Small business lending

The program will focus on increasing lending to small and medium enterprises in Guatemala, Burkina Faso and Kenya.

The San Antonio bank will refer customers seeking small-business loans to StreetShares, a financial startup that is similarly focused on serving veterans of the U.S. military.

ODX will pursue deals with banks that want to use the New York lender’s technology to offer online small-business loans.

The tech giants might be moving into small-business lending, but they’re more likely to take business away from large commercial lenders, not community institutions.

On Jun. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands.

The agency's 7(a) program had a small year-over-year decline, with bankers pointing to lender discipline and more borrowers qualifying for conventional loans.

The economy could “positively slow down in mid-2019” and consumer debt levels are a huge concern, but technology and lessons learned from the crisis could still create opportunity for small banks, says Beneficial’s Gerry Cuddy ahead of a big speech on current conditions.

The agency found that banks with less than $10 billion in assets were more prone than larger lenders to go beyond using standard criteria in evaluating borrowers.

Among the three measures is a requirement for boards of publicly traded firms to include more women.

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