US Small Business Administration

• Liability a Big Issue for Many Business Card Users

  By David Morrison  |  May 29, 2013

  CardHub.com study finds most issuers don't distinguish liability between holder's consumer and business cards.

• Lending Honors for Alaska USA

  April 22, 2012

  Alaska USA Federal Credit Union has been recognized as the No. 1 lending institution in 2011 for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 504 loan program by Evergreen Business Capital.

• Mountain America Honored by SBA

  March 4, 2012

  Mountain America Credit Union was honored recently with two awards from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Utah District–the 2011 Lender of the Year and the 2011 Blaine Andrus Memorial Award.

• Returning Competitors, Cap Fight May Alter MBL Scape

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  January 9, 2012

  Having more than enough money to lend would seem to be a good problem to have. For many credit unions, however, the economy’s stalls and starts to recovery in 2011 kept members more focused on paying down debt and trimming expenses. Taking out new loans? Not so much.

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  Fighting to Gain Business Accounts

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  November 13, 2011

  Brett Martinez understands that the real, meaningful work starts after a new member joins a credit union.

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  Fighting to Gain Business Accounts: Print Preview

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  November 11, 2011

  This article will be among the news, features, analysis and insight filling the pages of the next print edition of Credit Union Times.

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  Entrepreneurs Are Welcomed at Affinity FCU

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  November 6, 2011

  For at least the past four years, small business owners have gotten to know just how resourceful Affinity Federal Credit Union is when it comes to meeting their unique financial needs.

• SBA Issues $30 Million in Grants to Small Exporters

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 28, 2011

  Agency is providing $30 million in grants to help increase exporting by small businesses during the next 12 months.

• White House-SBA Panel Hears CU Compliance Complaints

  By Jim Rubenstein  |  September 20, 2011

  Grievances aired, MBL cap pushed in closed-door session prior to opening of inaugural NWCUA annual meeting.

• SBA Report Shows How CUs Filled in for Bank Lending Gap

  By Michelle A. Samaad  |  September 15, 2011

  Between 1986 and 2010, credit unions may have provided extra business loans in response to a reduction in activity from banks.