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- April 2012 (7)
- 09: Future Posts…
- 04: Judge Tells Banks to Stop Hassling Bankrupt Borrowers
- 04: U.S. Shipper Emerges From Bankruptcy
- 03: Study: Lending to small business stalls in March
- 03: Small business groups urge president to sign JOBS Act
- 02: Index Shows Large Banks Approve only 10% of Loans; Credit Unions Approve More than 50%
- 02: U.S. Bank Launches Website for Small Businesses
- March 2012 (46)
- 30: 2011 Was Worst Year for Suspected Financial Crimes on Record
- 30: Something to Keep An Eye On: SBO’s Protest Loan Fraud in China
- 29: SBA Announces New Partnership to Connect Small Biz With Corporate Supply Chains
- 29: SBA Chief Karen Mills Takes Reader Questions
- 28: What’s Left of WaMu Emerges from Bankruptcy
- 28: Construction Equipment Renter Tries to Reorganize After Housing Market Collapse
- 27: Apple Customers Hungry for iBank
- 27: CT Small Biz Microloan Program Growing
- 26: An Interesting Fact About Borrowed Money
- 26: Bob Coleman Fox News Interview 03/21/12
- 23: Farmer Admits to $7 million Loan Fraud
- 23: Man Obtaining Loans With False Government Contract Gets 5 Years
- 22: The Small Business Lending Enhancement Act
- 22: We’ve All Heard This One Before…
- 21: Don’t Believe Everything You See on TV… TaxMasters Files Bankruptcy
- 21: Will They Ever Learn? Companies Continue to Recruit Ex-Athletes
- 20: UK to Launch New Effort to Finance Small Companies
- 20: UK Small Business Loans Should Be Pooled, Says Report
- 19: Dodd-Frank Will Reduce Small Businesses’ Access to Credit
- 19: Franchising Is Expected to Grow in 2012
- 16: Scottsdale Man Accused in SBA Loan Fraud
- 16: Two Children Found Alone After Parents Jailed for Fraud
- 15: UK’s Second Largest Bank Leads Foreign Banks in Small Business Lending in China
- 15: Tough Climate, Dilemmas for China’s Small Businesses
- 14: Bank Gets OK to Foreclose on Hotel
- 14: Chicago Reader Faces Bankruptcy Auction
- 13: Gas Prices Affect Restaurant Sales in February
- 13: Small Biz Lending Rises in North Texas in February
- 12: $2 Billion Cut from Fed Loan Program Affecting Small Business
- 12: SBA Data Reveals 3 Things Small Business Needs Now
- 09: $3 Million Fraud Scheme Used Art as Collateral
- 09: Too Small to Bail?
- 08: UK Organization Calls for Small Biz Administration with Seat in Cabinet
- 08: Business Lending Showing New Signs of Strength, Mills Says
- 07: Bankrupt Radio Personality Calls for “Celebrity Exception” in Bankruptcy
- 07: Lenny Dykstra Sentenced to 3 Years
- 07: Introducing Coleman On Demand
- 06: Going for Growth: Beyond the Past, Now to the Future — A Coleman Webinar
- 06: Scarcity of Strong Loan Applicants Shifts Bargaining Power to Qualified Borrowers
- 06: Quizno’s to Make Its Debut in Russia
- 05: No New Banks Chartered in 2011
- 02: Serial Fraudster Finally Caught (Special 2-Part Edition)
- 02: Serial Fraudster Finally Caught (Part 2)
- 01: Colorado Bankers and Lenders Unveil Website to Help Small Businesses Find Loans
- 01: Bank of England Blasts Labour and High Street Banks
- 01: Latest Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index Hits the Wires
- February 2012 (47)
- 29: This One Is For the Ladies
- 29: Dippin’ Dots Wants Bankruptcy Loan to Avoid Liquidation
- 28: Make Sure Your Quick-Service Restaurant Borrower Isn’t “Caught In The Middle”
- 28: Need Some Good News About Small Biz Lending?
