Payment Fraud Risk Is on the Rise for Small Businesses
In a recent report, the Boston Fed found that payment fraud risk is increasing as the number of ways to pay expands. This is attributed to a widening field of digital wallets, peer-to-peer apps, and buy-now-pay-later options, most of them run by fintech companies...
You Do Not Have to Export to Qualify for an SBA International Trade Loan
The International Trade Loan is a variant of the SBA 7(a) loan. It funds facilities and equipment used in the United States to produce goods or services, working capital, and debt refinancing under existing program rules. It carries a 90% SBA guarantee, compared with...
The Smallest Firms Are Carrying the Heaviest Load
Small business profitability declined further through May 2026, according to the June edition of the Bank of America Institute Small Business Checkpoint. The inflow-to-outflow ratio, a measure of cash flow health, fell across every revenue tier. But the decline has...
Halfway Through the Year: Are You More Bankable Than You Were in January?
At the start of 2026, most small business owners set their sights on growth. More revenue. New customers. Expanded capacity. If you identified the priorities that mattered most heading into this year, you had a clear sense of where you wanted to go. Six months later,...