June 2010 Archives


What does it all mean? Glossary of Bank Risk and Failure terms...

Are you having any trouble at all keeping up with all the terms and acronyms related to bank challenges and failures? Is it hard to be that knowledgeable banker at the cocktail party or the

Posted Jun 29 2010 by Linda Keith

How your business borrower can manage cash flow better...

Toolbox for Finance offers this article by SAP: Managing Cash Flow in Times of Crisis.It is a good article to read if you have business borrower's challenged by cash flow...and I am guessing that most

Posted Jun 25 2010 by Linda Keith

NEW Complimentary eCourse on Balance Sheet Basics!

We are adding the section on Financial Statement Analysis to Lender's Online Training with a complimentary eCourse on Balance Sheet Basics. This joins 4 eCourses on General Analysis Topics, 15 on Tax Return Analysis and

Posted Jun 17 2010 by Linda Keith

5 Sources of Cash Flow to Pay Debt: What's your preference?

It clearly takes cash flow to pay down a business loan. There are five places for it to come from in a business:Cash flow from operationsCash flow from selling off assetsCash flow from borrowing money

Posted Jun 10 2010 by Linda Keith

The most important question you must answer about your borrower

As a lender, you have three questions to answer before you can say 'Yes' to their loan request: Would the borrower pay the loan if they possibly could? Does it look like they can pay

Posted Jun 03 2010 by Linda Keith