Economy impact on business and lending


8 Strategies for Business Growth...Info for lenders and borrowers

Here is a business resource for you. Use it:to understand business growth strategies better so you canhave more helpful conversations with business borrowers better assess their growth strategies...will their plan work?strengthen your relationshipas a good

Posted Feb 09 2010 by Linda Keith

The Thud Factor - What will it take to keep the regulators 'happy'

Sam Thacker works with small businesses to secure all types of financing. He is often referred by bankers who either can't do the deal themselves or realize the borrower needs help putting together the loan

Posted Feb 02 2010 by Linda Keith

Tax Update for 2009: The long and short of it...

Now it's personal! This is just for you and really has nothing to do with business and lending. Ready to prepare your 2009 tax returns (or gather your info for your preparer)?Tax Guide from Journal

Posted Jan 29 2010 by Linda Keith

Need facts to make the case for small business lending? Why, Who and When

In case you are talking with an elected official or community leader who needs facts to support the anecdotal evidence, here are some facts gleaned from a recent article, For Want of a Loan, in

Posted Jan 26 2010 by Linda Keith

Consumer, Mortgage and Business Lenders: Here is your Intro to Tax Return Analysis

I just updated my SlideShare Presentation. If you sign-up for SlideShare, you can even nominate it for the SlideShare Zietgeist 2009 Community Awards. Green Legos, Six Ns and a Map to Tax Return Analysis Take

Posted Jan 12 2010 by Linda Keith

5 Steps to help 'Main Street' businesses get back to work

Two of the five are for community banks...President Obama recently 'invited' the 'Big Bankers' to the White House to admonish them...Start lending to small businesses! Sam Thacker in his blog at Allbusiness.com has a better

Posted Jan 08 2010 by Linda Keith

Five questions to ask in 2010 to make the loan!

I predict the 2009 tax returns will be filed earlier rather than later. Why? The congress has liberalized the rules for carrying back Net Operating Losses. If the business paid taxes in any of the

Posted Jan 05 2010 by Linda Keith

How will the 'Move Your Money' Campaign impact your bank or credit union?

Okay, the financial pundits at the Huffington Post are fed up with Wall Street and big banks. There is a fascinating move afoot to, well, vote with our feet. Or I should say, with our

Posted Jan 04 2010 by Linda Keith

Just for fun...a knock, knock joke!

Knock, knock.Who's there?EconomistEconomist who?E-cono-mist predicting the recession. I'll try to do better next time.If that did not make sense...read that last line more slowly.I laughed...I really did!

Posted Dec 23 2009 by Linda Keith

Banks and small businesses: For want of a loan | The Economist

Is it a lack of supply (of small business loans) or a lack of demand? In a recent article, The Economist magazine opines that although lack of access to credit inflicted huge damage on small

Posted Dec 21 2009 by Linda Keith