Small business lending

The agency's spring rulemaking agenda includes the process for collecting small-business data as well as underwriting rules for GSE-backed loans. But what's missing from the list may be just as important.

In a state where laws are unusually favorable to high-cost business lenders, taxi drivers are not the only small-business people getting trapped in loans they can't afford to pay back. The question is, what are policymakers going to do about it?

Biz2Credit is offering its Biz2X platform to all banks after gaining HSBC and Popular Bank as clients.

First Internet will gain lenders and servicing staff, along with offices in Chicago and Indianapolis, from the deal.

Farmers were already taking on more debt to cover losses from falling crop prices. New tariffs and other retaliatory moves could hurt ag borrowers further and lead to loan losses and tighter underwriting.

Azlo will offer customers the ability to apply for a Kabbage loan through a new program called Mission Street Capital.

The forces reshaping small-business lending are also leading to “a moment of reckoning” for small banks, says former SBA head Karen Mills.

The deals lets a North Carolina group skip the de novo process. West Town, which sold the bank, will use the funds to support a fast-growing business line.

Lenders say they are seeing a rise in synthetic identity and other types of attempted fraud. Here’s what they are doing to thwart it.

Lawmakers from both parties oppose a Small Business Administration proposal to raise guarantee fees. The clash could lead to a halt in operations this fall.

The National Credit Union Administration and the Small Business Administration have established a program to boost SBA lending by credit unions, which was very light last year. It is sure to irk bankers, who have raised competitive concerns.

The online small-business lender said it tightened its underwriting standards during the first quarter as credit quality worsened.

The good times continue to roll for two New York City marshals whose work collecting debts for predatory lenders is making them millionaires.

Chantel Chase knows the value of efficiency, and her many ventures at Zions Bancorp. have depended on it.

Readers respond to the debates over economic inequality and CEO pay disparities, weigh in on FDIC board membership, consider LendingClub exiting small-business lending and more.

Instead the online lender will refer commercial prospects to two partner companies as it seeks to focus on its core personal lending business.

The findings of a new survey suggest that banks risk becoming irrelevant unless they match the speedier processes that are a key selling point for online lenders.

The New Jersey company agreed to buy BoeFly, which connects franchisors, small businesses, lenders and loan brokers.

The chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee promised to block action on the agency's budget unless it can justify its fee-hike request.

Gail Jansen, who oversees member business lending at Kinecta Federal Credit Union, warned that increasing fees for Small Business Administration loans would hurt borrowers.