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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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Lending Is Failing To Live Up To 2018’s Great Expectations

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It was supposed to be a strong year for lending across the board, after a stumpy 2017, which saw numbers in both consumer and commercial lending tending toward a slump. regional bank executives were gearing up for a bumper year, according to Bloomberg. Bancorp , the largest regional bank in the U.S., Bancorp said.

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Lending and Credit Automation: Before and After

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Slow lending decisions and frustrating loan application processes are among borrowers’ biggest gripes with traditional financial institutions vs competitors such as online or alternative lenders. Importantly, the borrower can upload financial statements and tax returns from home or the office.

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Lending FinTech GreenSky Files For IPO

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Lending FinTech GreenSky has confidentially filed paperwork for an initial public offering (IPO). While private investors have been generous in financing lending startups, IPOs have been scarce in recent years because of rising defaults among borrowers, as well as increased competition. which valued the company at nearly $4.5

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Banks Keep SMB Lending Gains Rolling

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In its monthly Small Business Lending Index, released Tuesday (Sept. When you combine a strong economy, healthy retail demand and the willingness of small business owners to reinvest their savings from tax cuts, it creates a positive atmosphere for small business lending ,” said Rohit Arora, Biz2Credit CEO, in a statement.

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Big Banks Continue SMB Lending Uptick, Biz2Credit Finds

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Small business hiring may have petered out in January, but lending to SMBs certainly didn’t. The latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index found SMB lending among large financial institutions (FIs) continued to climb, reaching a 25.3 percent approval rate in January.

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CRE risk management: Navigating hazards and opportunities

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Critical capital Should CRE lending be off the table? Recent headlines may lead bankers to believe that shunning commercial real estate lending is the safest path to limit or avoid credit risk, given stresses on CRE and regulatory concerns. Certainly, one asset class, the regional mall, is quite dead,” Kirby said.