Abstract: A loan processing system to aid a potential loan applicant preparing the necessary financial statement, loan application, and business plan to apply for a business loan. The loan applicant merely completes the requested information using a computer and transmits the completed information to the lending institution via modem or by mailing the information stored on disk. The lending institution then reviews the transmitted information, checks for inaccuracies, completeness, etc. and responds accordingly. If the loan applicant, in filing out the loan application, has any questions or, if the lending institution has any questions upon receipt of the information, the loan applicant and lending institution may communicate with one another on-line to respond to the query or via mail, e.g. mail a disk with the necessary questions or requests. The system also includes a "HELP" mechanism to access stored information to aid in the preparation of the loan application.