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SBA: Rhode Island small businesses received $179M in loans in 2025

Business Services 01/30/2026

SMITHFIELD – Rhode Island small businesses received $179 million in loans in fiscal year 2025, a 56.9% increase over the previous year. A total of...

NEARLY 99% OF Rhode Island’s businesses are small businesses or micro businesses, those with 10 employees or fewer, according to a study by The Economic Progress Institute.

Report: R.I. comprised of mostly small, micro businesses

Economic Activity 06/28/2024

PROVIDENCE – The smallest state in the nation is powered by small businesses. Nearly 99% of Rhode Island’s businesses are small businesses or micro businesses,...

A BETTER WAY: Capital Good Fund founder and CEO Andy Posner, left, discusses strategies to help clients understand and deal with personal finance issues with loan officers Ellie Parada, center, and Roxana Mercado.   / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Capital Good Fund finds success helping those who need it most

Editorial and Op-Ed 03/15/2019

A decade ago, a Brown University graduate student hatched an idea to help Rhode Islanders with low incomes deal with the difficult financial realities...

SAGE COUNSEL: From left, Nacor Matos Custodia, financial coach at Capital Good Fund, and Wally Okby, vice president of investor relations, counsel clients Ann-gel Mitchell and Charles Isler in managing their finances.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Capital Good Fund offers competitive alternative to payday lenders

Financial Services 09/28/2018

Innovative Companies | Financial Running into financial issues or attempting to get out of bad situations can be daunting. Providence-based Capital Good Fund can come...

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