[Guest Post] Demystifying the small business loan decision
Guest post by Robert C. Seiwert, Senior Vice President of the American Bankers Association. Prior to joining the ABA, Mr. Seiwert was a banker for over 30 years, serving as President and CEO of a high-performing community bank and Director of Commercial Marketing for one of the nation’s largest financial institutions.
A good banker [...]
[Guest Post] Five Tips to Increase Your Firm’s Chance of Getting a Small Business Bank Loan
I don’t do this very often but, given the credit situation for small businesses, I thought it would be a good idea to publish this article from American Bankers Association VP Robert C. Seiwert. Prior to joining the ABA, Mr. Seiwert was a banker for over 30 years, serving as President and CEO of a [...]
Podcast: Credit Card Debt Increases Chance of Firm Failure
I don’t normally do themes with my newsletters, primarily because it’s pretty rare for the news to cooperate like that.
This week, however, the theme seems to be microbusinesses and money.
We have a new legislative proposals that threatens to take the money right out of our pockets.
We have two new studies about the topic, one [...]



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