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Main Street Lending Program Broadened to Attract More Lenders, Borrowers

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Key Takeaways The soon-to-begin Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) aims to fulfill a need for mid-sized businesses to access relief funds amid the coronavirus pandemic. The MSLP aims to be a lifeline for businesses that may have been too big to participate in the PPP, but too small to access corporate lending facilities.

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Main Street Lending Program Offers Loan-Purchase Option to Lenders Helping Businesses

Abrigo

Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve recently unveiled a new loan-purchase program, the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) Unlike the PPP, loans provided under the MSLP are not eligible for loan forgiveness Community financial institutions play an important role in the MSLP. Eligible lenders for the MSLP include U.S.

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Lending and credit risk resources: The top downloads of 2023

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Abrigo's most popular whitepapers and checklists on lending and credit risk Abrigo experts' insights on CFPB 1071, loan policies, and risk ratings were popular with banking professionals. Watch NOW Takeaway 1 Abrigo's experts produced many pieces on lending and credit risk to provide strategies and tools to help banking professionals.

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Fed Turns To Banks For Feedback On Main Street Lending Program

PYMNTS

The Federal Reserve is nearly ready to debut its new Main Street lending program, and it is reaching out to banks for advice, according to a report from CNBC. Rather than focusing on its usual goals of stabilizing the economy and keeping employment rates high, it is now looking at lending directly to companies.

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Fed Adjusts Main Street Lending Terms To Help Small Businesses

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The Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) to make it more obtainable for smaller businesses, according to a Fed statement on Friday (Oct. The three Main Street facilities have been lowered to $100,000 from $250,000 and the fees adjusted accordingly. .

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The Risk of The Main Street Lending Program By The Numbers

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By the same token, many banks are baffled by what to do with the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP), as this is not something we would do in normal times. What is with all the waving we do at the end of Zoom calls? Should we start waving as we back out of the room for in-person meetings in the future?

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Fights Over Loan Terms Delayed Main Street Lending Program

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Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve gave hope to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with the announcement of the Main Street Lending Program. Last month, the Treasury agreed to extend the term of Main Street loans to five years from four and delay principal payments for two years, instead of one.

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