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Local lenders report slowdown in PPP applications but increased anxiety over...

PROVIDENCE – The flood of applications from small businesses desperate for payroll relief has slowed to a trickle, local lenders say. But while demand for...
A CLOSER LOOK: Cooley extruder team leader Jaimie Rodriguez inspects the product as it’s being manufactured at the Pawtucket factory. CEO Daniel Dwight says Cooley has remained operational because of financial-resiliency planning. / COURTESY COOLEY GROUP

Pandemic Diary: The quest for financial resiliency

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a weekly series on how Cooley Group is managing the COVID-19 pandemic, from the perspective of...

R.I. businesses secure $593M in second-round PPP funds as approval rate...

PROVIDENCE – After inundating local lenders with applications for federal payroll relief funds, demand for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program among...

Five Questions With: Michael Clarkin

Michael Clarkin serves as senior vice president and corporate sales manager for The Washington Trust Co., where he has worked since 2010. He previously...

R.I. businesses secure $550M in round-two PPP loans; less than half...

PROVIDENCE – More than 6,800 Rhode Island small businesses secured a total of $550.4 million for payroll relief under second-round funding for the U.S....
ASPEN AEROGELS reported a $3.2 million loss in the first quarter of 2020.

Aspen Aerogels posts $3.2M loss in Q1; approved for PPP loan...

NORTHBOROUGH, Mass. – Aspen Aerogels Inc. reported a $3.2 million loss in the the first quarter of 2020, an improvement from a loss of...
DENIED: Elyse Farnsworth, owner of Arrow Salon in Providence, tried to apply through Bank of America for a Paycheck Protection Program loan but was turned down because she did not have a line of credit with the bank. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Certain businesses left behind in dash for stimulus loans?

Elyse Farnsworth was eagerly awaiting the rollout of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. The hair stylist and owner of Arrow Salon LLC...
THE SBA said that for eight hours Wednesday ending at midnight Eastern time it would accept PPP loans only from small lenders. It also indicated that it was moving the smallest companies applying for loans to the head of the line. / AP FILE PHOTO/ERIC GAY

SBA: Small businesses move to head of loan application line

NEW YORK (AP) – The smallest companies seeking coronavirus relief loans were moving to the head of the line Wednesday as the Small Business...
BANKING INDUSTRY groups said Tuesday the SBA’s loan processing system is still unable to handle the volume of loan applications from business owners trying to get aid under the Paycheck Protection Program.

Bottleneck continues as businesses seek government relief loans

NEW YORK (AP) – Banks trying to submit applications for thousands of small businesses seeking coronavirus relief loans have hit a bottleneck for a...

Local lenders prepare for fast and furious second round of PPP...

PROVIDENCE – “A breath of fresh air” is how Leland Merrill, chief lending officer and chief operating officer of BankNewport, described it when the...
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