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WILLING PARTICIPANT: BayCoast Bank is one of lenders with a local presence that has begun accepting and processing applications for the U.S. Small Business Association’s Paycheck Protection Program. / COURTESY BAYCOAST BANK

Stressed R.I. employers jostle to receive SBA assistance

The rollout of federal relief ­programs offered a much-needed source of funding and of hope to small businesses struggling in the coronavirus pandemic. But securing...
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How satisfied are you with the support you have seen for...

Local banks have been scrambling to keep up with applications flooding in from struggling small businesses hoping for a piece of a $349 billion...
BUSINESS RESOURCES: Brian Pifer, vice president of entrepreneurship at Small Business Majority, will be hosting a webinar on April 16 about the resources available to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY BRIAN PIFER

Editor’s Choice: Resources for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

Editor’s Choice Resources for small businesses impacted by COVID-19 pandemic BRIAN PIFER of the Small Business Majority’s Entrepreneurship Program and Venturize.org platform, which delivers education...
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Local lenders strapped for capacity as PPP opens to new applicants

PROVIDENCE – The initial surge in applications from small business owners clambering to get their shares of a federal payroll relief program have abated...
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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...
R.I. GENERAL TREASURER Seth Magaziner penned a letter to Rhode Island's lenders, urging them to process Paycheck Protection Program loan applications for all qualified small businesses in Rhode Island, not just for existing customers. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

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...

Robinson & Cole partner featured in conference call on HR issues...

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Commerce are offering a coronavirus conference-call series for businesses. Participation is free. The conference...
TRUE TEST: Mark S. Hayward, director of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Rhode Island office, acknowledges that he hasn’t seen a disruption of business quite like the one caused by the coronavirus pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. businesses offered SBA help to get through coronavirus epidemic

Mark S. Hayward was in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, 2001. With the metro shut down following the devastating terrorist attacks in New York City...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO announced Tuesday that two new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, and Microsoft Corp. will provide all businesses of all sizes in Rhode Island free Office 365 programs for six months. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

2 new COVID-19 cases identified; R.I. businesses to receive assistance

PROVIDENCE – Two more positive COVID-19 have been identified in Rhode Island, increasing the state’s total to 23, and state officials announced Tuesday some...
GOV. GINA M. RAIMONDO announced on Monday she will apply to the SBA for low-interest loans for small businesses hurt by the new coronavirus.

Raimondo to apply for SBA loans for small businesses

PROVIDENCE – Low-interest loans to help small businesses hurt by the new coronavirus could be available through the Rhode Island District Office of the...
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