7 reasons why your loan business struggles to attract borrowers
So, you've kicked off your loan business. Now, you’re expecting a surge of customers. Despite your best efforts, the expected influx of customers hasn't materialized. Find out the possible reasons for low borrower numbers in your loan business.
Preparing your income statement as a lender- management accounting 101
No one likes the boring routine of bookkeeping and punching in numbers; but management accounting is a highly important for your lending business.
Drafting a strategy for your lending business
The business strategy is the foundation of every business, it provides guidance to what the organization is set-up to achieve. The first step towards building a strong lending business, with long-term sustainable growth is having a clearly defined strategy. In simple terms, your strategy tells your stakeholders (internal and external) what your organization will be […]
APIs for lenders to reduce NPL
Integrations via API to other ancillary platforms are key to ensuring your loans are paid back. They allow you to leverage on the tech, data and functionalities of the best providers to improve the quality of your loan flow.
What makes a great loan management software
Whether you decide to build your loan software or use a LaaS platform like Lendsqr, consider these things
What is Lending-as-a-Service?
The first thing to note about lending-as-a-service (LaaS) is that it's in the business of technology. It's not a money lending business.
5 lending business activities to monitor daily
There are key lending business activities to monitor to ensure your lending business is on the right track and these article gives you exactly what to track.
How to start lending for free with Lendsqr
We provide the tools and expertise to help you lend and avoid common pitfalls, so you can focus on growing your customer base and building a successful lending business.
Why using bank statements is important for loan decisions
Bank statements have proven to be a solid tool for assessing a borrower’s capacity to take a loan. Sometimes, it may even be a means of assessing their character as well (Interesting right? Stay tuned).
Lenders battle against fraudsters; a case for an industry blacklist
As digital lending surges in Nigeria, fraud has quietly become one of the industry’s biggest threats, with coordinated identity theft and serial loan defaulters overwhelming individual lenders who battle in isolation. The danger isn’t unique. Kenya offers a stark warning, with an estimated 3.2 million people blacklisted on the country’s TransUnion credit bureau. Without a unified industry blacklist to identify and curb repeat offenders, Nigerian lenders risk following the same path, continually staying several steps behind increasingly sophisticated fraudsters.
Lending as a side hustle: What I need to know
So, you want to branch out and earn some extra cash on the side. Becoming a small-scale lender might not have been the first idea on your list. Whatever your story is, the important thing is that you’re here to learn about lending as a side hustle
