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Small Business Lending News:
PRESS
RELEASE April 5,
2012, 3:31 p.m. EDT NSBA Applauds
Enactment of JOBS Act
President
Barack Obama today signed into law the Jump-Start Our Business
Start-ups (JOBS) Act which will significantly improve small businesses'
ability to raise capital and help companies generate sustainable
economic growth and jobs. NSBA was a leading proponent of the JOBS Act,
and, as such, was invited to attend today's bill signing in the White
House Rose Garden. NSBA Chair Chris Holman was among the invited NSBA
guests.
Today's signing of the JOBS Act will enact: a
crowdfunding exemption allowing small companies to raise up to $1
million in a 12-month period which includes a preemption of state blue
sky laws; the creation of an IPO OnRamp; an increase of the aggregate
offering amount of all securities sold under Regulation A from $5
million to $50 million; and language allowing for general solicitation
or general advertising to find accredited investors. Read
more here
Bank
of America steps up its game, hiring to fill the niche
By Andrew Dunn
adunn@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Saturday, Mar. 31, 2012
The Pue family business lives by its line of credit.
The
company is a prime representation – quite literally – of Bank of
America’s new push into small-business lending. The bank recently sent
a video crew to the warehouse, near the intersection of South Tryon
Street and Clanton Road, for an internal video.
Seventeen months
after CEO Brian Moynihan pledged to the White House that the Charlotte
bank would increase lending to small businesses, the bank is touting
its numbers.
New loans to businesses with less than $20 million
in revenue increased 20 percent in 2011, to $6.4 billion, the bank
reported recently. Among businesses with less than $5 million in
revenue, lending increased 63 percent in the fourth quarter from the
one before.
Bank of America is also nearly three-quarters of the
way through hiring 1,000 small-business bankers around the country to
provide personal service to existing customers and drum up new business.
It’s
the first time the bank has had feet on the ground specifically to
serve the country’s smallest businesses. And at a time when Bank of
America is cutting back dramatically in other areas of its business, it
represents a significant investment. Read
more here:
PRESS
RELEASE April 2,
2012, 10:45 a.m. EDT Small
Business Lending Index Shows Large Banks Approve Only 10% of Loans;
Credit Unions Approve More Than 50%
DALLAS,
April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- According to the Biz2Credit
Small Business Lending Index for February 2012, large bank lending to
small business remains flat, while the rate of growth at credit unions
is twice that of small banks. Over the last year, the largest
institutions in the U.S. who received taxpayer assistance specifically
to lend to small business only approve an average of 10% of the
requests they receive. Credit unions approve more than 50% of their
loan requests from small businesses.Read
more here:
March
27, 2012, 7:00 AM
Karen Mills, S.B.A. Chief, Takes Reader Questions
By ROBB MANDELBAUM NY Times
Much
has changed since Karen Mills, the administrator for theSmall
Business Administration,
firstsat
down with usback in
the fall of 2009. The economy is improving, unemployment is falling, andS.B.A.
lendingis
back to pre-recession levels. Ms. Mills’s agency, however, still faces
pressing challenges. Fewer S.B.A. loans are reaching the smallest,
underserved businesses. And both the agency and the Obama
administration are under intense pressure to show that they are
creating jobs. Read
more here.
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Small
Loan Advantage
Small business owners and entrepreneurs don't always need large loans.
The
Community Advantage and Small Loan Advantage programs help business
owners get
crucial smaller loans (under $250,000) with a streamlined application,
minimal
paperwork and fast turnaround times, while still offering SBA's highest
guarantee. Export-Import Bank of
the United States Working
Capital
Guarantee Program
Ex-Im Bank provides a guarantee on working capital loans provided by
commercial
lenders to help extend short-term loans to small- and medium-size
businesses
for their export funding needs. This resource includes information on
eligibility and a list of participating lenders.
Overseas Private Investment Corporation Small
and Medium Enterprise
Financing Program
For companies with annual revenues under $250,000, this program
provides
medium- to long-term funding through direct loans and loan guarantees
to
eligible investment projects in developing countries and emerging
markets.
Rural
Business
and Industry Guaranteed Loans
Loans aimed at improving economic and environmental climate in rural
communities. Funds may be used for buying a business to keep it from
closing;
purchasing land, buildings, machinery or equipment; and related
activities.
U.S. Small Business Administration Basic
7(a) Loan Program
For starting, acquiring and expanding a small business, 7(a) loans are
the most
basic and most used type loan of SBA's business loan programs.
Borrowers must
apply through a participating lender institution.
