Many small businesses would like to do more business with their community bank to help their customers finance large purchases. Unfortunately, digital lending programs from the Fintech’s have made bank’s lending products for customers of your small businesses a secondary choice. Companies like GreenSky (now owned by Goldman Sachs) and CareCredit are providing a source […]
How easy is it for your customers to get an unsecured loan from your bank using your underwriting criteria? Many banks provide an online application form for consumers to fill out that can be four to six pages long. Then someone at the bank reviews the data, pulls a credit bureau report, and decides whether […]
Does your bank receive small dollar loan requests from time to time and you have to pass on them due to the unprofitable nature of making them? Do your customers have to fill out a 3-4 page loan application form online or at your bank for an unsecured debt consolidation loan, a home improvement loan, […]
For the past 40 years banks have refrained from making small dollar consumer loans due to the unprofitable nature of doing so. Industry experts say it costs anywhere from $85-$100 to book an installment loan and the interest received wouldn’t cover the expense. Even though in the 1990’s banks starting charging an application fee to […]
When was the last time your bank had a product or service that would substantially increase the sales of your small business customers? Are your small business customers considering leaving your bank for Fintech’s who offering something you can’t provide? Fintech experts claim that virtually all small businesses will have some sort of buy now […]
When was the last time your lending team was excited when a customer came to the bank to borrow $750? My guess is nearly 40 years ago when credit cards took over unsecured installment lending business from community banks. Each core processor has fees associated with booking a new installment loan and the average fee […]
Nearly 70% of consumers currently use Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services and the number is even higher for millennials and Gen Z’s. Community banks have battled for years to try to provide online banking, mobile banking and other services to keep and attract young customers when they leave for college and don’t come back […]
For years community banks have tried to attract younger consumers to replace older customers whose deposits generally leave the bank when they pass away. Also, baby boomers and the silent generation born before 1959 tend to be deposit gatherers rather than borrowers. During the pandemic in 2020 that continues on in 2022, consumer buying habits […]
Consumer lending has been a thing of the past for most community banks since credit cards took over unsecured small dollar lending in the 1980’s. Some banks try to compete with credit unions and auto companies for indirect car paper but that has diminished as well due to unprofitable low rates the competition is providing. […]
Lay-a-way programs started in the 1930’s and became very popular with consumers in the 1970’s where a merchant would reserve an item for a consumer until a consumer completed payments for the item. This was a prevalent way to make purchases for Christmas presents. Then in the early 80’s, lay-a-way programs were replaced with credit […]
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