Recent Trends in Small Business Lending and the Community Reinvestment Act

Mach, Traci L.; Dore, Tim

doi:10.17016/2380-7172.2122

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“…SME loans (defined as non-farm loans of less than US$1m) suffered a severe correction during the recession and have barely recovered since; on the other hand, loans to large companies (i.e. of US$1m or more) have been growing fast, post-recession (see Dore and Mach, 2018).…”

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Small business debt financing: the effect of lender structural complexity

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Vera

2021

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PurposeSmall- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) depend on a large measure on commercial banks for external capital, and US SMEs are increasingly experiencing bank credit constraints and resorting to costly alternatives. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of lender organizational complexity on SME financing shortfalls. In particular, it examines the credit shortage effects associated with the SME's reliance on bank holding company (BHC) owned, as opposed to independent, lenders.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on agency–theoretic rationales, the authors posit that both hierarchical and horizontal complexity associated with present-day BHC structures will diminish an affiliated bank's ability and willingness to properly underwrite SME credit needs. Consequently, they hypothesize that SMEs whose commercial lenders are BHC affiliates are likely to experience greater credit shortages. This hypothesis was tested using exhaustive financial data from a large and nationally representative sample of US SMEs.FindingsGreater SME reliance on loans from BHC lenders was found to be associated with a greater use of late trade–credit payments. The latter is an expensive form of financing and a generally accepted indicator of shortages in conventional (and cheaper) bank credit.Originality/valueDespite the evolution toward more complex bank organizational forms, especially among community banks, the implications for SME lending are not yet fully understood. This paper's contribution is to offer a first examination of the impact of post-deregulation BHC structures on SME financing shortfalls.

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