Archive for the ‘Business Banking’ Category

Small Business Tips for a Down Economy

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

Small business tips can help firms navigate an uncertain economic future. Because banks are still hesitating to provide adequate credit to many small businesses, they are being forced to look for alte…

Personal Finance Payday Small Business Loans

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

Payday loans are a personal finance tool with a bad reputation. That's because they've long been a quick, costly and controversial form of borrowing. Consumer groups criticize these loans whic…

Over 650 banks apply for Small Business Lending Fund

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

The Small Business Lending Fund was created to provide capital at cheap rates to community banks, and the banks are expected to use the fun to provide small business loans at good rates. According to …

Increase in Small Business Lending

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

A 12% year-over-year rise was recorded in Small Business Lending in March.

According to the survey, lending to U.S. small businesses rose by 12 percent in March, compared to the year earlier. But, …

Duke Indicates Credit Is Improving For Small Business owners

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Small business credit conditions are improving says Federal reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke, but several small business owners are still complaining that they are not gaining access to credit. Duke be…

Latest Financing Trends In The Small Business Sector

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Five financing trends are gathering prominence in the small business sector this year with respect to increased red tapism, lack of finance and inadequate government support:

• With trade credit re…

Check Your Readiness for a Business Loan with Software Like GNU Cash

Monday, February 14th, 2011

You may need a small business loan. Many small businesses are in a similar position. A small business loan can help give a struggling business an injection of capital in order to help the business gro…

No More Line of Credit? Factoring Can Be The Answer

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Last time, I introduced the concept of accounts receivable factoring and today I wanted to give you a bit of history and then some more details on how it works.

History records that the concept of…

No more Line of Credit? Here’s What You can Do

Monday, July 5th, 2010

A lot of the readers of this blog are small business owners who face many of the same problems all small businesses face. One of the biggest, I'm sure you'll agree, is financing.

There are…

Scotia Bank: Small Business Startup Program

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

I stumbled upon Scotia Bank's new program announced May 7 to help entrepreneurs get new business of to a running start.
"Scotiabank's 1,500 small business experts work with customers pro…