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Globenewswire | April 13, 2023

The U.S. Small Business Administration has finalized two rules to address persistent gaps in access to capital impacting small business owners in underserved communities as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s effort to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom-up, not top-down. The final rules grant permanence to SBA’s program for nonprofit mission lenders, remove outdated limits on non-depository lender participation, increase opportunities for employee ownership, ...

MARKETING AND NETWORKING, SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

DesignRush | July 11, 2022

46% of all Google searches have local intent. That’s an impressive 37,000 local searches per second. It matters because 76% of consumers that perform a local search on their phones visit a store that day, as shared by Backlinko. While Google’s traditional ranking factors apply to local SEO, there are various other strategies that businesses, especially small ones, can leverage to increase exposure in local listings. DesignRush, a B2B marketplace connecting businesses w...

Small Business Administration (SBA) | June 11, 2020

As of Friday, May 22, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) released the second version of the Interim Final Rules pertaining to the guidelines on the SBA loan review process. Then one week later, senate passes house bill on June 3rd which again changed the rules on PPP Forgiveness. The everchanging landscape has lenders and borrowers concerned about submitting PPP Forgiveness Applications. LQD Business Finance, a tech-enabled commercial lender recognized that the complicated Paycheck Pr...

Management

Lafayette Square | February 06, 2023

The U.S. (SBA) Small Business Administration has approved Lafayette Square's application for its first SBIC (Small Business Investment Company) license, the national investment platform announced recently. The license will supplement the company's current leverage facilities, including Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation financing. The SBIC program, established in 1958, represents a vital partnership between the government and the private sector. A regular license can pr...