Small Business Finance and Commercial Lender Perspectives

The traditional commercial lending role of banks in providing small business loans appears to be growing smaller. Some of the most critical issues likely to be confronted by small businesses involving lenders are summarized in a series of brief perspectives in this report."Avoid online applications for business financing" is some candid advice for small business owners desperately seeking new commercial finance funding. This suggestion is a specific attempt to emphasize that it is not prudent to provide confidential business finance information before it is determined that commercial financing is feasible for a particular financial need. Such automated application processes are obviously a convenience for the lender, but

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