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Dispatches from the intersection of fintech and human nature. Written by the founder of Ned, a cash flow lending platform built for the rest of us.
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Applying for a Business Loan Shouldn’t Feel Like a Homework Assignment (opens the original)
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Applying for a small business loan can feel a lot like turning in a homework assignment you are not sure you will pass.You gather tax returns, bank statements, ownership documents, financial projections, and whatever else the lender asks for. You answer a long list of questions. You upload everything and hit submit.Then you wait.There is no syllabus. No rubric. No grade. Often, there isn’t even confirmation that someone has reviewed what you sent.A few days later, another request may arrive. The
Borrowers Are Flying Blind (opens the original)
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A person can track a pizza from the oven to their front door. They can watch an Uber approach in real time and follow a package across the country.But when a business owner applies for financing, the screen often goes dark. Was the application received? Are documents missing? Is someone reviewing it? What happens next? The only way to find out is usually to send an email or make a phone call.This isn’t just a bad customer experience. It’s a market failure. The lender sees a workflow. The borrowe
4 in 10 small businesses hit zero each month. Most lenders find out too late. (opens the original)
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Small businesses have dealt with an onslaught of challenges in recent years.Inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, which was the fastest rate-hiking cycle in four decades. Supply chain disruptions rewrote the cost of inventory and inputs, and then tariff uncertainty made pricing decisions and supplier relationships genuinely difficult to plan around. These pressures arrived sequentially, each one landing on businesses already managing the last.Suffice to say, there’s been an endless news cycle a
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