company PayPal is looking at small business credit as a new field of opportunity.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Florida FinTech Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) is partnering with London FinTech Liberis , to offer small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) an alternative funding source, FIS announced in a press release Wednesday (Jan. With the introduction of Working Capital, U.S. The round was led by investment firm FTV Capital.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

-educated entrepreneurs met while working abroad at Renaissance Capital and Deutsche Bank. And so, in 2012, with only a few hundred thousand of their own dollars to get up and running, ID Finance launched in one of those underserved markets — their home market of Russia. A New $200 Million Fund.

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Perficient

MARCH 3, 2022

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently released the economic and financial market scenarios that will be used in the upcoming stress tests for covered institutions. Equity market volatility, as measured by the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX), declines in 2022 by about 6.5 to hover around 2.50

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

“Most of the decline [in optimism] was concentrated in assessments of current conditions in the national economy, but future economic prospects remain at the same level as last quarter,” explained University of Michigan Institute for Social Research’s Associate Professor Dr. .” Beyond the U.S., 4 spots, respectively).

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The KSB Lends a Hand program took anniversary funds totaling $20,000 and distributed them to more than 100 local organizations. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

has small businesses “scrambling to access financial resources to meet their working capital and long-term expansion needs,” Coface said in its report. National economic policy has China cracking down on its shadow banking market, which has also exacerbated small businesses’ struggle to access financing, analysts said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

The Federal Reserve has released new data on small businesses’ appetite for capital, and it appears that financing demand is on the rise. Compared to 2017 figures, small businesses have increased their demand for capital.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

The roundup of this week’s venture capital investments in B2B startups offers some insight into the geographical differences in how this space is developing. Meanwhile, Australia and Ireland revealed their continuing support of the alternative SME lending space, even as the U.S. Alt-Lending. But the U.S. eProcurement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Rising corporate debt in France has led officials in the country to introduce the market’s first capital buffer requirements for banks, according to Reuters reports on Tuesday (June 12). Reports said the nation’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is imposing a counter-cyclical buffer amounting to 0.25

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Small business lending emerged as a common theme in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup, and it’s no surprise, considering the role small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) play in supporting their local economies. million round for India-based small business lending platform Aye Finance, the company recently revealed.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Social Finance (SoFi), a San Francisco-based online lending startup, is holding talks about selling to a blank-check acquisition company, Reuters reported, to help it debut on the stock market. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for its application for a national bank charter. SoFi was valued at $4.8

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Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2016

Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? Tune in all week for live-streaming , beginning at 7:30 p.m. Every business starts small.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

Venture capitalists continue to back the alternative lending startup community despite recent fallout from Lending Club and revelations the company’s then-CEO Renaud Laplanche allegedly falsified loan documents. Also on Tuesday, India alternative lending marketplace Lendingkart announced its own investment round.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2016

Small businesses will be crucial to the expansion of the P2P lending market across the globe, analysts from Technavio said. 1) said micro, small and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) lending will help fuel growth in the global peer-to-peer lending space between 2016 and 2020. ”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, Stripe launched Stripe Capital to simplify the way internet companies can access funds. US Payment Card Market Tops $6T. Stripe Gets Into Lending. Stripe unveiled the rollout of Stripe Capital to simplify the way internet companies can access funds. generated $6.13 generated $6.13

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

New York Venture Bank, a new financial institution (FI) created by big names in the financial services industry, has applied for a national bank charter. FDIC), the news report noted the new bank will begin with $100 million in capital. According to a Wednesday (Nov. According to a Wednesday (Nov. and John Flemming, Carpenter & Co.’s

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2016

Biz2Credit is expanding its small business lending operations into a market without much experience with alternative finance. While India may not have the most robust alternative lending industry in the world, it’s the size of its SME population that’s attracting Biz2Credit, the company said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

Cabot Square Capital, a U.K. financial services firm, on Wednesday (July 25) sold its entire stake in 321 Crédito, a Portuguese consumer finance lender, to Banco CTT, the bank run by Portugal’s privatized national postal service. With a specialty in car loans, 321 Crédit has been a Cabot Square Capital company since 2014.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Soon after Lending Club revealed its ex-CEO may have artificially inflated the company’s lending volumes, the U.S. Treasury Department released its report on the sector and concluded that the market would likely benefit from greater oversight from regulators. Alternative Lending. Commercial Banking. D3 Banking.

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Abrigo

MARCH 31, 2023

You might also like this webinar: "CECL implementation FAQs: Progress as 2023 approaches" listen Takeaway 1 The National Credit Union Administration emphasized interest rate, liquidity, and credit risk as main concerns. But not all credit unions were ready to address CECL in their 2022 capital plans.

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