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Breaking down SBA lending: What is E-Tran?

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While significantly more efficient than mailing forms to the SBA, there are some shortfalls to E-Tran, and a vendor can help Loan submission platform Leveraging E-Tran for increased SBA lending The U.S. Understanding the role of E-Tran in SBA lending is the first step for banks and credit unions to ensure smooth loan processing.

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6 Digital Payment Trends Set to Transform 2025

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The rapidly evolving payments industry is driving industry leaders to adapt their strategies in response to emerging trends. Payments Trend #1: AI-Driven Payment Innovations The landscape of payments and financial services in 2025 will be marked by groundbreaking innovations and user-centric designs powered by Generative AI (GenAI).

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Perficient Included in IDC Market Glance: Lending Digital Transformation Strategies

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While it was once expected and acceptable for lenders to enforce standardized payment due dates and policies, COVID-19 brought the impracticality and ineffectiveness of a “one-size-fits-all” approach to credit and lending to light. IDC’s Take on Lending Digital Transformation Strategies. And for good.

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55-Plus Group Lends Optimism To Travel Operators

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The paper cited positive data from a large swath of UK tour operators. Bus operator National Express reported a 185 percent increase in bookings for spring and summer trips compared with bookings made during the same period in 2020.

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The resilience of small businesses: Insights for lenders

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Bank and credit union leaders can use data to inform small business lending Small businesses are showing resilience. As rates stay high, concerns about credit risk and borrower health are top of mind for bank and credit union leaders, especially as it relates to lending to small businesses. Interest coverage ratios have stayed strong.

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How Alternative Lending Technology Stays Flexible For SMBs

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In the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, and banks' subsequent pullback from the small- to medium-sized business ( SMB ) lending arena, a slew of alternative lenders emerged onto the scene to fill the credit gap. It is now not only a competitive advantage, but an essential requirement for lenders to operate digitally, said Marceau.

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Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector

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Federal and state authorities are targeting companies that allegedly lend money to small businesses at extreme rates and seek to collect payments with heavy-handed tactics, NBC News reported Tuesday (Aug. In some cases, NBC News reported, business owners took payments from companies’ bank accounts even after COVID-19 struck.

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