Community Bank Capital Access, a joint venture between three banking professionals with deep expertise in supporting small businesses, today launched a new advisory service offering counsel to community banks seeking access to capital from the Small Business Lending Fund .

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The biggest obstacle to small business lending is the disconnect between well-intentioned policy makers and the reality of Main Street. Maybe a review of practical reality and facts would help.

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The number of small and medium sized enterprises being refused loans by banks is falling, but so is the number looking for credit, according to a survey by business lobby group Isme.

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ANZ National Bank will provide $3 billion in additional lending for small and medium sized businesses next year, as it looks to rebuild its loan book.

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Lending to business fell in June as small firms again felt the brunt of tighter credit conditions, the Bank of England said.

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Loans to small business (those less than $1 million) dropped 5.7 percent to about $660 billion in the first quarter of 2010 from almost $700 billion in the second quarter of 2008, according to the Federal Reserve Bank.

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OLD FORGE, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FHLBank’s small business lending program celebrates 10th anniversary, creates or saves 5,300 jobs; next funding round arrives September 1.

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BANKING Banks have eased lending standards for small businesses for the first time in nearly four years, the Federal Reserve said Monday. Business – Small business – United States – Federal Reserve System – Credit

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The boss of Barclays’ small business division has refused to sign-up to any government scheme which sets targets for the amount of money lent to small firms.

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In the nine-month period that ended June 30, lenders made 1,725 loans to small businesses in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, about 50% more than in the same period a year earlier. Government-backed loans to small businesses were way up in the Los Angeles area over much of the last year, according to the Small Business Administration.

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