Community Banks’ Loan Growth Slows as Lending Standards Tighten
According to a new report by S&P Global Market Intelligence, America’s smaller banks are curtailing their lending.
Small Business Owners Feel Credit Crunch
According to the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index released in February, the approval rates of small business loan requests at big banks have fallen for nine consecutive months.
Gov’t to Start Looking for Bias in Small Business Lending
Banks will need to start reporting the demographics and income of small business loan applicants under new rules published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday.
