In an effort to assist minority entrepreneurs to borrower funds for business ventures, the federal government recently announced it would be streamlining its lending standards in connection with Small Business Administration (“SBA”) Loans. In order to increase the percentage of loans made to African American business...
As banks have tightened up lending standards making it more difficult for small to mid-sized businesses to acquire the necessary financing they need in order to sustain and/or grow their organizations, business owners have considered alternative financing options. One such alternative is the pledging of...
Capstone Corporate Funding, LLC prides itself on providing funding for its clients that run viable businesses but are in need of working capital and will grow as a result of funding. Unfortunately, there are new lenders who pop up every day to take advantage of...
The Federal Reserve (“Fed”) has now entered into its fourth month of reducing the impact of quantitative easing on the economy. The original theory behind quantitative easing was that if the Fed purchased bonds, it could sustain lower interest rates for borrowers. Therefore, more companies would...
Big Firms Fill Funding Gap was the headline on April 22, 2014’s CFO Journal section of The Wall Street Journal. The article confirms our predictions that the unintended consequence of Dodd-Frank is the reduction of capital available for small companies. The article describes how large...
A headline from the Money & Investing section of The Wall Street Journal on January 30, 2014 was “U.S. Banks Start to Ease Limits on Lending”. What a casual observer would glean from such a headline is that the banks are open for new Business...
The Wall Street Journal reported on November 22 that “New Loan Rules Are on Tap.” Small businesses who use Deposit Advance loans to even out their working capital shortfalls will now face restrictions as the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will increase scrutiny...
Has your request for a Working Capital loan ever been declined or converted to a term loan restricting your ability to grow? Many construction subcontractors who have expanded bidding opportunities are running into problems finding working capital due to significant restrictions put in place by...