- 27: Success During A Recession Is Going to Draw Attention
- 27: Loan Broker Sentenced for Bank Fraud Conspiracy
- 24: China Imposes Death Penalty in Loan Fraud Case
- 24: “Cigarettes Cheaper” Fraud Sentencing
- 23: Pat on the Back for Starbucks’ Create Jobs for USA Campaign; It’s Working
- 23: Could It Be Small Businesses Are Just Not Good Job Creators?
- 22: On Deck Capital Introduces Small Business “Game Changer”
- 22: Allen Iverson Joins the Broke and Famous
- 22: Coleman’s Fresno SBA Loan Servicing Workshop
- 21: China’s Underground Lending Falters, Fueling Protests
- 21: SBA Seeks More Money in 2013 for Fewer Loans
- 21: UK Small Businesses Want a ‘Plan B’ to Step Up Lending
- 20: Another Developer Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
- 20: Man Pleads Guilty to Fleecing Bank for Years
- 17: Jury Finds Former AEA FCU Loan officer, Wife Guilty of Fraud
- 17: Louisiana Developer & Bank Exec Charged with Fraud
- 16: Lenders Look Sharp! New Online Tool Grades Small Business Lending
- 16: House Bills to Redefine Small Business Programs
- 15: Century Old Bakery Faces Bankruptcy
- 15: Does Nobody Learn? Why More Pro Athletes Are Scoring Franchises After Sports
- 14: Georgia Entrepreneurs Compete for Loans on Reality Show
- 14: Banks Miss Project Merlin Lending Targets to Small Business
- 13: Using His Own Title Company, Nashville Man & Secretary Defraud BB&T and Fidelity to Open Hotel
- 13: UK Trio Defraud Thousands From Loan Applicants and Creditors
- 10: Cigarettes Cheaper! Owner Sentenced for Bank Fraud
- 10: Shrimp Distributor Gets 46 Months for Fraud
- 09: China Announces $2.5 billion Fund for New Small Business, Promises Loans, Tax Cuts
- 09: What if Main Street Received a Detroit-style Bailout?
- 08: Midwest Vodka Distiller Goes Bottoms Up
- 08: Are Small Businesses Hiring?
- 07: Nestle Toll House Café Introduces Capital Improvement Program
- 07: Alternative Financing’s Newest Module
- 06: Determining a Borrower’s Eligibility for SBA Financing A Best Practice Guide
- 06: Bribe Lands Ex-Banker Behind Bars
- 06: Federal Reserve Says Small Business Loan Demand is Up
- 06: Car Lot Trio Indicted for Misrepresenting Inventory to Bank
- 03: Couple Fleeces 7 Banks by Overstating A/R
- 02: The Real Reason Women Get Less Capital
- 02: Restaurants Exhibit Best Financial Practices for Challenging Climate
- 01: Coleman’s Small Business Lending Group Fosters Discussion About Main Street Access to Capital
- 01: How Your Credit Underwriters Must Analyze Borrower Projections to Ensure the Validity of the SBA Guaranty
- 01: Quiznos Hopes Franchisee Support and Increased Selectiveness Equals Growth
- 01: BoeFly Polls Reveal Trends and 2012 Plans for Franchise Finance
- January 2012 (48)
- 31: Small Businesses Adding Jobs, 50,000 in January
- 31: BMO to Boost Small Business Loan Book by $10 billion
- 29: IndyMac Exec’s Blame FDIC for Losing Documents, FDIC Still Suing
- 29: State of the Union Disappoints Entrepreneurs
- 27: Financial Officer Admits Fraud Against Chesapeake Bank of Gloucester
- 27: The “Anchorage Condo King” Indicted on Fraud, Criminal Charges
- 26: Small Business Lending Still Weak in UK Despite Merlin Pledge
- 26: Four Small Business Trends to Watch For in 2012
- 25: State of the Union on Small Business Lending
- 25: There Continues to be Small Business Winners and Losers
- 25: Lehman Brothers Gets a Montana Resort
- 25: Italy Crisis Causes Small Business Bankruptcy Surge
- 24: Upticks in Small Business Lending at Chase, Citi
- 24: US Hotel Transactions Gaining Speed
- 23: Fake Furniture Company Nets Thousands in Small Business Loans
- 23: Former Bank Officer Receives 2 Years for Fraudulent Loans
- 20: Absent Clerk Allows Man to Defraud Chase Bank
- 20: Former Women’s Refuge Controller Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
- 19: Why Aren’t Banks Lending More? What Both Sides Say
- 19: U.S. Economic Confidence Rises to Seven-Month High
- 18: Bankruptcies Decreased in 2011
- 18: Loan Approvals Rising at Small Banks and Alternative Lenders
- 17: TD Bank Survey: Small Businesses Anticipate Better Revenue Performance in Early 2012
- 17: Should Small Businesses Be Wary About President Obama’s SBA Move?
