Small business lending

Big data and artificial intelligence will allow banks to do more for small businesses, former SBA head Karen Mills argues.

CrediFi helps bankers pursuing commercial real estate loan growth minimize the risk in lending to customers they historically haven't served.

Small businesses short on cash can use advances from Fundbox to buy products from online suppliers.

Readers weigh in on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's payday rule, consider the gender wage gap in banking, debate restrictions to membership at the Federal Home Loan banks and more.

With SBA lending at a standstill, many small businesses can't access the capital they need to create and retain jobs, Stephen Steinour says.

Industry groups and lawmakers have joined bankers in insisting the agency develop a plan to resolve the paperwork problem before the partial government shutdown ends.

With a permanent director confirmed, the agency should take steps to establish a small-business data collection rule mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act.

The shutdown is keeping the agency from approving about 300 loans per day, according to CBA President Richard Hunt.

Credit union and bank executives say the federal work stoppage hasn’t hit business lines yet, but that could change if things drag on much longer.

The acquisition of VAR Technology Finance bolsters the bank's efforts to expand into new areas of lending.