February 8, 2023
September 28, 2022
The talent gap is affecting every industry, and commercial lending is no exception. The commercial lending space is mentally taxing, requires hard work, and can be a hard sell to younger members of the applicant pool.
April 21, 2020
So Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) round one is over, and what a storm it was. Some things went well, others went badly. These are worth considering somewhat closely. After all, there is at least another US$250 billion coming down the legislative pipeline. We are going to be at this for at least a few more weeks, maybe even a few months, if COVID-19 spikes in late fall, as did the Spanish flu in 1918.
April 13, 2020
The challenge of getting all that Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) money out to businesses is the inverse of what’s going on with the pandemic itself. At the same time that the U.S. is trying to avoid a spike in demand for its healthcare infrastructure, it is actually invoking for its small-and-midsize-business (SMB) lending infrastructure a 100-year storm in lending demand. Unsurprisingly, the outcomes are mixed.