- 13: Man Impersonates, Falsifies, and Uses Loan Proceeds to Gamble on Horse Races
- 13: Chicago Grand Jury Indicts Man for Loan Fraud
- 13: Man Sentenced to 13 Years for 15 Counts of Bank Fraud
- 13: Pastor Faces Jail Time for Bank Fraud Participation
- 11: Mafia Now Italy’s Largest Bank
- 11: DO NOT PANIC! YOUR TWINKIES WILL KEEP COMING
- 11: Coleman’s 25 Volume Small Business Loan Underwriting Guide Library is Now Complete!
- 11: Doctors Going Broke
- 10: How Kodak May Emerge From Bankruptcy
- 09: Do Small Business Owners Need Tim Tebow Like Optimism?
- 09: On Deck Launches API Giving Direct Access to Leading Small Business Lending Platform
- 09: President Obama Adresses ‘Teen Job Crisis’
- 09: Everything I Learned About Start-Ups, I Learned From a Crime Boss
- 05: Woman Finds Glitch, Fleeces Bank for Nearly $2.5 million
- 05: The Le-Nature’s Case Is Still Happening?
- 05: Check Out Our Just Completed 25 Volume Small Business Loan Underwriting Library
- 04: Lack of Snow Boosting Business on Ski Town’s Main Street
- 04: Small Signs That Small Biz Lending Is Up
- 03: “Zombie” Restaurants Hard to Kill
- 03: Partnership Between Businesses, Banks Help Grow Local Economy
- 02: Small Business Story of the Year: Alternative Financing
- 02: Small Business Borrowing Highest Since Feb 2008
- 02: Mississippi Lawyer Gets 22 Months for Bank Fraud
- 02: Former UNC Basketball Player Guilty of Bank Fraud
- December 2011 (43)
- 29: 5 Businesses That Failed to Survive Trials of 2011
- 29: Small Businesses Are Optimistic, Sort of
- 28: DC City Council to Bank of America–”Make Small Business Loans or Lose Deposits”
- 28: From across the pond
- 27: Banks boost lending as economy slowly warms up – USA Today
- 27: “Is ‘Occupy Wall Street’ hurting small business?”
- 22: Former Missouri Bank Loan Officer Sentenced for Fraud
- 22: Ex-NFL Star Dorsey Levens Testifies as Character Witness in Bank Fraud Trial
- 21: Small Business Owners Seek Loans from Peers
- 21: RedNek Wine Glasses Makes Company Millions
- 20: Top 10 Retail Bankruptcy, Closures, Openings in 2011
- 20: The Money Tree Files for Chapter 11
- 20: Are Things Getting Better for Small Business?
