Small Business Finance Institute (SBFI) offers commercial lender education across a broad range of lending, underwriting, financial analysis, leadership and due diligence topics. Our ‘Study Hall’ page offers additional resource information for student participants to augment either video training, or live lending/banking school lectures/course work with additional articles, case studies and other media to enhance lesson presentations.

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NEXT BANKING CRISIS–TALENT RISK (PARSONS)

SMALL BUSINESS LENDING

CREDIT CULTURE–HOW WE DO THINGS AROUND HERE (STRISCHEK)

Sticky Note - ReadFAQs RE SMALL BUSINESS LENDING

JOINT SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT SURVEY-FEDERAL RESERVE–2014

SOLVING THE CATCH-22 SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT–FICO

STATE OF SMALL BUSINESS LENDING (MILLS)

DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE RELATION -SHIPS BETWEEN LENDERS & CREDIT OFFICERS (RMA JOURNAL)

SBA–LOAN PROGRAM INFO & DOCUMENTS

LOAN SALES

HOW TO BE PRODUCTIVE INFOGRAPHIC (INC.)

IS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION A TRUE MOTIVATOR (FORBES)

LEADER BANK–CREATING GREAT PLACE TO WORK (HESS)

LENDING LEADERSHIP

This short comedy video* is referenced in our Lending Leadership course, and in a humorous way illustrates how the effectiveness of any organization can be undermined when there’s insufficient delegation of responsibility.

*Video credit to “Whitest Kids U Know” Comedy Troupe, published in YouTube.


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The Small Business Finance Institute was founded on the premise of providing sound, germane and principled information and resources to support and promote the commercial lending sector and its participants. We advocate for distribution of credit capital in a prudent, responsible manner that utilizes time-tested, regulatory compliant practices, which inures to the benefit of all stakeholders.

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