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Latest PPP update shows steady demand, but smaller funding amounts, for...

Financial Services 03/30/2021

PROVIDENCE – Another 1,000 Rhode Island small businesses secured forgivable payroll loans in the last week, suggesting steady demand for the Paycheck Protection Program,...

SBA: Over 10K R.I. recipients approved for $823M in PPP loans

Economic Activity 03/23/2021

PROVIDENCE – Demand for forgivable payroll loans continues at a steady pace among Rhode Island small businesses, with roughly $50 million in Paycheck Protection...

SBA: Last week doubled new participants, funding for R.I. PPP recipients

Economic Activity 03/17/2021

PROVIDENCE – Twice as many Rhode Island small businesses were approved for forgivable payroll loans in the last week compared with the prior, seven-day...

Latest PPP update shows slowdown in dollars, loans for R.I. recipients

Financial Services 03/09/2021

PROVIDENCE – Fewer dollars flowed to Rhode Island small businesses in the last week of the Paycheck Protection Program compared to prior weeks, according...

SBA: New limits on PPP eligibility have not slowed approval for...

Financial Services 03/03/2021

PROVIDENCE - Temporary restrictions on which businesses can apply for forgivable payroll loans have not slowed the approval pace for Rhode Island recipients, according...

SBA: $640M in second round PPP loans approved for 7K R.I....

Economic Activity 02/23/2021

PROVIDENCE – Demand for the second round of the Paycheck Protection Program has slowed both nationally and in Rhode Island, according to the latest...

SBA: $586M in PPP loans approved for 6,600 R.I. recipients

Economic Activity 02/17/2021

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...

MARK S. HAYWARD, bottom center, U.S. Small Business Administration Rhode Island District director, shares insights about the small-business relief programs during PBN's 2021 Coronavirus Business Stimulus Summit on Thursday. Also participating was, from top left, Anthony J. Mangiarelli, partner and director of enterprise solutions group for Kahn, Litwin, Renza & Co., PBN Editor Michael Mello, and Kristin Urbach, executive director for the North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce. At bottom left is Jenny Pereira, Rhode Island Foundation vice president of grants and community investment.

PBN summit panelists lay out latest rules on federal, state business...

Business Services 02/11/2021

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...

Economic Activity 02/09/2021

PROVIDENCE - Another $134 million in forgivable payroll loans was approved for Rhode Island businesses in the first week of February, according to the...