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3 Technologies for Streamlining Customer Communications
https://www.sba.gov/blog/3-technologies-streamlining-customer-communications… on those leads. Beyond organizing the sales process, a CRM application also puts power into your hands to tap into your … appropriate team members. Look for a project management application that can be set up to automate workflow by … receive automatically. Help Desk Software System The third application that can streamline customer communications … -
Administrator Loeffler Applauds Congressional Proposal to Increase Capital for Small Manufacturers
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/05/01/administrator-loeffler-applauds-congressional-proposal-increase-capital-small-manufacturers… new legislation that will double the individual loan limit for 7(a) and 504 small business manufacturing … Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act will double SBA loan limits for small manufacturers, supercharging the return … business demand for capital has skyrocketed. SBA 7(a) loan approvals for small manufacturers have increased by 74% … -
Last of Eight Defendants Sentenced in $7.7 Million Pandemic Fraud Scheme
https://www.sba.gov/article/2026/02/02/last-eight-defendants-sentenced-77-million-pandemic-fraud-scheme… DeAngelo Jackson-Portwood’s scheme also targeted pandemic loan assistance programs managed by the SBA. The … Disaster Loans in the names of various businesses. The loan applications contained all manner of false statements. … their fraudulent applications targeting these pandemic loan assistance programs. United States Attorney Gorgon … -
Customer Service Plan
https://www.sba.gov/document/report--customer-service-plan… days more people visit www.SBA.gov than get an SBA backed loan in an entire year! As SBA’s senior leadership team has … For example, turnaround times between receipt of an application and decision on approval for direct loans made by … -
SBA Announces Two $150,000 Grants to Fund Women’s Business Centers in Oregon and Washington D.C.
https://www.sba.gov/article/2023/07/14/sba-announces-two-150000-grants-fund-womens-business-centers-oregon-washington-dc… to the population within the specified areas. The application acceptance period for this grant opportunity is … -
Gap Engineering Finds Success in the African Market Through SBA’s Export Working Capital Program
https://www.sba.gov/blog/gap-engineering-finds-success-african-market-through-sbas-export-working-capital-program… a $4.5 million Export Working Capital Program (EWCP) loan, making possible SBA’s largest export deal in the last five years. SBA’s EWCP loan provides up to $5 million in short-term, transaction-specific working capital loan guarantees to U.S. small business exporters. Loans … -
Readout of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Visit to Las Vegas with Vice President Harris, Second Gentleman Emhoff
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/01/27/readout-sba-administrator-guzmans-visit-las-vegas-vice-president-harris-second-gentleman-emhoff… a forthcoming SBA rule that will remove restrictions on loan programs that currently prevent returning citizens, … will also remove questions about criminal history from its loan applications. Under the Biden-Harris Administration, … -
With SBA COVID Relief Programs, Restauranteur and Caterer is Able to Stay in Business and Grow
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Business Owner Sentenced After Receiving More than $1.6 Million in Funds from the CARES Act
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Beyond Main Street: Tips for America’s Rural Small Business Owners
https://www.sba.gov/blog/2024/2024-07/beyond-main-street-tips-americas-rural-small-business-owners… mentors are here for you. Expand your business with an SBA loan. Perhaps an acre or two is the only thing standing … -
Celebrating 70 Years of Empowering America’s Small Businesses
https://www.sba.gov/blog/2023/2023-07/celebrating-70-years-empowering-americas-small-businesses… to capital. Through the 7(a), 504, microloan and other loan programs , SBA facilitates lending from partner … to entrepreneurs who may not meet conventional loan requirements. By reducing the risk for lenders, the SBA … meet the needs of small businesses. Lender Match , MySBA loan portal , Paycheck Protection Program direct forgiveness … -
Biden-Harris Administration Launches Working Capital Pilot Program
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SBA to Open Business Recovery Center in Sulphur to Help Businesses Impacted by Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes and Flooding
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/05/02/sba-open-business-recovery-center-sulphur-help-businesses-impacted-severe-storms-straight-line-winds… needs caused by the disaster. Economic Injury Disaster Loan assistance is available regardless of whether the … accrue until 12 months from the date of the first disaster loan disbursement. SBA disaster loan repayment begins 12 months from the date of the first … -
Santa Clara Woman Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Fraudulently Obtaining More Than $2.8 Million In Pandemic Relief Funds
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/09/24/santa-clara-woman-sentenced-18-months-prison-fraudulently-obtaining-more-28-million-pandemic-relief… that in May 2020, she fraudulently submitted a PPP application to Lender 1 as the sole partner of Alternative … false information, Lender 1 approved and funded the PPP loan in the amount of $968,989. In July 2020, Will-Darnall … false information, Lender 2 approved and funded the PPP loan in the amount of $1,864,565. United States Attorney … -
Evaluation Report 15-11: SBA’s FY 2014 Compliance with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act
https://www.sba.gov/document/report-15-11-evaluation-report-15-11-sbas-fy-2014-compliance-improper-payments-elimination-recovery-act… for Hurricane Sandy disaster relief grants and 7(a) loan guaranty purchases. Specific areas include the accuracy … the improper payment rate for the Disaster Assistance loan disbursements exceeded the 10 percent threshold, and 7(a) guaranty loan approvals did not meet their annual reduction target. … -
Bailey's Premier Services, LLC
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/baileys-premier-services-llc… provided information about applying for an SBA 7(a) loan. Bailey secured an SBA 7(a) loan in 2018 and the financing helped her pay off the … of her company. Bailey was able to pay off the SBA 7(a) loan early, and in 2023 she received another SBA 7(a) loan. … -
FACT SHEET: The U.S. Small Business Administration is Delivering Support to America’s Small Businesses, Helping Them Recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/nov/24/fact-sheet-us-small-business-administration-delivering-support-americas-small-businesses-helping… Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) and other traditional loan programs have helped the smallest of small businesses … Grant ($13.4 billion), COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program ($88 billion), and COVID EIDL Targeted … -
How securing SBA financing helped the Bottling Plant Event Center get their start and recover from the pandemic
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/how-securing-sba-financing-helped-bottling-plant-event-center-get-their-start-and… renovate the dilapidated building. She recalled having her loan applications rejected several times, but she persisted, … able to secure an U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loan for a portion of funds. She recalled that it took a few … (ASBDC) Capital Access Program to finally secure SBA 504 loan. A few years later, with SBDC financial experts’ … -
SBA Launches Supplemental Targeted Advance for Small Businesses Hardest Hit by COVID-19
https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/apr/23/sba-launches-supplemental-targeted-advance-small-businesses-hardest-hit-covid-19