The one, that the tooth of usury be grinded, that it bite not too much; the other, that there be left open a means, to invite moneyed men to lend to the merchants, for the continuing and quickening of trade.
Secondly, let there be certain persons licensed, to lend to known merchants, upon usury at a higher rate; and let it be with the cautions following.
The Essays
There might be some reasons for the banks' reluctance to
lend to SMEs, such as the difficulties involved in assessing creditworthiness.
A new policy to boost SME lending
No amount of spare cash would encourage banks to
lend to someone they don't think will pay it back.
SME Lending More than Freeing up Cash for Small Firms
The so-called social lending website enables people to borrow from or
lend to each other, side-stepping banks.
Social lending site allows borrowers to pitch for most competitive rates; PERSONAL FINANCE
One commenter disagreed with a statement in the application that SouthTrust has a policy not to
lend to payday lenders, pawnshops, and other "money service businesses" ("MSBs").
Orders issued under Bank Holding Company Act
In the United States, though financial companies have more leeway to
lend to lower-income consumers than they used to, they are still subject to a range of state and federal regulations.
Charging ahead: America's biggest new export--credit cards--could bring down the world economy
Each answer was identical: "the lending committee has decided not to
lend to co-ops."
DHCR ruling on defaults shouldn't make banks balk
parent; (6) to finance a subsidiary located in a country with adverse economic conditions where local debt is impossible to secure at economical interest rates; (7) to engage in sophisticated interest rate or currency arbitrage; and, (8) to engage in a form of tax rate differential arbitrage approved in the Conference Report to the Tax Reform Act of 1986 -- i.e., to
lend to subsidiaries in jurisdictions with higher effective rates than the U.S.
Comments on proposed regulations on the allocation of interest expense under Sections 861 and 864(e): July 24, 1991
In some countries, a floor for overnight interest rates is established by the rate of interest a central bank pays on excess reserve balances; banks would not generally
lend to other banks at an interest rate below the rate they could earn on a risk-free deposit at the central bank.
Statements to the Congress
"When the banks see one of |safest' borrowers in the world not being able to service their debt," he said, they say, |well, who are we going to
lend to?' It will perpetuate the restrictive lending policies which have tightened the noose on real estate and in my opinion," he said, "is the single most important factor in causing prices to drop."
Industry feels O&Y backlash
The REA, however, has resolutely ignored any changes in demographics: It will
lend to any co-op or company serving an area that has ever been designated as "rural"--originally defined as a town with under 1,500 inhabitants.
Power failure; rural electric and telephone programs show that good government programs never die - they just get more expensive
The survey results on banks, willingness to
lend to finance consumer purchases raises a natural macroeconomic question.
Statement by Lawrence B. Lindsey, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, before the Committee on Banking and Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, September 12, 1996
A new risk facing buildings and the institutions that
lend to them, Gartenstein said, is the expiration of J-51 benefits for some buildings.
Lender serves co-ops exclusively