{"id":65943,"date":"2017-05-05T10:27:44","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalfunding.com\/?p=65943"},"modified":"2022-04-14T14:17:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T21:17:05","slug":"how-alternative-lending-can-solve-cash-flow-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalfunding.com\/blog\/how-alternative-lending-can-solve-cash-flow-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"How Alternative Lending Can Solve Cash Flow Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-65943\" class=\"panel-layout\">\n<div id=\"pg-65943-0\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\">\n<div id=\"pgc-65943-0-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<div id=\"panel-65943-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\">\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p>Maintaining a positive cash flow is one of the most important, and often times, stressful parts of owning a business. Unless you have a hefty bank account, your business is vulnerable to cash flow struggles. Competition, market disruptions, regulatory demands, and even the weather can put the health of your business at risk. And in today\u2019s market, traditional banking is becoming less and less of the go-to solution for small businesses who are trying to acquire extra capital, leaving room for alternative lenders to step in and help. In the white paper titled, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalfunding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/How-Alternative-Lending-Can-Solve-Cash-Flow-Struggles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Alternative Lending Can Solve Cash Flow Struggles<\/a>,\u201d National Funding portrays the common situations business owners often find themselves in, and how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalfunding.com\/solutions\/alternative-lending\/\">alternative lending<\/a> can be the solution they\u2019ve been looking for.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalfunding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/How-Alternative-Lending-Can-Solve-Cash-Flow-Struggles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Download or view the white paper &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Take a peek at what\u2019s inside<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pg-65943-1\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\">\n<div id=\"pgc-65943-1-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<div id=\"panel-65943-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" data-style=\"{&quot;padding&quot;:&quot;15px 0px 50px 0px&quot;,&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-65943-1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-813df796d9b1\">\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalfunding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/How-Alternative-Lending-Can-Solve-Cash-Flow-Struggles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalfunding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/How-Alternative-Lending-Can-Solve-Cash-Flow-Struggles.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"so-widget-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.natfundcdn.com\/uploads\/2017\/05\/05102543\/alternative-lending-snippet-2.jpg\" alt=\"Cash advances are a fit for small businesses\" width=\"863\" height=\"1041\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"pg-65943-2\" class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;,&quot;cell_alignment&quot;:&quot;flex-start&quot;}\">\n<div id=\"pgc-65943-2-0\" class=\"panel-grid-cell\" data-weight=\"1\">\n<div id=\"panel-65943-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" data-style=\"{&quot;background_display&quot;:&quot;tile&quot;}\">\n<div class=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-2b1fadbace82\">\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalfunding.com\/application\/apply-now\/?utm_source=lead-nurture&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=whitepaper&amp;utm_content=alternativeLendingCashFlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalfunding.com\/application\/apply-now\/?utm_source=lead-nurture&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=whitepaper&amp;utm_content=alternativeLendingCashFlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"so-widget-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.natfundcdn.com\/uploads\/2015\/01\/16111509\/NF-footer-CTA-1-min.jpg\" alt=\"National Funding alternative lending for small buinesses\" width=\"720\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Alternative Lending Can Solve Cash Flow Struggles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":192781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[114],"class_list":["post-65943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-loans-lending","tag-managing-your-cash-flow"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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