Securing funds to get a small business started or keep a floundering small business afloat can be a challenge if you turn to traditional lenders — especially if you don’t have a stellar credit report.

Since March, in four separate pieces of congressionally approved legislation including the CARES Act, the federal government has spent more than $810 billion backing small business loans to help ...

Small businesses play a pivotal role in fueling economic growth and creating opportunities for entrepreneurs and the communities they serve to thrive. If you’re exploring financing options to start or ...

Small-business owners are worried about a "vicious cycle" that threatens their survival, but newly available grants can provide a means of assistance.

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- More than 23,000 small business owners have been approved for Paycheck Protection Program loans in North Carolina and $5.8 billion has been shelled out, according to the latest data ...

Explore the current interest rates for SBA-backed financing—including 7(a), 504 and microloans—and learn how these compare to traditional loan options Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy ...

The agency just redrew a line that decides whether you’re expanding or starting fresh. That small change could reshape how entrepreneurs finance growth. Lost in the shuffle of the government shutdown, ...

For Alpha Coffee, the pandemic has been a financial grind. “It was a gut punch. It really was,” said owner Carl Churchill. He says the COVID-19 crisis cost his small business big money. To help clot ...

In the months after 9/11, I was frantic. But my fears had less to do with the tragedy at the Word Trade Center and more to do with the fact that, after 10 years of rampant prescription opioid abuse, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- In Illinois, nearly 70,000 small business owners got loans from the federal government before Payroll Protection Program funds were exhausted, and some are now wondering how those ...