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Big banks get green light to make small short-term loans

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Source: CNBC / MSN

Consumers who rely on payday loans to fill their budget gaps may have a new option to turn to: traditional banks. National banks just received the go-ahead to serve that market from their regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

On Wednesday, Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting called for national banks and federal savings associations to step into the short-term, small-dollar installment loan market.

These loans typically range from $300 to $5,000, according to the regulator. And that adds up to about $90 billion in loans taken out every year by millions of U.S. consumers.

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May 28, 2018 |

Personal Loan or Car Loan: Which Should You Get?

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Source: The ascent from The Motley Fool

Car loans and personal loans are both term loans, but there are important differences. Find out about car loans vs. personal loans here.

There are lots of different ways to borrow money for big purchases. And for many of us, one of our biggest purchases is a vehicle. If you’re buying a car, you may need to decide whether you should do so using a personal loan or a car loan. While car loans and personal loans have some similarities, there are also important differences between them.

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August 12, 2019 |

The SBA Provided Over $330 Million In Business Loans To Black Woman Entrepreneurs In 2019

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Black Enterprise | LoanNEXXUS

Source: Black Enterprise

Tameka Stigers has achieved perpetual success as one of the country’s many black woman entrepreneurs.

She launched Locs of Glory in 2009 after discovering a niche styling technique known as “Sisterlocks” for people with textured hair. She started with a 400-square-foot salon in her home. But she outgrew the space fast, recognizing the need to expand and add more employees. She landed a $455,000 (7a) loan from the U.S. Small Business Administration in 2016. That capital allowed her to relocate into a custom-built 3,000-square-foot building in St. Louis to run her hair salon and spa business.

“The SBA loan has allowed me to provide employment opportunities for people in my community,” Stigers says.

Now, Stigers employs about 15 people and independent contractors and has realized steady sales growth since 2014. She expects to generate revenues of about $400,000 by late by 2020. She is part of the SBA St. Louis 2019 Emerging Leaders Initiative. This year she was named Minority-Owned Small Business of the Year by the SBA for her district in Missouri.

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November 10, 2019 |

Widening Borrower Protection’s Scope To SMBs

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Source: PYMNTS

Borrower protection initiatives have taken aim at predatory lenders, both online and brick-and-mortar, with legislators at the state and federal levels addressing concerns that include a lack of transparency and sky-high fees and interest rates.

But only recently have these efforts begun to gradually turn toward small business borrowers, too.

Last month, reports in The Wall Street Journal, citing Federal Reserve data, found that nearly one-third of U.S. small businesses had sought a loan online, compared to just 19 percent that did so in 2017. As online lending platforms proliferate among the SMB borrowing community, however, experts warn that a lack of regulation means these companies rarely publicly reveal interest rates and fees.

As the publication noted, Opportunity Fund recently dug into the numbers and found that the average interest rate among 150 online small business loan contracts is 94 percent, with one rate topping 358 percent.

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January 30, 2020 |

How To Get A Small Business Loan

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Source: NY Daily News

Getting a small-business loan in this economic climate can be tricky, but it is certainly not impossible with adequate preparation. When they make their decision, lenders will primarily look at your credit history, business plan, education and experience operating the kind of business you want the loan for, as well as the feasibility of the business. This guide will show you what you need to do to get a loan for your small business.

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June 7, 2019 |

Seek Capital Partners with Small Business Funding Platform Lendza to Help Startup Businesses

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Source: Cision PRWeb

Seek Capital is the leading company for startup business funding in the United States. Lendza is a funding request service that matches small business owners seeking capital with a suitable lender. Today, the two companies are proud to announce a new partnership where Lendza will start connecting small business owners looking for startup business loans with Seek Capital.

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May 27, 2018 |

4 Tips to Help Latina Business Owners Achieve Success

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US Latino Businesses | LoanNEXUS

Source: Cision – PR Newswire

As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage month this year, it’s a good time to recognize the many contributions of Hispanic small business owners. And there truly are many. Wells Fargo served as lead sponsor of the Latino Donor Collaborative’s U.S. Latino GDP Report, which tracks the growing influence of the Latino community within the U.S. economy, and the results are incredibly promising. Latinos contributed $2.7 trillion to the U.S. GDP in 2021, equivalent to the seventh largest economy in the world, and they’re growing 57% faster than the U.S. economy overall. From 2010 to 2019, the U.S. Latino GDP was the third-fastest growing among the 10 largest GDPs in the world, with the U.S. economy ranking fourth. Latinos are also accounting for 68% of the growth in U.S. labor participation.

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October 17, 2021 |

Three Tips for Applying for a Small Business Loan

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Source: The Roanoke Times

If you run a small business, you know the worry that comes from financial pressure.

No matter how much planning you did before opening or how careful you are with spending now, expenses just seem to crop up for small businesses. They’re especially stressful when you’re trying to turn even a small profit.

First, rest easy knowing that you’re in good company—many small business owners find they need more cash in the early days to keep things running, or even a few years in as they work to grow. And there are a lot of small business owners, with the majority of United States companies having less than 20 employees, according to the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBEC).

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July 14, 2019 |

Women entrepreneurs gain ground, but still lack financing…

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Source: Wisconsin State Journal

“Women are the entrepreneurial leaders in Madison.”

That’s what Amy Gannon said, after the Doyenne Group’s 5X5X5 pitch contest on Wednesday — part of the eight-day Forward Festival celebrating entrepreneurship and innovation.

But at least two female CEOs in Madison say in the larger scheme of things, women entrepreneurs still have a lot of ground to make up — particularly, women of color.

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August 26, 2018 |

The financial outlook for the Hispanic small business community in 2021

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Source: CNBC

Often hailed for higher-than-average rates of entrepreneurialism and new business formation, the Latino community has been struck particularly hard by the Covid-19 crisis.

The Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative reported in May that 86% of Latino business owners had felt immediate negative impacts from Covid, a rate higher than other ethnic groups. Help was also harder to come by for Latino business owners, who had less cash on hand when requesting Covid assistance in the form of PPP loans, and were only half as likely as their White counterparts to receive the federal loans.

Still, the pandemic tells only half the tale of where Hispanic businesses stand today, because prior to the crisis, Latino entrepreneurs were making great strides — increasing their funding, improving their credit, and their revenue growth. That means that there is underlying strength in the Latino business community that can help in their emergence from the ravages of Covid-19.

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December 12, 2020 |
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