Posted By : www.crowdFudningPlanning.com David Khorram As a Small business with 20 years background , We have been puzzled with nor being able to raise money for our new ideas and business ventures. We have proven experiences , results and even hard assets but still we are getting no from the banks. They tell us there are cash flow lenders and not asset base lender . Question is if we have cash flow , why we need to get a loan ? We have been searching for the reason and the solution. In our research we have found a good article ( B- why banks aren’t lending to small businesses. ) explaining why and also a new method called Crowd Funding . With rates this low, it would not be interesting to banks to lend or to go long term on a fixed rate without a plan to be able to adjust to a changing environment.”. These leave us with few choices;
A- New method of raising the capital from the Crowd 99% Your Compete Solution for successful Crowd Funding and Leveraging Technology to Enable Business Growth Local Mentors, Coaches, Consultants, and Professionals dedicated to your CrowdFunding campaign Live Educational Seminars and CrowdFunding confrences . Meet and Learn from CrowdFunding Experts ![]() Step by Step Equity based CrowdFunding ( Equity ) Tools and the Best Practices to launch "Idea to Reality, Reality to Funding". Planning for CrowdFunding the Smart Way Step by Step CrowdFunding ( Reward / Pre-order ) Tools and the Best Practices to launch "Idea to Reality, Reality to Funding". Planning for CrowdFunding the Smart Way An Approved Due Diligence Process and CrowdFunding Validation! B- why banks aren’t lending to small businesses . (traditional old method of raising the capital from the banks 1% I think I figure this out – why banks aren’t lending to small businesses. You would think that in an environment of low interest rates and so much noise in the market regarding the lack of small business’ access to capital, not to mention several government programs (Federal and States) designed to entice banks to open their vaults, that money would be flying out the door into the hands of those business owners that need it. Yet, banks aren’t lending to small businesses – but they are lending to those old tried and true big businesses. The reason for all of this is perceived risk. It use to be that banks would look at new credit applications and judge the risk of repayment. Then, they would try to find ways to mitigate any apparent risk through alternatives or secondary forms of payment sources like liens on collateral (or the entire business) or personal guarantees. To finish it all up, they would then set the interest rate based on the overall risk (what remains). Simple enough. But, it is just not like that anymore. There was a time that there was a trade-off between risk and reward. If banks took a little more risk (within the confines of their policies and government regulations) then they would get the pay off. But, today it’s not like any of that. Banks got spoiled before the financial crisis this country is still struggling through. When the government allowed banks to underwrite any credit (good or bad) and sell them off to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, they went hog wild because they had no risk. Underwrite a loan (business or personal) then sell it off. If it’s not on their books, they no longer held any risk – period. Thus, they had no risk and all the reward. I spent the last couple of weeks trying to figure to why banks weren’t lending to small businesses and this is what I found: I read several independent and government backed surveys asking banks about their current lending policies. While the majority gave the standard answers like not enough qualified borrowers, poor cash flow and depressed collateral values; a few hinted at what was really going on – that all banks have fundamentally changed the way they view risk, it is not longer about risk and reward or in finding ways to mitigate said risk but to reach a zero risk tolerance. As stated, they got use to having no risk – it is the only way the know how to operate these days. How and Why They Got This Way:
The end results banks are only lending to those businesses that don’t need the money and pose no risk – at all. What Small Businesses Can Do: Do know that banks were always more of a convenience than anything else. You really don’t need them and all the hassles and costs they bring with them (like making your take a bunch of expensive products from them that you don’t need). Show them you don’t need or want them, and then maybe they will come around and realize how much they need and want you and your business. In the mean time, here are several ways that you can grow your company without the help of these non-lending banks:
It is unlikely that banks will change in the near future. Personally, I don’t think they have it in them – they either don’t know how to change or operate their business like a bank should be operated or they won’t - as they perceive it as being too hard. All they do now is spend their time raising fees and trying to stop small banks, credit unions and new alternatives (like crowdfunding) from stepping in and filling these lending gaps. So, the power is in your hands and what you can do to grow your own business. Put on that entrepreneur hat and get to work. |