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“Banks only lend money to those who don’t need it.” Discuss how this old saying might apply to start-up entrepreneurs.
Bank provides loans to all those who fulfills basic criteria of receiving loan. It includes submission of proper documents, loan repaying capacity, collateral security etc.
In some cases, people require loan but cannot fulfill above mentioned criteria. Even if they having unpaid previous loan balance, they cannot apply for new loan from banks.
In case of new entrepreneur also they don't have proper
documents of new registered business.
For business investment required loan amount is large and
collateral security for this amount of loan cannot be made
available for them.
As it is new start up business, there is uncertain about incomes
and profits of the business,so bank cannot sanction business loans
with uncertainty about repayment. As business takes time to survive
and settle in the market, they cannot show their income statements
at an early stage. Because of all these reasons, banks may reject
many applications for loans of a new entrepreneur.
So it is true that banks only lends money to those who don't need it.