- 20: Reality TV Show Looking for Small Business
- 20: Purchase Coleman’s SBA University Resources Before 12/31/11 and Save $200
- 19: Used Car Dealership Turns Into Fraudulent “Loan Packing” Ring
- 19: Former University of Nebraska Regent to be Sentenced in Bank Fraud Case
- 16: Man Brags in Emails About His Fraud’s Success
- 16: NY Women Convicted of Bank Fraud Conspiracy
- 14: Ten Industry Trends for Franchises in 2012
- 14: Banks to End ‘Amend and Extend’ in 2012
- 14: UK’s New Loan Guaranty Scheme a ‘Step in the Right Direction’
- 14: Big Bear Choppers to File Bankruptcy
- 14: Bank Credit Highest Since Lehman Bankruptcy
- 13: Coleman’s 4th Annual Hospitality Financing Webinar: New Concerns for 2012
- 13: If You Want to Work at Barclay’s, Don’t Be a Jerk
- 13: Small Businesses Will Have to Adapt to Weather USPS Changes
- 12: Man Uses Tornado as Excuse to Bilk Bank and Businesses
- 12: Bank Fraud, Conspiracy, and… Murder
- 09: Michigan Basketball Hero’s Fraud Conviction Upheld
- 09: Former Bank South Texas Chairman Sentenced to 9 Years for Fraud
- 08: Baltimore County Boosts Small Business Lending Program
- 08: The Franchise Industry’s New Normal
- 07: Inn Owner Accuses Bank and City of Conspiring Against Him
- 07: 2011 Bank Failures on Track to Reach 100
- 06: Arkansas Receives $13 million for Small Business Development
- 06: Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index: Small Biz Borrowing Up
- 05: Bank Officer Who Tried to Boost Portfolio Going to Prison
- 05: FBI Informant Couldn’t Stop His Fraudster Ways
- 02: Fraud Defendent ‘Duped by Conman’
- 02: Credit Union VP Pleads Guilty to Fraud
- 01: Ax Falls at Smaller Banks
- 01: Caldeira: Lending Not Meeting Franchise Needs
- November 2011 (38)
- 30: Tampa Developer’s Shelving Business in Bankruptcy
- 30: Power Balance Bracelets Files Bankruptcy, May Have to Repay Customers
- 29: UK Citizens Hopeful Osborne’s Most Recent Idea Actually Works
- 29: How the Failed SuperCommittee Affects Small Business
- 28: UK Chancellor Announces £20 Billion Loan Plan
- 28: Cuba to Launch Bank Loans for Small Business Owners in December
- 23: Jeweler Closes After 144 Years in Business
- 23: What Happens to Unspent Gift Cards After a Bankruptcy?
- 21: Franchises Prove Strong In Recessions
- 21: How The NBA Lockout, Through Small Businesses, Affects Lenders
- 21: 2011’s #1 White Collar Crime for Arkansas
- 21: Organized Crime Forces Two Bankers to Defraud the Elderly
- 18: Two Bankers Defraud a Farm Credit Institution
- 18: Texas Cattleman Gets 9 Years for Bank Fraud
- 17: IMS Reviews Starbucks’ Small Business Program
- 17: Small Businesses Still Find Big Banks to Be Reluctant Lenders
- 16: Bank May Force Successful Main Street Business to Close
- 15: Gas Can Company Files for Bankruptcy
- 15: America Strives to Turn Vets Into Business Owners
- 15: Three Things You Should Know About Small Business This Week
- 14: Just Released! Coleman’s 2012 Underwriting Guide for Hotels and Motels
- 14: NM Businessman Gains $1.3 million From False Financial Statements
- 14: Customer Service Still Exists In A Main Street Business Near You!
- 10: Small Businesses Should Pay No Taxes, ‘Period’
- 10: Lendio Makes Business Loan Matching Service Free
- 08: “Ice Cream of the Future’s” Future in Jeopardy
- 08: IFA Aims to Help Former Athletes Before Things Go Wrong
- 07: Should We Bring Back Larger Loan Sizes, Fee Waivers and 90% Guarantys?
