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Commercial Credit Trends – Where to Tread Carefully

South State Correspondent

Lending is getting riskier. This data is critical for pricing, capital allocation, and marketing. As can be seen, the consumer is starting to feel the credit shock first while commercial lending is still performing. The operative question is when commercial PODs will show a spike. This quarter, it is 2.58%.

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The Main Street Rescue That Wasn’t (And Still Isn’t)

PYMNTS

What happens if Main Street becomes less a proving ground for smaller businesses — born of, and serving, local communities — and more a collection of larger firms, well-capitalized, but already enjoying competitive advantages? They are also too large to get funding through programs solely focused on small business lending.

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Widening Borrower Protection’s Scope To SMBs

PYMNTS

As online lending platforms proliferate among the SMB borrowing community, however, experts warn that a lack of regulation means these companies rarely publicly reveal interest rates and fees. “We have seen small businesses destroyed by online lending.” “We have seen small businesses destroyed by online lending.”

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Bankers: Here's What We Do

Jeff For Banks

I work for The Kafafian Group, a community bank consulting firm based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. If you want the head of commercial lending or retail banking to take ownership of the continuous improvement of their spreads so the bank can improve its net interest margin, you must first measure it.

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Here Is the Latest Credit Data To Keep Your Bank Safe

South State Correspondent

This data is critical for pricing, capital allocation, and marketing. The Midwest continues to perform the best, followed by Pennsylvania. ” The reality is that banks should be much more granular in their ratings to allocate capital more efficiently. When you write a blog, your work is there for all to see.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. 15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners.

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Bankers: Five Ways to Use Profitability Data to Move You Forward

Jeff For Banks

On a recent Pennsylvania Institute of CPA podcast , Bob Kafafian from my firm was asked how to use management information. But draws operating expenses from support centers. Lending is a risk business, and aside from the provision expense, and net-charge off rate, those loans require equity to support them.

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