It has claimed that last year it increased lending significantly leading to a 46% share of new lending to SMEs.
Net interest income increased 2.8percentto to 957 million euros ($1.07 billion) as low interest rates increased lending.
Paragon increased lending to private landlords by almost two-thirds in the first half of the specialist mortgage lender's financial year as the buy-to-let boom continued.
Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland cited 18 tax cuts and increased lending for small businesses under President Obama, adding, "There's a lot that's been done".
It's a shame then, that as recently as 2012-13 the World Bank Group increased lending to $2.7bn for fossil fuel projects, including toward new oil and gas exploration.
Santander also pointed out its British operation last year increased lending to small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) by 25%, exceeding government targets by lending £8.7bn to UK companies, with around half that figure made up of loans to SMEs.
"I see persuasive evidence of improved underlying fundamentals for much of the private sector of the U.S. economy," he said, citing lower levels of household debt and increased lending.
China Minsheng Banking, based in Beijing and founded in 1996 by a group of China's wealthiest businessmen, reported the biggest rise in earnings among China's three publicly traded banks as it increased lending to private companies, spurning the state-owned businesses that dominate the client lists of its rivals.
The fever of the euro crisis has cooled sharply, partly because of measures European politicians have taken to strengthen the euro's foundations, but mostly in response to a sharp easing of monetary policy by the European Central Bank and hugely increased lending to European banks.
"RBS has increased lending to the real economy by nearly £1bn in Q1 2013, which includes a £600m increase in our business lending - our strongest performance since the scheme launched," it said.
While intriguing, this study did not show for certain that positive emotions increased lending.
