03895 a2200301 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087040001300102041000800115050002600123100002900149245016300178260004700341300006400388500003800452505050400490520239000994650002903384650003003413650003203443650003903475650002903514650001803543650003203561BJBSDDR20250528164413.0ta260525s2018 sz 00| 0 eng d a9783030036195 a3030036197 bengcDLC aeng14aHG 176.7 bM657f 20181 aMills, Karen G., d1953-10aFintech, small business & the American dream : bhow technology is transforming lending and shaping a new era of small business opportunity /cKaren G. Mills. aCham, Suiza : bPalgrave MacMillan,c2018. axiv, 202 pages : billustrations (chiefly color) ; c24 cm. aThe Future Role of Relationships 0 aThe story of small business lending Small businesses are important to the economy Small businesses and their banks : the impact of the Great Recession Structural obstacles slow small business lending What small businesses want The Fintech innovation cycle The early days of Fintech lending Technology changes the game : small business utopia A playbook for banks Regulatory obstacles : confusion, omission, and overlap The regulatory system of the future The future of Fintech and the American dream aSmall businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy. They are the biggest job creators and offer a path to the American Dream. But for many, it is difficult to get the capital they need to operate and succeed. In the Great Recession, access to capital for small businesses froze, and in the aftermath, many community banks shuttered their doors and other lenders that had weathered the storm turned to more profitable avenues. For years after the financial crisis, the outlook for many small businesses was bleak. But then a new dawn of financial technology, or "fintech, " emerged. Beginning in 2010, new fintech entrepreneurs recognized the gaps in the small business lending market and revolutionized the customer experience for small business owners. Instead of Xeroxing a pile of paperwork and waiting weeks for an answer, small businesses filled out applications online and heard back within hours, sometimes even minutes. Banks scrambled to catch up. Technology companies like Amazon, PayPal, and Square entered the market, and new possibilities for even more transformative products and services began to appear. In Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream, former U.S. Small Business Administrator and Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School, Karen G. Mills, focuses on the needs of small businesses for capital and how technology will transform the small business lending market. This is a market that has been plagued by frictions: it is hard for a lender to figure out which small businesses are creditworthy, and borrowers often don't know how much money or what kind of loan they need. New streams of data have the power to illuminate the opaque nature of a small business's finances, making it easier for them to weather bumpy cash flows and providing more transparency to potential lenders. Mills charts how fintech has changed and will continue to change small business lending, and how financial innovation and wise regulation can restore a path to the American Dream. An ambitious book grappling with the broad significance of small business to the economy, the historical role of credit markets, the dynamics of innovation cycles, and the policy implications for regulation, Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream is relevant to bankers, fintech investors, and regulators; in fact, to anyone who is interested in the future of small business in America 4aIngeniería financiera  4aNuevas empresasxFinanzas 4aAdministración financiera 4aIndustria de servicios financieros 4aTecnología financiera  4aEmprendedores 4aInnovaciones tecnológicas