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https://www.sba.gov/article/2017/apr/07/sba-recognizes-export-lenders-bbt-first-american-bank-world-trade-finance-inc… An early champion of the SBA’s Export Working Capital Loan program, World Trade Finance since 1997 has made 162 of …
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Market research and competitive analysis
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A Filipino Woman-Owned Business Invites Conversation about Heritage Through Food with Help from SBA Financing
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/filipino-woman-owned-business-invites-conversation-about-heritage-through-food-help… NW, Amlag was able to obtain a $35,000 SBA guaranteed loan which she used to renovate her Ballard location, … Protection Program loans, and an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). Unlocking access to capital was a turning point … -
Keeping Up with State Workplace Laws
https://www.sba.gov/blog/keeping-state-workplace-laws… has a higher hourly rate, you must use the state’s rate. A number of states change their rates annually, through new … care of a spouse or family member. However, a growing number of states have their own laws on leave time. If state … off. Even if leave time is not paid, there are a growing number of states that mandate time off for certain purposes. … -
Founder of Lender Service Provider Pleads Guilty for Role in PPP Fraud Scheme
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/08/11/founder-lender-service-provider-pleads-guilty-role-ppp-fraud-scheme… conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent PPP loan applications, including by fabricating documents that … falsified income and payroll figures in order to receive loan funds for which they were not eligible. Reis co-founded … Reis and his co-conspirators submitted fraudulent PPP loan applications they knew contained materially false … -
Sisters United in Business
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/sisters-united-business… due to lack of credit and experience, they were denied the loan. The sisters turned to their family for support and … MJ Culhane and her sisters obtained an SBA-backed 504 loan to purchase a building and open a second Culhane’s Irish … ranging from counseling through a resource partner, 504 loan guarantee, and now Covid-19 relief options to continue … -
Mary Lyn Baker of DH Casters Rolls with Her Customers
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/mary-lyn-baker-dh-casters-rolls-her-customers… in advance of sales. Mary Lyn tapped into the SBA’s 7(a) loan program to bridge the gap, and the loan provided the cash needed to purchase more inventory and … helped Mary Lyn with the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) process. DH Casters received loans through both … -
A Year of Historic Achievements for Women-owned Businesses
https://www.sba.gov/blog/year-historic-achievements-women-owned-businesses… and accumulated $1.8 trillion in receipts in 2019. The number of employer firms owned by women grew six percent … Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU), increasing the number of WBCs operating in partnership with HBCUs to six. As … existing developments concerning the WBC network and the number of states it reaches and continue to invest in … -
Interpreting Success
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/interpreting-success… under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP); an SBA-backed loan that helped businesses keep their workforce employed … she obtained an SBA Covid-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL). She was able to keep her business open during … -
How the SBA Is Helping Women Entrepreneurs Level the Playing Field
https://www.sba.gov/blog/2023/2023-09/how-sba-helping-women-entrepreneurs-level-playing-field… co-sign if they were interested in applying for a business loan. Fast forward 35 years, and women-owned businesses … small businesses through the SBA’s 7(a) and 504 loan programs over the past two fiscal years? Not only do … -
Celebrating Black History Month: SBA Programs and Resources
https://www.sba.gov/blog/2024/2024-02/celebrating-black-history-month-sba-programs-resources… exist. SBA-Guaranteed Loans: Reducing lender risk, SBA loan programs — 7(a), 504, microloans, and more — are … your needs, get matched, talk to lenders, and apply for a loan — all in a matter of days. Small Business Investment … -
Veteran contracting assistance programs
https://www.sba.gov/federal-contracting/contracting-assistance-programs/veteran-contracting-assistance-programs… non-business use is prohibited) Will not sell, transfer, loan, lease, encumber or otherwise dispose of the property … -
Emerging Child Care Center Fostering Bright Minds in Hays
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/emerging-child-care-center-fostering-bright-minds-hays… solving a big puzzle. State regulations require a minimum number of square feet of activity space per child, a bathroom … of Frontier Financial Partners, Inc. to secure an SBA 504 loan for the construction and equipment. Andrea and Nick sold … 2020 and 2021, along with an SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan. “The SBA COVID-19 disaster assistance provided the … -
Army Veteran Rose from Manager to Owner of Emporia Business
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/army-veteran-rose-manager-owner-emporia-business… and purchase of the building and additional property. The loan processing, that included an environmental study, was finalized in late 2018. Drake closed the loan on February 15, 2019. “The loan could have been closed earlier, but the government … -
The SBA Celebrates and Empowers Black-Owned Businesses this Black History Month
https://www.sba.gov/blog/sba-celebrates-empowers-black-owned-businesses-black-history-month… loans. Do you find yourself unable to obtain a business loan with reasonable rates and terms despite being … -
Information quality guidelines
https://www.sba.gov/about-sba/open-government/information-quality/information-quality-guidelines… OCIO considers complete, OCIO will assign a case tracking number, and will forward the correction request to the … request for reconsideration the same case tracking number assigned to the underlying correction request and will … -
Angelene Ripley Wright Named 2024 Oklahoma Small Business Person of the Year
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/angelene-ripley-wright-named-2024-oklahoma-small-business-person-year… the Tulsa area. Wright purchased the business with an SBA loan and was helped through the COVID-19 pandemic with two PPP loans and a COVID-19 EIDL loan. She has doubled the employee count since buying the … -
Achieve Sports Center selected as Colorado 2024 Small Business Person(s) of the Year
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/achieve-sports-center-selected-colorado-2024-small-business-persons-year… they purchased their business location with an SBA 504 loan. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a large setback to … pursuing their dream of expansion, and their second 504 loan enabled this. The SBA 504 loan allowed them to purchase a former, vacant Safeway … -
Hurricane Idalia – Initial Disaster Assistance and Recovery Response
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-24-12-hurricane-idalia-initial-disaster-assistance-recovery-response… initial response to Hurricane Idalia, including staffing, loan application volume, and timeliness of disaster loan approvals. We found SBA’s initial response to … Additionally, SBA was responsive to the increase in loan applications that resulted from the hurricane. Residents … -
FRIDAY: SBA Deputy Administrator Visits with Business Owners Affected by the Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse and Tours Business Recovery Center
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/04/18/friday-sba-deputy-administrator-visits-business-owners-affected-francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse… to assist business owners in completing their disaster loan applications, accept documents, and provide status on loan applications. Friday, April 19 Tour of Business …