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Small business lending insights Vol. 1

Abrigo

Recent data and trends of the small business lending market SMB Lending Insights is a snapshot of current financial trends and metrics that impact small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending and financial institutions. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending.

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The top lending & credit risk blogs of the year

Abrigo

The most-read lending & credit blogs in 2023 Probability of default, CECL model validation, and stress testing were among Abrigo's top blogs on ALM, CECL, and portfolio risk this year. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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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. Credit Trend Summary In general, the average probability of default increased by 65% over last year. Below are the current delinquency trends and projections. The operative question is when commercial PODs will show a spike.

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Has Alternative Lending Seen Its VC Peak?

PYMNTS

In 2015, news outlets ran articles about the “ gold mine ” of venture capital investments in the alternative finance sector. But there is evidence that investors’ appetite for alternative lending startups is on the wane, even as overall FinTech funding continues to climb — and as the success of the alternative lending market grows, too.

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Banks Brace For New Competitive Forces In Commercial Lending

PYMNTS

Though traditional financial institutions have faced a surge in market pressure to digitize as new FinTech competitors emerge, there are still plenty of areas in which banks hold the upper hand, commercial lending included. But an overwhelming surge in demand painfully exposed traditional banks' biggest shortcomings in business lending.

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UK, US SMB Lending Experience A Growing Divide

PYMNTS

One area of impact is small business finance and lending, with small businesses and lenders seeing a slowdown in demand. It’s a trend that starkly contrasts with continued growth in small and medium-size business (SMB) finance in the U.S., operations have seen challenges — and the company has decided to delay a launch in Canada.

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SMB Financing Fuels Week Of B2B Venture Capital

PYMNTS

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2020. The trend is not entirely unexpected and can be attributed to the pandemic, with FinTech funding dropping by 37 percent quarter-over-quarter to $6.1 CLARA analytics.

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