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Now, thanks to tough new mortgage lending and insurance rules announced by federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau in October, some analysts predict that so - called «shadow banking» firms, which operate largely outside the purview of regulators, will see a surge of fresh business from frustrated homebuyers who can't get conventional loans.

So, we asked those banks, which make it their business to lend to small business, how entrepreneurs can increase their chances of securing loan dollars.

Karen G. Mills, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, talks about the agency's 2011 record year in small - business loan guarantees, helping to fill gaps when banks were reluctant to lend.

There are numerous banks and traditional lending institutions where you can apply for a start - up loan.

Generally, community banks have been key players in small business lending, Mills said, citing data that shows community banks approved 48 percent of small business loans, while larger institutions approved only 13 percent.

In Japan, the Central Bank said Thursday morning it was keeping its rates unchanged and the People's Bank of China raised its short - term interest rate by 10 basis points on both medium - term lending facility loans and its open market operation reverse repurchase agreements.

Many lenders are in the game: big banks ($ 10 billion - plus in assets), smaller, regional banks, credit unions, alternative lenders and, increasingly, institutional investors who buy loans on marketplace lending platforms.

Repak: While borrowing from friends or family is better than borrowing from a bank and especially those high - interest payday loans, only lend money if you're fine with never getting it back.

While banks are busy adopting stringent lending practices, self - directed IRA and 401 (k) account owners are making hard money loans earning tax - advantaged interest within their plans.

It's a rare lending category that's growing fast, and banks struggle to make money in personal loans, leaving the field wide open to digital newcomers.

Although the SBA doesn't issue loans directly, it facilitates small business lending through banks and other financial institutions by mitigating associated risks.

Not only do banks not lend their reserves, but they only lend when there is demand for loans.

Though many community banks in this program have, controversially, used this money to pay off TARP rather than lend to small business, Hall says the money will help Team Capital make $ 200 million in loans to local small businesses, and it has enabled it to loan out $ 40 million in the past year.

Forty - two percent of respondents said banks were not lending to their types of business, and nearly half of companies said they did not apply for bank loans because they did not think they would be approved.

A tightening of bank lending standards and a drying up of the home - equity - loan market in the post-financial crisis era have made small business credit less available than it used to be.

Many banks will take your business credit score into account, but if your small business still is in its early years, your chances of securing a loan from a traditional lending institution are notoriously slim.

«In fact, many commercial loan officers are referring their customers to the SBA lending divisions within their banks.»

Whereas default risk is a natural disincentive to loose lending, from the banks» perspective, the risk of issuing mortgages is minimal, which helps to explain why they're willing to loan money at such low margins.

The emergence of alternative lending has disrupted traditional SBA bank loans.

The bank had few bad loans, as it managed to maintain comparatively strong lending standards that kept it out of the worst of the crisis and allowed it to acquire the troubled Wachovia.

It's nearly outpacing mortgage lending for the first time since the 1980s, the Wall Street Journal reports, and it accounts for 21 percent of all outstanding loans from banks.

Some banks reported anecdotally that in various regions broker - originated loans represent about 20 per cent of small business lending.

«We are lending against collateral - your receivables - and while a bank may take assets as collateral they are really looking at historic cash flows and your ability to repay the loan.»

Commercial lending to businesses by banks is rising at a rate that far outpaces the loans they're making for mortgages and home equity lines of credit, but you wouldn't necessarily know that from speaking to some of the smallest businesses in the U.S.

Yet bank lending for commercial loans is setting new records.

The number of small - business loans fell dramatically during the recession, as big banks cut off credit to customers they considered risky and many smaller and regional banks that once lent to local business owners shut their doors.

When he wanted a loan to help the company grow faster, he found banks willing to lend to him — at annual rates of 20 percent or more.

Commercial and industrial lending is increasing for larger companies, but according to the Thompson Reuters / Pay Net Small - Business Lending Index, the number of traditional bank loans to small businesses has fluctuated wildly over the past year.

As it stands, Wanda will secure a three - year bank loan of 29.6 billion yuan ($ 4.36 billion) and lend that money to Sunac.

Between 1995 and 2007, bank lending to companies with less than $ 10 million in annual revenue averaged about 37 percent of total bank commercial loan portfolios, according to Shapiro's research.

According to statistics from Harvard Business School, although the total volume of small - business bank loans decreased by 3.1 percent in 2014, small - business online lending increased twofold.

And keep in mind that these potential losses come at a time when banks have put aside loan loss reserves to cover just 1.4 % of their lending portfolio, their lowest in years.

Longer - term online lending: These providers issue longer - term loans with favorable pricing and are most similar to banks.

The credit boom has been fueled by strong economic growth, a robust property market and a crackdown on riskier shadow lending, which has forced banks to shift some loans back onto their balance sheets.

«Banks hope to lend early to get early returns... private investment and manufacturing investment are picking up due to firmer global demand (and) household loans could be boosted by property demand,» said Nie Wen, an economist at Hwabao Trust in Shanghai.

When it comes to small - business lending (particularly for loans under $ 50,000), banks and credit card companies are also greedy.

TSF includes off - balance sheet forms of financing that exist outside the conventional bank lending system, such as initial public offerings, loans from trust companies and bond sales.

Big Wall Street banks have found a way to continue funneling money to high - risk borrowers — by lending to other institutions who make the so - called subprime loans.

China's central bank on Thursday raised interest rates for its reverse repos and medium - term lending facility (MLF) loans by 5 basis points.

The Bank said it does not expect the scheme to lead to significantly faster aggregate loan growth, but to offset any hit to lending from a cut in official interest rates closer to zero.

«Taking a focused look at clarifying the regulatory environment around online lending, reducing some of the burdens of regulation on small and community banks, and reducing the burdens on community banks so they can go back to making more small - dollar loans is a good thing,» she says.

Traditional bank loans take more time to close than higher cost alternative lending products.

Big banks (over $ 10 billion in assets) are lending at unprecedented post-recession rates, but still reject three out of four loan applications and are typically conservative in their lending parameters.

The federal funds rate is the rate that banks use to set the prime rate, their own lending floor for everything from credit cards to lines of credit and commercial loans.

Still, according to Loretta Mester, director of research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the use of credit scores in lending decisions is rising — and is likely to continue to rise — with industry consolidation, as large banks that need automated processes to handle their heavy loan volumes continue to acquire small banks.

In an internal memo from Goldman in May, when it hired Harit Talwar, an executive from Discover Financial Services, to head up is online lending division, the bank talked about its opportunity to participate in disrupting traditional finance, including with small business loans.

What is more surprising is that Goldman, also a wholesale bank that serves as an underwriter for some of the most promising alternative finance technology IPOs, will be competing with alternative lending technology platforms that facilitate similar types of loans.

The banks demonstrated that their personal and commercial loans businesses are still solid, even as expectations point to consumer lending growth slowing in the coming quarters amid persistent economic weakness.

«Getting funding for a cannabis business presents very unique challenges because you can't just get an SBA, or small business loan, and banks are not going to lend money to you either,» Super Bowl champion and cannabis entrepreneur Marvin Washington told me during an interview for my book with Entrepreneur Media, Start Your Own Cannabis Business.