Kiva is a nonprofit peer-to-peer lender that places a premium on popularity. Unlike most lenders, which use credit scores, accounting statements and other traditional gauges of financial success to ...

SBA says 4,800 small businesses lost access to $2.5 billion in loans as the shutdown halts key 7(a) and 504 programs.

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Foundations and business leaders in the Cleveland area are launching a program to make available micro-loans of less than $50,000 for small businesses. The project with the nonprofit ...

Explore microcredit: its definition, functioning, and loan terms. Learn how microloans assist in empowering the financially underserved to start or expand small businesses.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Velocity Solutions announces the launch of Akouba® Micro, an automated, digital business microloan platform. Akouba Micro is the newest addition to Velocity’s ...

When it comes to funding your small business, loans offer a flexible way to get a lump sum of money for just about any business need and repayments are quite predictable. OnDeck is one small business ...

Small businesses in the nation's capital and beyond say the government shutdown is taking a toll, but Congress seems no ...

For years, micro loans have been promoted by everyone from Nicholas Kristof to Oprah Winfrey as a great way to help women in developing nations pull themselves out of poverty. The idea is simple: lend ...

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