Biz2Credit: https://www.biz2credit.com/ Related Resource: https://www.biz2credit.com/small-business-lending-index/august-2017 According to the month of August 2017, Big banks approved 24.6% of small business loan approval rates, up from 24.5% in July 2017. For further queries, contact us at: 800-200-5678 Follow us at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/biz2credit Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biz2credit Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/biz2credit-llc Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/biz2credit/ Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Biz2credit/

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23.30%
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Bank Loan Approval Rates Continued to Climb in August 2017,
According to Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index™
Big banks grant nearly one-in-four funding requests, while small banks approve almost half of applications
they receive from small business borrowers
AUGUST 2017BIZ2CREDIT Small Business Lending Index
Loan approval rates at big banks ($10 billion-plus in assets) hit another post-recession high in August 2017, according to
the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index™, the monthly analysis of more than 1,000 small business loan
applications on Biz2Credit.com. Loan approval percentages of institutional investors also set a new record.
About the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending IndexTM
Biz2Credit analyzed loan requests ranging from $25,000 to $3 million from companies in business more than two years with an average credit score above 680.
Unlike other surveys, the results are based on primary data submitted by more than 1,000 small business owners who applied for funding on Biz2Credit's online
lending platform, which connects business borrowers and lenders.
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Loan Approvals at Institutional Lenders
Institutional lenders’ loan approval rates in August remained at 63.9%, the all-time high for the Biz2Credit Small Business
Lending Index.
Loan Approvals at Big banks
Small business loan approval rates at big banks improved one-tenth of a percent to 24.6% in August, setting a new high
for the Biz2Credit Index.
Credit union approvals
Loan approval rates at credit unions dipped a notch to 40.3% in August, thereby reaching a new low for this category of
funders on Biz2Credit’s index.
Small business loan approvals by Alternative lenders
Loan approval rates among alternative lenders continue to decline; approval rates dipped one-tenth of a percent in August to
57.1%. Approval percentages have dropped every month for more than a year.
“It’s a good time for bank lending; the big banks are approving nearly a quarter of the loan requests they receive from small
businesses while the smaller banks are granting almost half of the funding applications they receive.”
- Biz2Credit CEO Rohit Arora“
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40.3%
41.5%
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40.3%40.4%
"Credit unions continue to lose their relevance in small business lending because they have not invested in technology and are
often slow in their deal-making,” Arora explained. “Further, the credit union member business-lending (MBL) cap has not risen
above 12.25% of assets. This remains an ongoing issue.”
- Biz2Credit CEO Rohit Arora
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57.1%
59.9%
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57.1%
57.2%
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“Alternative lenders still are players in small business lending because they are willing to provide funding for borrowers who
have less than stellar credit or little credit history at all,” Arora explained. “Since they accept higher risk by funding borrowers
who do not have stellar credit histories, alternative lenders charge at a higher cost of capital.”
- Biz2Credit CEO Rohit Arora
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49.0%
48.8%
Loan Approvals at Small banks
Loan approval percentages at small banks also rose one-tenth of a percent in August to 49.0% from July’s 48.9% figure.
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49.0%
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“The economy is holding up well: the job market is strong, oil prices are still relatively low, and home values have gone up, which
makes entrepreneurs feel more secure and confident.”
- Biz2Credit CEO Rohit Arora
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63.9% 63.9%63.9%
62.9%
“The dollar is strong, and there is also hope that President Trump’s promised tax cuts will pass and spur more economic
growth,” added Arora, one of the country’s leading experts in small business finance. “With interest rates up a bit, it's profitable
for lenders to close deals. Thus, bank lending is as strong as it has been the mid-2000s. Despite the daily drama in Washington,
global growth has picked up, and the U.S. economy seems to be on solid footing.”
- Biz2Credit CEO Rohit Arora
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