Business
Physical Disaster Loans
Any business or private, nonprofit organization that is located in a
declared
disaster area and has incurred damage during the disaster may apply for
a loan
to help replace damaged property or restore it to the condition it was
in
before the disaster. If your business or private, nonprofit
organization -
large or small - has suffered physical damage as a result of a
disaster, you
may be eligible for financial assistance from the U.S. Small Business
Administration. SBA makes physical disaster loans of up to $2 million
to
qualified businesses or private, nonprofit organizations.
CAPLines
CAPLines is the umbrella program under which the SBA helps small
businesses
meet their short-term and cyclical working-capital needs.
Certified
Development Company (CDC) 504 Loan Program
The CDC/504 loan program is a long-term financing tool for economic
development
within a community. The 504 Program provides growing businesses with
long-term,
fixed-rate financing for major fixed assets, such as land and buildings.
Community
Advantage
Small business owners and entrepreneurs don't always need large loans.
The
Community Advantage and Small Loan Advantage programs help business
owners get
crucial small loans (under $250,000) with a streamlined application,
minimal
paperwork, and fast turnaround times, while still offering SBA's
highest
guarantee. These funds are available to financial institutions for the
purpose
of extending credit to small businesses.
Disaster
Assistance Loans
If you are in a declared disaster area and are the victim of a
disaster, you
may be eligible for financial assistance from the U.S. Small Business
Administration - even if you don't own a business. As a homeowner,
renter
and/or personal-property owner, you may apply to the SBA for a loan to
help you
recover from a disaster.
Economic
Injury Loans
Small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and certain private,
non-profit organizations of all sizes that have suffered substantial
economic
injury resulting from a physical disaster or an agricultural production
disaster designated by the Secretary of Agriculture may be eligible for
the
SBA's Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program.
Employee
Trusts
The Employee Trusts program is designed to provide financial assistance
to
Employee Stock Ownership Plans. The SBA can assist qualified employee
trusts
that meet the requirements and conditions for an Employee Stock
Ownership Plan
(ESOP) as prescribed in all applicable IRS, Treasury, and Department of
Labor
regulations. Your small business must provide all the funds needed to
collaterize and repay the loan.
Export
Express
The SBA Export Express program provides exporters and lenders a
streamlined
method to obtain SBA backed financing for loans and lines of credit up
to
$500,000. Lenders use their own credit decision process and loan
documentation;
exporters get access to their funds faster. The SBA provides an
expedited
eligibility review and provides a response in 36 hours or less. To
learn more,
contact your local district office.
Export
Working Capital
SBA's Export Working Capital Program (EWCP) loans are targeted for
businesses
that are able to generate export sales and need additional working
capital to
support these sales.
International
Trade Loans
The SBA International Trade Loan program is a term loan designed for
businesses
that plan to start/continue exporting or those that that have been
adversely
affected by competition from imports. The proceeds of the loan must
enable the
borrower to be in a better position to compete.
Microloan
Program
Provides very small loans to start-up, newly established, or growing
small
business concerns. SBA makes funds available to nonprofit community
based
lenders which, in turn, make loans to eligible borrowers in amounts up
to a
maximum of $35,000. Applications are submitted to the local
intermediary and
all credit decisions are made on the local level.
Military
Reservists Economic Injury Loans
The Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (MREIDL)
provides
funds to help an eligible small business meet ordinary and necessary
operating
expenses that it could have met, but is unable to meet, because an
essential
employee was called-up to active duty in their role as a military
reservist.
Mission-Focused
Lenders
Small business owenrs and entrepreneurs don't always need large loans.
The
Advantage programs help business owners get crucial small loans (under
$250,000) with a streamlined application, minimal paperwork, and fast
turnaround times, while still offering SBA's highest guarantee. These
funds are
available to financial institutions for the purpose of extending credit
to
small businesses.
Patriot
Express Pilot
Loan Initiative
Provides financial assistance for veterans and members of the military
community wanting to establish or expand small businesses. To learn
more,
contact your local district office.
Pollution
Control
Loans
Provides financing to eligible small businesses for the planning,
design, or
installation of a pollution control facility. ** Note: Pollution
Control loans
are not being dispersed at this time. Please check back for updates.
SBA
Preferred Lender Program
Small business owners and entrepreneurs don't always need large loans.
The
Advantage programs help business owners get crucial small loans (under
$250,000) with a streamlined application, minimal paperwork, and fast
turnaround times, while still offering SBA's highest guarantee. These
funds are
available to financial institutions for the purpose of extending credit
to
small businesses.
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Development Programs -
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Programs for women and
minority owned businesses
Equipment
Financing
SBA and SBA alternative
financing
Working capital
Purchase of existing
businesses
Lines of Credit
Debt consolidation and
re-organization
Loans previously declined,
some programs require inability to obtain financing through normal
channels.
Terms to 30
years. Flexible, deferred and interest only available