«RBS missed its lending target in the third quarter of last year and
net lending to businesses by the country's banks fell in nine out of the last 12 months.»
Not exact matches
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.
A score of 100 would indicate maximum improvements across the SME Health Check Index's eight indicators (
business costs, capacity, employment, GDP,
lending to SMEs,
net business creation, revenue and SME
business confidence), down 48 per cent since 2014 and the fifth consecutive quarterly fall The SME Health Check Index fell from 48.4 in the third quarter of 2017
to 42.0 in Q4 2017, suggesting a worsening
business and macroeconomic environment since the EU Referendum in June 2016 and the ongoing Brexit negotiations.
«With the Fed, for now, no longer in the bond buying
business, but rather
net selling its debt holdings, who will
lend needed capital
to the US Treasury, especially if the deficit is growing?
c. Urgent action
to step up
lending to SMEs through the imposition of
net lending targets on semi state owned banks as in the Coalition Agreement, including consideration of whether it is necessary
to split them in
to good and bad banks, and further development of the
Business Bank and Green Investment Bank.
Many lenders won't
lend to business owners who have an existing loan, but QuarterSpot will — the company will even buy out up
to two outstanding loans while only requiring merchants
to net 20 % of the loan proceeds.