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‘Absolute chaos’ as businesses try to tap into rescue funds
NEW YORK (AP) – Desperate small-business owners who hoped for a quick government lifeline to help them survive the coronavirus crisis are still without...
Insight into emergency stimulus programs
The federal stimulus package known as the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act includes a number of financial relief programs for businesses...
Mnuchin: Additional $250B sought for small businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration will seek an additional $250 billion to support a program designed to help small businesses keep workers employed...
Federal Reserve to boost small-business lending efforts
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve said in a brief announcement that it would support the government's $349 billion small-business lending program, which had...
Local lenders scramble to process surge of SBA loan applications
PROVIDENCE – Questions continue to emerge as local lenders scramble to keep up with the flood of applications pouring in from small businesses seeking...
Magaziner: Lenders shouldn’t turn away ‘orphaned’ businesses from $349B emergency program
PROVIDENCE – R.I. General Treasurer Seth Magaziner is urging Rhode Island banks, credit uniosn and other lenders to stop turning away some small businesses...
Small-biz rescue off to slow start in R.I., elsewhere; some banks...
NEW YORK (AP) – The federal government's relief program for small businesses is off to a slow start Friday, with only some businesses locally and...
Stressed local bankers brace for overwhelming demand for new SBA loans...
PROVIDENCE – Local bankers are expecting an onslaught of demand from struggling small businesses looking to get a piece of the nearly $350 billion...
COVID-19-related SBA loans could be available as soon as this week
PROVIDENCE – The Small Business Administration’s $349 billion in small-business capital program due to COVID-19 is expected to be operational starting Friday, the SBA...