How The Government Shutdown Impacts SBA Borrowers, And Why Readiness Is Your Greatest Advantage

For borrowers and lenders alike, this environment presents both opportunities and challenges that require strategic ...

Paying For A Franchise: Considerations To Help Entrepreneurs Avoid Regret

Determining how to finance and fund your entrepreneurial dreams takes patience, due diligence and real work to discover your ...
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Turning accounts into livelihoods: Ecobank model for financial inclusion

For Ecobank, financial inclusion is both a mission and a measurable outcome grounded in expanding knowledge, access, and agency. Dan Adu-Gyasi, an Ecobank Youth Ambassador and student at the ...

‘Everyone is hunkering down.’ The affordability crisis is rattling mom-and-pop shops

Surging import costs. Mounting payroll and healthcare expenses. A shortage of affordable loans. And a stressed-out workforce. Small businesses are facing mounting pressure from America’s affordability ...

SBA administrator visits New Hampshire to address skilled worker shortage

The head of the U.S. Small Business Administration visited Hudson on Monday to tour a local manufacturer and discuss the ...
KTAR

SBA offers disaster loans to Tempe residents, nonprofits and businesses impacted by storms

The Small Business Association will open a center to provide disaster loans for residents, businesses and nonprofits that ...
Albuquerque Journal

New Mexico rolls out bilingual program to help small businesses access capital

In New Mexico, where 99% of businesses are small businesses, accessing financial guidance and capital can be difficult, ...

FHLBank Chicago Launches Enhanced Community Advance to Boost Affordable Housing Supply and ...

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) today announced the launch of its enhanced Community Advance product, backed by $10 million in interest rates subsidies for 2025 to help member ...

Ponce Bank Awarded $50,000 Through FHLBNY Small Business Recovery Grant Program

Ponce Bank announced today that it has been awarded $50,000 through the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY) Small Business Recovery Grant (SBRG) Program. The grant funds have been distributed ...