Category: Small Business

Gov’t to start looking for bias in small business lending

NEW YORK (AP) — Banks will need to start reporting the demographics and income of small business loan applicants under new rules published by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday.

It’s a move that policymakers hope will lead to less discrimination and more transparency in the small business lending market, similar to how other laws have regulated the residential mortgage market for decades.

Under the Dodd-Frank Act, Congress mandated the bureau to start collecting data on small business lending decisions to look for patterns of discrimination. Implementation of the rule has taken more

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The Federal Budget makes progress in lowering credit card fees for small businesses

Missed opportunity to address small business debt and cost pressures

Ottawa, March 28, 2023 – The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is pleased that today’s federal budget confirms a deal to lower credit card fees for small merchants, as promised in last fall’s economic statement. However, the budget was a missed opportunity to provide relief to small businesses facing massive debt loads and increasing costs.

“The biggest win in the 2023 budget is the deal reached with Visa and Mastercard to reduce credit card fees for small business owners,” said Dan Kelly, CFIB president. “A reduction of up to

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Women are changing the tone in Washington: We’re all better for it

“Hey, I’m a governor, too,” she joked. I had struck up a conversation with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) at the annual dinner hosted by the journalistic organization, the Gridiron Club and Foundation, earlier this month, only to be warmly interrupted by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D).

Later in March, I had the privilege of attending the White House Women’s History Month celebration, and this past week I went to President Biden’s announcement in support of women small business owners and a subsequent panel of women CEOs moderated by Small Business Administration administrator Isabella Guzman .

Perhaps it took

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Grants to help spur small business growth on LI

Boosting the sales of small businesses on Long Island, particularly those owned by members of minority groups, is the goal of a $42,500 grant to be used by three business organizations, officials said.

The Long Island Community Foundation, a Melville-based nonprofit, awarded the grant to the Long Island Association. The money will be used to draft a plan to spur the growth of businesses with 100 or fewer employees.

The LIA, working with the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce and the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, will collect information from the business community in Nassau and Suffolk

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Carnivore Scotch Egg – Maria Mind Body Health

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Why Small-Business Owners Can’t Retire

Tyler Lang, CFA, is Founder & CEO of Journey Advisory Group. follow Tyler on LinkedIn.

Data from recent surveys among small-business owners reveals some alarming developments:

• Only 1 in 4 business owners have a financial strategy for retirement in the form of a written plan.

• Post-Covid, 17% of self-employed workers now expect to either retire later than planned or not at all.

• 37% of small-business owners don’t think they make enough profit to save for retirement

When asked why they are unable to save for retirement, responses ranged from “lack of profits to save for

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Denver, CO Pathways to Capital Event on March 29 to Help Small Business Owners Explore Funding Options

Published: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:00 AM MDT|Updated: 4 hours ago

Small business support nonprofit Ladies Who Launch will host a free event in Denver, Colorado to help women and non-binary entrepreneurs understand how to approach financing options.

DENVER, March 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — On Wednesday, March 29 from 6pm to 9:30pm, Ladies Who Launcha 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free education and resources to women and nonbinary small business owners and entrepreneurs, will host a free Pathways to Capital events at Empower Field at Mile High | United Club Level – East

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