Lending

Small businesses in Texas, California, Florida, New York and Illinois receive nearly a third of the federal funding.

Filene's "Hustle Better" project aims to study independent workers, who are mostly women, and how credit unions can help this population.

"This new money puts a special focus on community banks and credit unions."

A South Carolina business owner looks to banks to accept her PPP application.

Some credit unions stop accepting new PPP applications for now.

In a letter to lawmakers, the groups say more than 25,000 loans were approved for more than $8.5 billion in the state.