Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Lending criteria loosened with 2nd look products

Because a credit crunch was begun after the financial crisis, Wall Street banking institutions are getting some grief. While major U.S. financial institutions received billions in government bailouts, they’ve been refusing for making loans. President Obama met in December with financial institution executives within the White House to urge a way for making small business lending more prominent. Taking a “second look” at loon applications was one of the things suggested. That meeting encouraged major United States of America banks to start the second look programs. Second look may actually be helping, after nine months of observation.

More for second look

The president went a little further than just suggesting Wall Street financial institutions start taking a second look last December. Obama asked within the meeting that bankers “explore each and every possible way” to increase small business financing, reports the Associated Press. He suggested that they take a “third and fourth look” also. Chairman of the Financial Services Roundtable, United States Bancorp CEO Richard Davis, said the group which represents the country’s largest financial businesses would get the idea presented to them.

How we used to lend

It has only been nine months since then. Of course, the second-look program is getting used by almost all the Financial Services Roundtable members. Financial institution of The United States Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase and Co., PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and United States of America Bancorp are all members of this. The second look program makes lending possible like it was back within the day. This is what the Wall Street Journal said. A lender has more to think about when it comes to choosing who can borrow so the relationships and track record of the borrower come into play along with the credit scores analysis and other industry driving data. Banking institutions are doing anything they can to make people look worthy of loans. This includes asking about unreported sources of income along with asking about credit report errors. The Journal reports on the second look program. It claims an impact could be seen. There has been the first easing of lending standa! rds since 2006 reports the Federal Reserve survey of senior loan officers that was done last month.

Worth the second look that is taken

The 2nd look program is helping financial institutions to stop avoiding risk. They pay more however love the business opportunity being done here. Alan Sherter at bNET writes that banks might be implementing second look products for PR purposes, rather than increasing risk in financing. Small Businesses aren’t likely to do really great when first beginning. The loans being given probably will not make the joblessness rate change much. The second look may be good for a small local business that wants to just survive the economic recession and hopes to increase one day.

More on this topic

Associated Press

msnbc.msn.com/id/34416646/ns/business-us_business/

Wall Street Journal

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704062804575510302866961116.html

bNET

bnet.com/blog/financial-business/due-credit-banks-offer-second-chance-to-small-businesses-rejected-for-a-loan/7715



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