Loan Process 2025

Good Evening ALL & Happy New Year! I just have a quick question.

Our Co has been with Square for a few years now. We had our PPP Loan through Square, and we also have had multiple Loans Offered & Approved that were all paid off early. On our latest Loan Offer, it seems like the approval process is taking much longer than usual. We are at 5 business days 2day, and still at pending status? No other info has been requested. And our other Loans usually were approved in 1 or 2 days and then funded the next day. I’m just wondering if this is something new in 2025? And also, if any other of you folks may be having the same issue? Please let me know.

Thanks, 

Bob

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Mine tend to be more Saturday offers than any other day of the week. Our busiest days are Wednesday-Sat and I tend to get a late night Saturday offers than any other day. 

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@kacey_k wrote:

I actually have a question for you so I got my second loan offer two weeks ago and it was less than my first offer but the few weeks leading up to me getting my offer literally no card payments except for a few here and there most people were paying cash so I understand why the offer was low. My question is do you think it would be stupid of me to pay this loan off and then that way the algorithm could see because since I’ve got that loan, I’ve had nothing but card payments. It’s back to how it was before I got the loan. 


Hey @kacey_k 

 

So I personally would advise against doing that for a few different reasons.  First one being the most important one is the fees that you are going to eat for practically nothing in return.  It would be like throwing away all of that money literally.  Second reason I wouldn't go this route is that it can take  10 business days for the funds to clear, and the loan to be paid off.  You then get tossed back into the algorithm and an offer is not guaranteed at any point in time regardless of paying it off. 

 

If I were you, I would just do business as normal, and when it pays off, it pays off. But that is just y .02 though.  I would do/take what you can with that loan that was offered, recoup the fee;s that were spent and then hopefully your next offer when that is paid off if you decide to take it is the amount you are looking for if needed!

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Yes I am so shocked at how much Square has changed for the better and honestly, I was pretty shocked that I even got my first loan offer as fast as I did. I think I started using Square consistently in June of 2024 and I had my first loan in Dec of 2024.  I was pretty surprised that I even got an offer that soon because while I use Square for card payments, a lot of my clients pay me in cash now if I could prove my cash payments with Square I would probably get a lot bigger offers with loan like my sales at the salon, I would say probably 40% his card. The rest is cash. 

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There are 2 ways to help improve your offers. I use a terminal and register so I ring up cash and checks. It doesn't of course increase your daily sales or pay off any more of your balance but it does show your overall cash flow and honestly, everyone knows you don't have just 25 cards processed or whatever and you've never taken a check or cash. 2nd and this is up to you and how you feel about it. You can link your bank so that Square can see that say prior to an offer you took in 55k in cards only but your bank account said 32k in cash deposits and 12k in checks. Those are just random numbers. They can see and base your offer to include that 44k into some factors. Again, it states no guarantee that it would automatically increase it, and you control what they can and can't see. Its totally optional. Going off of the people who post here a good 75%?said their offers went up and all metrics were great. 

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I actually already have my bank account linked and it’s crazy that you say that because it was shortly after that when I linked my bank account that I got my first offer and since I just basically started in June of last year, I’m in all green, like it’s way up there. I’m currently at 96% and it’s taking everything I have not to pay off the remaining like $75 and that’s not even due until March 22. That’ll be paid off by tomorrow

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Way to go!!! Congrats on the sales. Yes, hold off or that 10 business days to process, and then back into the algorithm over 75.00 I wouldn't chance it either but that's just me. I've noticed and noted that loan 2-4 seem to be a longer time. The algorithm is finally getting good data on how you process, how fast you are paying off the minimum before it is due, and crunching numbers. I think at the time my biggest loan offer at the time was loan 3-4 and it was 16k higher than before and that was prior to the metrics and I thought I hit the lottery! 😆 

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Yes I am definitely not going to push myself back 10 days. I did that last month twice like an idiot. It’s all been a learning curve for me

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Yes, I have been asked about it for a while. Did it give you the option to opt-out? It should have if it doesn't would you let me know so I can relay the message it will help you and anyone else getting repeat messages. Thank you!

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Would that be in my email cause I’ve never seen anything about a Square credit card

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Email or dashboard. I'm not sure if it is just me or not but my dashboard is the fastest way for all communication vs email. My offers a good day before the email and any other information or messages all the dashboard first at least for myself. 

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I agree my dashboard is where I find everything

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Same! I thought it was just me. I go to my dashboard and then my bank to look for the deposit. I can tell through my dashboard on my old loan when it updated and approved before I get it. The circle goes to zero and old loan is in with the previous loan and paid off. 

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Been at 100% for 5 days now with no offer in sight! At this point it is what it is. 

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Unfortunately, yes we have a handful of paid off ones. But like the amazing lady who posted under you. She recently received hers and she was paid off. She is a super trooper! Always positive, and very happy to see when others received offers. A great example of how patience paid off good for her! 

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Hi guys, after my post earlier I just got an offer today at 82%

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Congratulations!!! Thank you for the update!! They are flying out these last few days! I am happy to see this!

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Well that makes me hopeful 

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The longer you're with Square the more data it collects with processing and it adjusts to give you the best loan size for you to meet the payments and terms. I weigh out the good vs the bad things and no matter what it comes down to me if it isn't broken don't fix it. That's why I have stayed so long. I know that I swipe a card and that money hits my account every night between 5:05-5:15 pm and that's important to me from the beginning. The rest is all big pluses. 

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I agree with you completely 

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Reporting my experience. I'm at 82% all metrics are good and I had a good influx of business last week. Still no new loan offer or credit offer. I'm on my 3rd loan. Just playing the waiting game. 

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I remember loan numbers 2-4 (this was a very long time ago), but they did tend to take longer. You are just starting to establish yourself with Square and building a relationship. The algorithm is collecting data from your processing history. My best advice is to keep pushing forward and knock out those numbers, keep swiping away. Also, the amount per transaction is key, and getting or gaining new customers is a big plus! Your history will continue to improve the longer you are with Square. Try to keep all the negatives down. No chargebacks, returns, disputes, etc. Unfortunately, sometimes those are out of our control and they happen. Less is better in that area. It’s nice to see so many semi-new users on here! So let me say welcome and nice to meet you! Good luck to you, and please keep us posted on how it goes. 

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Any update?

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I actually have a question for you so I got my second loan offer two weeks ago and it was less than my first offer but the few weeks leading up to me getting my offer literally no card payments except for a few here and there most people were paying cash so I understand why the offer was low. My question is do you think it would be stupid of me to pay this loan off and then that way the algorithm could see because since I’ve got that loan, I’ve had nothing but card payments. It’s back to how it was before I got the loan. 

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