"The big banks continue to deny loans to small businesses, and it s time for a change."

It has also encouraged its allies abroad to deny loans and other forms of assistance to Nicaragua.

The Pequots, once denied loans even for saltbox houses, are rich.

Often, they said, young people were denied loans to buy the older cars they loved.

Even when income differences were taken into account, blacks and Hispanics remained substantially more likely than whites to be denied loans, the council said.

Some lenders have been accused of this practice, which means denying loans for property in poor neighborhoods.

And some companies that would be considered creditworthy with 15 percent sales growth are denied loans when the lower projection is used.

Those customers were denied loans, the suit said.

Minority-owned firms are also more likely to be denied loans, particularly those of smaller size.

General hate mail is most often from people who are denied loans or have had their homes foreclosed.