Tag: Paycheck Protection Program
Goldman Sachs: Small businesses are benefiting from PPP, more aid needed
PROVIDENCE – Most businesses qualify for and have been able to receive a second Paycheck Protection Program loan, but they say more help is...
Biden to boost pandemic lending to smallest businesses
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is targeting federal pandemic assistance to the nation's smallest businesses and taking steps to further equity in what...
Five Questions With: Justin H. DeShaw
Justin H. DeShaw serves as chief lending officer of Centreville Bank. He spoke with Providence Business News about the bank’s role and experience in...
Stay focused on business success
Business owners can be excused for being too busy surviving to spend the time needed to fully understand differences between myriad state and federal...
SBA: $586M in PPP loans approved for 6,600 R.I. recipients
PROVIDENCE – More than 6,600 Rhode Island businesses and other eligible entities received a total of $586.3 million in forgivable payroll loans as of...
After plans for closure, Garland pen company hangs on amid pandemic
COVENTRY – In October, Garland Writing Instruments owner Rick Becker said that the pandemic was forcing him to close his doors, as economic pressures...
PBN summit panelists lay out latest rules on federal, state business...
PROVIDENCE – The dizzying array of state and federal relief programs rolled out over the last year is enough to trip up even the...
SBA: $504M in PPP loans approved for 5,584 R.I. businesses since...
PROVIDENCE - Another $134 million in forgivable payroll loans was approved for Rhode Island businesses in the first week of February, according to the...
State can help fill PPP gaps
The latest round of Paycheck Protection Program funding has not generated the same frenzy and confusion for local banks or borrowers as occurred last...
$370M approved through new PPP round for 4K R.I. businesses
PROVIDENCE - More than $370 million in forgivable payroll loans has been approved for Rhode Island applicants as of Jan. 31 under the latest...

















