Lending

A $650,000 government loan administered by the GPO Federal Credit Union will be used to renovate a stone mill built in 1839 to include tourism and business spaces.

On a party-line vote, the House today passed a bill aimed at stimulating lending to small businesses, following a Senate vote last week.

Last year, an estimated 552,600 new employer firms opened for business and 660,900 firms closed shop, according to new data released today from the SBA.

Credit unions wanting updated census tract and other data for use in home mortgage disclosures can take advantage of new demographic data compiled by RATA Associates.

WASHINGTON -- The key sponsor of a bill to raise the cap on member business lending said today it won't be a part of a small business lending bill that the House will take up next week.

A bipartisan consensus of economists has told us repeatedly that one of the keys to creating jobs is increasing small businesses' access to loans. Yet while the economy is inching