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April 8, 2020 By: Caity WituckiContributing Editor, C-Suite Wednesday C-Suite Wednesday – Federal Reserve Announces Plan to Ease PPP Lending Conditions On Monday, April 6, 2020, around 2:00 PM Eastern, the Federal Reserve announced its intent to support the new Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by making it easier for banks to lend to smaller companies.…

April 9, 2020  By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Coleman Movers & Shakers Coleman Movers & Shakers — Eddie Tuvin, Jeffrey Boyce, and Fifth Third Bank Eddie Tuvin Joins FSC First as Chief Lending Officer Edward (Eddie) Tuvin has been promoted to Chief Lending Officer at FSC First Bank. Prior to his appointment, Tuvin served as…

April 7, 2020  By Caity WituckiContributing Editor, SBA Hot Topic Tuesday SBA Hot Topic Tuesday — SBA OIG Releases White Paper on Prior Audits of Economic Stimulus Loans  To ensure program integrity and mitigate the risk of financial loss for federally backed COVID-19 related loans, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act includes…

April 6, 2020 By: Caity WituckiContributing Editor, Main Street Monday Main Street Monday – Coronavirus Economic Impact Report   Utilizing Yelp’s impressive collection of economic data, the company’s Economic Advantage team has been able to track the coronavirus’s impact on millions of local businesses in real-time. Yelp’s most recent Coronavirus Economic Impact Report from April…

April 3, 2020 By Caity WituckiContributing Editor, Fraud Friday Fraud Friday – French Restaurant Owner Faces Numerous Fraud Charges Last month, Barbara Meyzen, the former owner of La Crémaillère, an upscale french restaurant located in Banksville, New York, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of bank fraud. According to the criminal complaint, from August 2015 to…

April 2, 2020 By: Caity WituckiContributing Editor BREAKING NEWS – SBA Provides Additional  Guidance on Paycheck Protection Program On April 2, 2020 around 7:00 PM Eastern, the Small Business Administration (SBA) issued additional guidance for SBA lenders.  Quick Takeaways: The Interest Rate on PPP loans has been changed from 0.5% to 1% (page 11). Borrowers…

April 2, 2020 SBA Administrator: We Are Looking For Employees to Be Ready, Not Lost By Bob ColemanEditor, Coleman Report Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and SBA Administrator held a press conference Thursday evening with President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss the SBA Paycheck Protection Program being launched Friday, April 3, 2020. “We’re concerned…

April 2, 2020 By Caity WituckiContributing Editor Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Publishes Small Business Owner’s Guide to the CARES Act Navigating the programs and initiatives in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act may be difficult for small business owners. To avoid confusion, the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business…

April 2, 2020  By Caity Witucki Contributing Editor, Coleman Movers & Shakers Coleman Movers & Shakers — Lendio, American Bank of Commerce, U.S. Banks Raise Money to Fight Pandemic Lendio to Hire 200 Agents to Match Small Businesses With CARES Act Loans Lendio, a small business loan marketplace, recently announced its plans to hire up…

April 1, 2020 By: Caity WituckiContributing Editor, C-Suite Wednesday C-Suite Wednesday – The Difference Between PPP, EBL and EIDL The $2 trillion coronavirus relief package signed by the President last week includes nearly $350 billion for a federal small business loan program called the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). PPP loans are separate from existing federal…