Small Business Loans

The Best Banks For Small Business

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Banking Grades, Small Business Loans, Best Banks, Multifunding, Worst Banks, Small Business News and Trends, Worst Banks for Small Business, Ami Kassar, Best Banks for Small Business, Small Business Lending, Small Business News

When it comes to getting a loan for your small business, it may not come down to who you know, but where you go. Banking Grades, a new grading tool fr...

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Crowdfunding, a Burgeoning Phenomenon to Raise Money for Some Enterprises and Nonprofits

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.17.2012

Kiki Karpus invests in start-ups and emerging businesses -- well, sort of. Instead of choosing the companies based upon the likelihood of their succes...

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Small Business Lending Slips In March

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Small Business Loans, Small Business News and Trends, Small Business, Small Business Lending, Video, Small Business News

(By Ann Saphir - Reuters) - Lending to small businesses in the United States sagged in March, supporting the view that economic growth is headed for a...

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Fixes Abound for SBA Loan Programs

Chris Hurn | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Small Business Loans, Sba, Small Business Administration, SBA 504, Economic Crisis, Small Business America, Small Business News

I recently testified before the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and shared some solutions to not only reduce the subsidy and solidify the SBA 504 loan program, but also enhance the 504 program.

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Small-Business Lending Summit Features Obama Administration's Top Appointees, Elected Politicians and Industry Leaders

Jerry Chautin | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Washington, Small Business Loans, Obama Administration, Credit Crunch, Barack Obama, Karen Mills, Community Banks, Small Business Owners, Ifa, Sba, Financial Institutions, Politicians, Small Business Franchising, Small Business News

At the recent Small Business Lending Summit, franchising was cited as a popular path to entrepreneurship. But the difficulty that small-business owners face for financing is a challenge.

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Don't Abolish SBA; Mills Says Her Agency Is Faster, Quicker, Better

Jerry Chautin | Posted 04.12.2012

Some legislative ideologues and conservative groups would rather abolish the SBA than spend taxpayers' money to boost its small business loan-guarantee programs.

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Congress Should Pass Bill to Let Credit Unions Lend More So Small Businesses Grow, Create Jobs

Dave Adams | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Small Business Loans, Small Business Job Creation, Small Business Jobs Bill, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow, S 2231, Credit Union Small Business Jobs Bill, Detroit News

Despite some unfair treatment of banks, the American Bankers Association's opposition to legislation that would allow credit unions to make more small business loans is simply wrong.

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It May Be Just Dirt to Some, but to Small Business Owners, It's the Essence of Our Lives

David Wilson | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Small Business Loans, Congress, Foreclosure Crisis, Small Business, Unemployment, Economy, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Banking Crisis, Small Business News

Small business made this country great and we can do it again. We can, better than anyone, insure people will stay in their homes by hiring back our talented workforce that has and will continue to be our nation's greatest asset.

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Small Businesses Shunned By Banks Turn To Pawn Shops

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Amerimerchant, Multifunding, Small Business Loans, Pawntique, Small Business Lending Alternatives, Small Business Banks, Online Pawn Shops, Small Business News and Trends, Little Big Farm Foods, Namaa, Cash Advance Lenders, Merchant Cash Advance, Pawn Shops, Merchant Cash Advance Firms, How to Get a Loan, Small Business News

Most small-business owners dream of seeing orders quintuple overnight. But when Fern Phillips had a purchase order suddenly jump from 4,000 units to 2...

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Small Business Borrowing Jumps

Reuters | Posted 03.01.2012

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(By Ann Saphir - Reuters) - Borrowing by U.S. small businesses rose in January, another sign that recent stronger economic data may be more durable th...

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Top Signs Your Business Should Borrow

Brian Hamilton | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Small Business, Business, Small-Business-Management, Cash Flow, Small Business Loans, Small Business America, Lending, Wages, Loans, Borrowing, Business Borrowing, Small Business News

There are times when it is good to borrow money, but those times are limited. So how do you know when you truly need to borrow for your business? The answer is not always obvious.

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Business Owners Can Learn To Love Actuaries -- While Still Hating Credit Scores

Robert A. Berman | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Small Business Loans, Small Business, Lehman Brothers, Lending, Small Business Credit Score, Loans, Credit Score, Financial Crisis, Banks, Actuaries, Bankers, Recession, Small Business America, Small Business Lending, Small Business News

It's not really fair to blame actuaries for creating the biggest financial crisis in living American memory. I am, of course, talking about how tens of thousands of small business owners with long and successful track records are going out of business because they cannot get a simple business loan from their neighborhood banker.

