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by thaumasiotes 1920 days ago
> If the customer is a risk of non-payment, the bank will elect not to lend to them.

This seems a little glib. Everyone is a risk of non-payment. I have total confidence that over ten years of operation, there will be at least one occurrence of non-payment.

If you're actually providing 0% financing -- you pay the tradesperson $X up front and collect $X over the next 24 months -- that would mean you start out being able to employ zero people, and even the most infinitesimal risk of non-payment immediately puts you in the red.