The Future of Small Business Lending
Learn how leading organizations are leveraging technological advances and risk assessment to: streamline processes; build more efficient, consistent, and profitable small business lending practices; and, enhance the customer experience and provide more value to their constituents.
Small business lending, particularly at banks, continues to be characterized by manual processes, fragmented data, and inconsistent practices for controlling risk.
Learn how leading organizations are leveraging technological advances and risk assessment to:
- Streamline processes
- Build more efficient, consistent, and profitable small business lending practices
- Enhance the customer experience and provide more value to their constituents
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