Five Important Things to Know About Community Lenders

NerdWallet (@smallbiznerds on Twitter), recently posted an article describing important differences between community lenders like OBDC and traditional lenders, like commercial banks.  This great post features OBDC’s Scott Lewis, and makes important distinctions that small businesses seeking capital should be aware of.  Click here to read the full article.

Want a sneak peak before you click through to the article?  Here are the five important things they list (more details in the article):

1. Community lenders consider start-ups.
2. Community lenders look at borrowers as a whole and relationships count.
3. Community lenders focus on serving low-income borrowers and people of color.
4. Community lenders don’t have the same collateral requirements as a bank.
5. Community lenders often have additional services besides loans.

Check out this great piece, and let us know your favorite parts of the community lenders you work with on Twitter @obdc_finance.

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