As a specialist lender, the bank has no expertise in handling working-capital loans.

ECONOMIST: Japanese finance

Start-up Kabbage specializes in providing working capital (technically they are not loans) to these particular businesses, with new ways of underwriting based on online data to determine which ones are worth funding.

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Now, like the banks, GE is steadily working through the bad loans its GE Capital made, with billions of dollars of earnings upside once the junk is cleared out.

FORBES: What Will It Take To Turn GE Around?

These finance companies earned millions of dollars through unusually high fees, high-interest loans and the float (the working capital they handled for their clients).

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In addition, I'm also proposing that we increase the limits for SBA loans used for lines of credit and working capital, something that I know could benefit Ruth's business and countless others.

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Many businesses applying for loans are looking to finance receivables and other working capital, according to a new survey of bankers by Sageworks, a financial information company.

FORBES: Businesses Seeking Working Capital--Survey