The Small Business Administration (SBA) offers programs like 7 (a) and 504 loans, which are often more flexible than traditional bank loans. But they still go through private lenders, and that process ...

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Small-business owners seeking loans may face new hurdles as the Small Business Administration reverts to pre-pandemic lending standards.

According to a Federal Reserve analysis, 47% of Black-owned businesses and 44% of Hispanic-owned businesses were denied small business loans in 2021, compared to 34% of white-owned businesses.

Government-backed small business loans may become harder to get, starting Wednesday. The U.S. Small Business Administration is reviving lending standards that were dropped by the Biden-era SBA ...

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Understanding the 2025 SBA lending landscape. As Small Business Administration (SBA) programs adapt to meet the needs of today’s borrowers, businesses have the opportunity to tap into the ...

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AI’s Role In Transforming Small Business Lending In my experience, there are several ways AI can help lenders overcome these challenges so that SMBs can access the funding they need: 1.

Of course, the banks will tell you it’s not all their fault that small-business lending is shrinking in importance to them. Demand for these loans has been low since COVID, which shuttered mom ...

On February 20, a judge for the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the FTC a preliminary injunction against a small business financing company.. The FTC alleges ...

He joins the Bank’s growing Small Business Administration (SBA) Lending team – one currently among the Top 10 for SBA 7(a) lenders nationwide.