In my last posts I discussed the types of loan, funding options available, and documents essential for the successful loan application. Now I will discuss the financial institutions providing small business funding.
You should approach your bankers first to apply for a commercial borrowing. You and they have worked together. The resultant familiarity will go a long way in mitigating doubts and insecurities. Also banks charge less for commercial loans than others.
But banks are a little more circumspect, and stickler of rules and guidelines regarding the borrower.
There are quite a few other types of business lenders. The main separating factor is the type of loans they offer: secured or unsecured loans.
Banks usually deal in secured ones, while independent financial organizations favor unsecured loans more. These independent financial organizations are ready to take more risks on startups and smaller businesses than banks. Often they look for particular industries, types of loans, or business sizes.
There are a third kind of lenders who mostly provide working capital funding. These lenders offer business cash advance.
The cash advance will be repaid from the credit card sales that the business does in a specific period, usually through automatic debit. Organizations like Merchantcashdirect provide such cash advance.