The latest from Trevor Knott

Jan 4, 2018 - by Trevor Knott, BSG Financial Group

Small business loans under $100K must be digital in order to compete with online lenders

The recently-released 2017 U.S. Digital Lending Landscape white paper by S&P Global Market Intelligence projects that digital lenders, like OnDeck and Kabbage, will originate $62.84 billion in ...

Dec 7, 2017 - by Trevor Knott, BSG Financial Group

The business case for adopting digital automation for small business and consumer loans

The small business and consumer unsecured loan market is enormous—$1.3 trillion by some estimates. However, for community and regional financial institutions under $10 billion in assets, this market ...

Oct 12, 2017 - by Trevor Knott, BSG Financial Group

Personal loans can be profitable loans with digital technology

“The personal loan is hip again…” or so says Laura Alix in her recent American Banker article, “We’re not kidding: the personal loan is back.” The article explains that ...

May 11, 2017 - by Trevor Knott, BSG Financial Group

Lending at credit unions continues to lag, but the right technology can help

Here is an unsettling trend: small businesses and consumers continue to have difficulty securing short-term loans and lines of credit from credit unions. According to the latest Biz2Credit Small Business ...

Nov 6, 2015 - by Trevor Knott, Saylent

Budget season tip: Do ONE thing to win hearts, minds & wallets in 2016

Recently, I wrote about the reality of budget season: how budget season always begins with ideas for big programs and changes for the year ahead, but ends with a tightly ...

Oct 6, 2015 - by Trevor Knott, Saylent

Budget season hot tip: Do ONE thing to win hearts, minds & wallets in 2016

It’s budget-planning season. That means many of us are spending our days pouring over spreadsheets, trying to make the numbers make sense, and making the case for squeezing a ...

Jul 2, 2015 - by Trevor Knott, Saylent

Replacing “big data” with “usable information” — where it matters most

For all of us who have spent a good part of our careers around the long-gathering storm of “big data”, we would be wise to remember the old adage about ...