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Allan Garfinkle

Survey: How Business Owners Prepare (or Don't) for the Small Business Loan Application Most business owners do not fail to get funded because their business is weak. They fail because they walked into a small business loan application unprepared. That is the central finding of Crestmont Capital's 2026 Loan Application Readiness Survey, which asked 1,214 U.S. small business owners how they actually prepared for their most recent financing request, what steps they skipped, and what th… (truncated)

Allan Garfinkle

Survey: The Business Loan Documents That Trip Up Applicants Most (2026 Data) Ask any business owner what slowed down their last financing application and the answer rarely involves interest rates or credit scores. It usually comes down to paperwork. The business loan documents lenders request, from bank statements to debt schedules, are where applications stall, get sent back, or quietly die. To find out exactly which documents cause the most trouble, Crestmont Capital surveyed 1,25… (truncated)

Allan Garfinkle

The True Cost of Slow Funding: Why Fast Business Funding Wins (2026 Data) Every growth decision in a small business runs on a clock. A supplier offers a bulk discount that expires Friday. A competitor goes up for sale. A contract requires crews on the ground in 30 days. When capital arrives late, those windows close, and the cost shows up as revenue you never booked, margin you never captured, and opportunities a faster competitor took instead. That is the true cost of slow funding,… (truncated)

Allan Garfinkle

Survey: Business Owner Sentiment on Small Business Loan Interest Rates in 2026 Small business loan interest rates are the number one topic in business finance conversations this year, and for good reason. After two years of elevated borrowing costs, owners across every industry are recalculating what new debt actually costs, what it buys, and whether waiting is the smarter play. To cut through speculation with real data, Crestmont Capital surveyed 1,047 U.S. small business owners in… (truncated)

Allan Garfinkle

Survey: How Long Business Owners Wait Before Seeking Financing Every business owner knows the feeling. A growth opportunity appears, a piece of equipment fails, or a cash flow gap opens up, and the thought crosses your mind: maybe it is time to look into financing. Then weeks pass. Then months. By the time many owners finally apply, the opportunity has shrunk, the problem has grown, or the bank's calendar has eaten another quarter. So how long does it take to get a business loan, an… (truncated)