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Small Business Financing May Suffer From Obama's Proposed Budget and Political Wrangling

Jerry Chautin | Posted 04.22.2012

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Small-business owners are holding their collective breaths as the Obama Administration's proposed budget wends its way through the politically-charged Congress.

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Is It Time To Be an Entrepreneur?

Marc Joseph | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Small Business Loans, Small Business, New Small Business, New Business, Business News

Are today's entrepreneurs desperate and opening a business because they just can't find a job? Let's hope not, because that is almost a guarantee your business will fall into the two thirds that fail.

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Small Business Borrowing Hits 4-Year High In December

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2012

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(Reuters - By Ann Saphir) Borrowing by U.S. small businesses rose in December to the highest level in more than four years, pointing to continued stre...

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Commercial Mortgage Bankers Are Doing Deals As the Real Estate Market Breathes New Signs of Life

Jerry Chautin | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Rentals, Financing, Banks, Recession, Real Estate, Loan Application, Credit Crunch, Cash Flow, Charles Green, Working Capital Loans, Multifamily Financing, Insurance, Business News, Bankruptcy, Financial Institutions, The Loan Book, Wells Fargo Bank, Commercial Real Estate Loans, Acquisition Loans, Job Creation, Alternative Financing, Small Business Loans, GE Capital, Fannie Mae, Mortgage Bankers Association Convention, Anthony Falor, Freddie Mac, Bob Coleman, Borrowing Money, Lending Programs, Sba, Investor, Fidelity National Bank, Cref, Small Business America, Business News

Rental apartments are back in demand, financing for hotels and motels is loosening up a bit and investors are stepping off the sidelines with wads of cash to do deals.

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Are Big Banks Really Lending More To Small Businesses?

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 03.31.2012

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Big banks' reputations have taken a hit over the last few years, starting with the financial crisis and culminating with the Occupy Wall Street protes...

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The State of Small Business: Credit and Jobs Must be Addressed

John Arensmeyer | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Small Business Loans, Small Business America, Credit Cards, Small Business, Credit, Community Banks, Lending, Small Business Credit, Banks, Small Business Lending, Small Business News

For too long, small businesses have been struggling to bear the brunt of the recession. Lending has all but dried up, and too many lawmakers are spending more time playing politics than working to pass smart legislation to help them. How do we know small business owners feel this way? We asked them.

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Small Business Lending Rises At Chase, Citi

Reuters | Posted 03.24.2012

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(Reuters) - Global lending giants Chase (JPM.N) and Citi (C.N) said they substantially increased loans to U.S. small businesses last year, both exceed...

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Is Bank Of America Really Cutting Off Small Businesses?

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 01.03.2012

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In an economy where every bit of capital can help or hurt a small business, is Bank of America cutting credit lines to some small businesses? That ...

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Is It Getting Easier To Get A Loan?

Reuters | Posted 03.03.2012

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* Rising borrowing points to underlying economic strength * Loan delinquencies ebbing By Lucia Mutikani WASH...

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Saving, Not Spending, For the Holiday

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Small Business Loans, Holidays, Education Savings, Insurance Policies, Pawn Shop, Economy, Flushing Queens, Immigration, Asian Immigrants, Chinese American, Holiday, Christmas, Banks, Vacation, Payroll, Life Insurance, Business News

FLUSHING, N.Y. -- On the Wednesday morning before Christmas, there were no fir trees for sale in New York City's Flushing, Queens. The sidewalks were ...

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Students Create Microloan Institutions, Tackle Community Issues

Anna Bahr | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Small Business Loans, Campus Microfinance Alliance, Video, Student Entrepreneurship, Microfinancing for Students, Cma, Microfinance, Lend for America, Impact News

The Campus Microfinance Alliance, a coalition of student-run microfinance groups, recently launched a new campaign to spur job growth for budding entr...

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Small Business Borrowing Is Up: Paynet

Reuters | Posted 12.12.2011

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(By Lynn Adler - Reuters) - Small businesses re-engineered themselves during the recession and are now more confident and profitable, with lower-risk ...

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Too Big To Lend? Why Small Businesses Are Getting Denied By Big Banks

HuffingtonPost.com | Janean Chun | Posted 12.16.2011

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Politicians and banking executives are quick to hail small businesses as key to economic expansion and job creation. That message was front and center...

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