The federal government's relief program for small businesses is off to a bumpy start Friday, with few businesses able to apply and some big banks saying they’re not ready to process applications.

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The Small Business Administration set records for its small-business lending in fiscal 2025 — and experts say the agency will be trying to top that in 2026. In total, the agency guaranteed 84,400 7(a) ...

Local small businesses and business leaders say the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, the first round of stimulus for small business, fell short of accomplishing its ...

The Federal Reserve designed its Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility to ease liquidity issues and support small business lending during the pandemic. The liquidity facility allowed banks to ...

The second round of loan applications for the government's small business relief program has been slowed by computer issues at the Small Business Administration. Lenders complained Monday that they ...

A letter from Sens. Edward Markey and Ron Wyden to the Small Business Association (SBA), released May ...