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The resilience of small businesses: Insights for lenders

Abrigo

Bank and credit union leaders can use data to inform small business lending Small businesses are showing resilience. Despite borrowing more and tapping credit lines, they're managing leverage and meeting debt obligations, according to Abrigo's proprietary data. Business credit line utilization is up.

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Improve loan decisioning: 5 ways to serve small businesses better

Abrigo

Community financial institutions have the expertise and local ties to support small businesses, but outdated processes and risk-averse approaches often slow down their loan decisioning. Meanwhile, fintech lenders offer fast approvals, attracting small business borrowers despite high interest rates.

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Small business loan processing: Automate back-office tasks

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Manual back-end steps bog down loan approvals Financial institutions can make financial analysis, risk rating, pricing, and other steps for processing small business loans less painful. Back-end processes for small business loan approval in some financial institutions operate in an automation desertand it shows.

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Lending and credit risk resources: The top downloads of 2023

Abrigo

Abrigo's most popular whitepapers and checklists on lending and credit risk Abrigo experts' insights on CFPB 1071, loan policies, and risk ratings were popular with banking professionals. You might also like this webinar, "Unraveling risk rating: Making sense of your best early warning tool." Here are the top resources.

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The top lending & credit risk blogs of the year

Abrigo

Takeaway 3 Articles specific to small community banks were among the most-read blogs, with best practices for construction lending at the top of the list. Abrigo's blog covered these and other subjects in 35 credit and lending-specific posts this year. Here are Abrigo’s 10 top lending and credit risk blogs in 2023.

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How Are Your Customers Doing?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Learn More About Consulting Readers of Your Virtual Credit Manager can access sharply discounted business credit reports from D&B, Experian, or Equifax through our partner accredit. Learn More About Credit Reports Please share this newsletter with your small business customers.

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Managing Credit Risk to Maximize Revenue in Tough Times

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Small businesses are under a lot of pressure. It is therefore no surprise that small business owners’ top economic concerns are inflation, recession, commodity prices, the U.S. By altering its Credit Risk Management Policy in this way, businesses can boost revenue and protect profitability.