Small Business Lending: The Profit Puzzle Facing Commercial Banks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]8 Minutes Read. Small businesses play a critical role in the American economy. They employ half of the private sector workforce and have created approximately 60% of the new jobs in the US since 1995. Access to credit is essential to the health of small businesses. It helps small firms maintain cash flow, bring on […]
Planning Your Journey To Digitization – A Guide for Banks
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]4 Minutes Read. Digital solutions are opening opportunities for financial institutions in small business lending and other services. Specifically, automation boosts process efficiency, reducing costs while raising productivity. For most banks, a third-party provider is the most practical source for small business lending software solutions. In order to successfully integrate a digital lending solution, your […]
Digital Lending and Artificial Intelligence
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]3 Minutes Read. Artificial intelligence (AI) is expanding rapidly in the fintech industry. In particular, AI has largely affected digital lending. By 2020, as much as 5 percent of all of economic transactions will be handled by autonomous software, including loan transactions. By applying machine learning to collected borrower data, software solutions can approve or […]
Lenders of the New Age: Incorporating Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Blockchain Technology
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]12 Minutes Read. Although alternative digital lending is still in its infancy, it has made a major mark in the consumer and SMB lending industry. A survey conducted by American Banks Association claims that: the volume of loans originated by digital lending platforms will rise to USD 90 billion in 2020 in the US, constituting […]
Overview of US Real Estate Lending Platforms (Online Lenders)
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Let’s start with some of the reasons that lead to the hyper growth of some of US-based real estate lending platforms. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the whole dynamics of real estate lending has changed. The perennial sources of funding like commercial banks, insurance companies, and other traditional lenders have turned much more conservative when […]