Small business lending

On Sept. 30, 2018. Dollars in thousands, except for average loan amount.

The online lender will roll out the business early next year with a focus on loans of less than $100,000.

Live Oak Bancshares became an SBA juggernaut by making loans, selling them and making more. With economic conditions changing, it is retaining more credits.

Brad Sherman of California and Gregory Meeks of New York are worried the proposed accounting standard for recording loan losses will reduce access to credit for small businesses and low- and moderate-income communities.

Brad Sherman of California and Gregory Meeks of New York are worried the proposed accounting standard for recording loan losses will reduce access to credit for small businesses and low- and moderate-income communities.

Owners of firms that employ only themselves would prefer to use loans or lines of credit, but more often than not they resort to credit cards, according to a new Fed report. Is this a missed opportunity for banks?

The credit union stalwart purchased Mirador, which is heavily dependent on bank relationships. The challenge now is keeping those clients in the fold.

CUNA Mutual, a service provider to credit unions, recently bought Mirador, which is heavily dependent on bank relationships. The challenge now is keeping those clients in the fold.

The legislation would ban legal clauses that force small-business borrowers to give up their right to court proceedings before obtaining a loan.

Attorney General Barbara Underwood’s office is looking into whether merchant cash-advance companies engaged in fraud or abused the state court system.