Local Business Opportunities » Small Business Finance http://localbusinessopportunities.com Actionable Ideas and Opportunities to Grow Your Business Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:45:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 What’s Happening with SBA Lending – and Do Small-Business Owners Care? http://localbusinessopportunities.com/what%e2%80%99s-happening-with-sba-lending-%e2%80%93-and-do-small-business-owners-care http://localbusinessopportunities.com/what%e2%80%99s-happening-with-sba-lending-%e2%80%93-and-do-small-business-owners-care#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:33:49 +0000 admin http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=29227 What’s Happening with SBA Lending—and Do Small-Business Owners Care?When the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was announced back in February 2009, the SBA received $730 million of federal stimulus funding from the program. Loan demand soon gobbled up that funding, and in December, the SBA received an additional $125 million (I blogged about that extension on Small Business Trends last month).

SBA Administrator Karen Mills told BizJournals.com that the SBA was able to immediately get that money distributed to small businesses. However, the extension runs out at the end of February.Read More

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What’s Happening with SBA Lending – and Do Small-Business Owners Care?

]]> http://localbusinessopportunities.com/what%e2%80%99s-happening-with-sba-lending-%e2%80%93-and-do-small-business-owners-care/feed 0 Today’s Market: Securing Credit For Your Small Business http://localbusinessopportunities.com/today%e2%80%99s-market-securing-credit-for-your-small-business http://localbusinessopportunities.com/today%e2%80%99s-market-securing-credit-for-your-small-business#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:12:12 +0000 admin http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=29080 Today's Market: Securing Credit For Your Small Business If there’s any doubt that small businesses and access to credit are still a very hot topic in this almost-post recession economy, just read the headlines.

Our very own Anita Campbell isn’t likely to stump for a jobs bill but she did something much better. Recently, Anita conducted a webinar for Verizon titled “How Can You Secure Credit For Your Small Business In Today’s Market?“ Joining her for the presentation was Tom Markel, Vice President of iBank.

The pair of them packed an incredible amountRead More

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Today’s Market: Securing Credit For Your Small Business

]]> http://localbusinessopportunities.com/today%e2%80%99s-market-securing-credit-for-your-small-business/feed 0 New Credit Card Laws Don’t Apply to Small Business Cards http://localbusinessopportunities.com/new-credit-card-laws-don%e2%80%99t-apply-to-small-business-cards http://localbusinessopportunities.com/new-credit-card-laws-don%e2%80%99t-apply-to-small-business-cards#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:45:49 +0000 admin http://smallbiztrends.com/?p=28819 New Credit Card Laws Don't Apply to Small Business CardsLast May the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act was signed into law, containing a sweeping set of regulations designed to curb many unfair credit card issuer practices.

The catch for small business owners? The Act only applies to consumer credit cards. If you have a small business credit card now or get one in the future, you’ll still be working under the old set of rules.

This may not be all bad. Before I tell you why, let meRead More

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New Credit Card Laws Don’t Apply to Small Business Cards

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