Playing to Your Strength - Opportunities for Regional Banks to Build Better Lending Portfolios

Document: Published Oct 9, 2015

The evolution of commercial lending over the past seven years has certainly had its share of ups and downs. Remember the ominous days leading up to the financial crisis when it seemed like everything was teetering on collapse? During that uncertain time, commercial lenders took a lot of criticism from several directions. On top of those worries, a new channel emerged, online marketplace lending. In this article, Charles H. Green from Advice On Loan shares his perspectives about how financial institutions can play to their strength, and play to win with online marketplace lenders. You can also read this article on our blog.

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