- 07: Small Businesses Urge Local Shopping
- 07: Builder Pleads Guilty in Fraud Case
- 07: US Adds 80,000 Jobs in October
- 03: Coleman’s Underwriting Webinar Series: General and Sub Contractor Construction Financing
- 03: Motor Home Dealer Gets 9 Years for Fraud
- 03: Ex-Im Bank Involved in Another Fraud Case
- 02: PayNet: Small Biz Borrowing Rises
- 02: BoeFly Exceeds $2 Billion Milestone in Second Year of Operation
- 01: Hamburgers, Fries and a Shakeout
- 01: Café Tries to Rebound from Bankruptcy
- October 2011 (52)
- 31: New Government Website Planned for Small Biz
- 31: Minnesota Injecting $100 million Into Small Biz Lending
- 31: Former County Administrator Jailed for Embezzlement
- 31: Bookkeeper Pleads Guilty to Tax and Bank Fraud
- 28: Florida Bank Executives Sentenced for TARP Fraud Scheme
- 28: Are You Fully Leveraging Your Relationship With Your Business Banker?
- 26: Are Your ARRA 7(a) Loans Documented Correctly? SBA OIG Claims 40% Error Rate
- 26: US House to Vote Next Week On Bills to Help Small Firms Access Capital
- 26: No. 1 Problem for Small Businesses: Regulations
- 25: Lender Accuses Developers of Altering Books
- 25: Community Banks of Colorado Fails
- 25: Remember the 3 F’s?
- 23: Meadows Bank Successfully Sells Its Third SBA 504 Loan Pool
- 23: Don’t Let Your Franchisor Start Without Enough Money
- 23: Former Bank President Pleads Guilty to Loan Fraud
- 23: Louisiana Man Admits SBA Disaster Loan Fraud
- 20: Fraudster Says Revenge, Not Greed, Led Him to Fraud
- 20: UPDATE: UCB Executives Plead Not Guilty
- 19: Occupy Small Street?
- 19: FDIC Closes Four More Banks
- 18: Reggae Group UB40 Declares Bankruptcy
- 18: 3rd Generation Clothier Files Bankruptcy
- 18: US Bank Has Record Year in FY2011
- 17: Community Banks and Large Firms Heading Opposite Directions
- 17: Community Bank Pays Customers for Their Business
- 17: COLEMAN’S 2011 Underwriting Guide for Law Firms
- 14: Minister Indicted on Charges of Stealing SBA Money
- 14: Former SBA Loan Officer Sentenced for Wire Fraud
- 13: Failed Bank’s Executives Sued by SEC
- 13: Former Bank Employee Accused of Theft, Identity Fraud
- 13: What is the Problem? Credit or Sales?
- 13: Starbucks Is Bringing the “Co-Op” Concept to Main Street
- 13: SBA Lending to Drop in 2012
- 13: Small Business Jobs Act: 504 Loan Program Debt Refinancing
- 11: Celebrity Worship Wednesday: The Success Stories
- 11: Why 9 Out of 10 Businesses Fail
- 10: More Than Half of SBLF Funds Issued Used to Repay TARP
- 10: Small Biz Lending Jumps, But Credit Struggles
- 10: How Does the Recession Affect Restaurant Hiring?
- 07: Follow Up: Fraudster Sentenced to 46 Months
- 07: What About All the Fraud in China?
- 06: Hancock Bank Employee Pleads Guilty to Fraud (1)
- 06: Whistleblowers Allege Bank Fraud of Veterans (1)
- 05: The 4 Dangers of Borrowing Money the Wrong Way
- 05: Study, ‘Small Businesses Don’t Want to Grow’
- 05: Karen Mills Announces Record Year for SBA Lending in FY2011
- 04: Operator of El Torito, Acapulco Mexican, and Chevys Fresh Mex Restaurants Files BK
- 04: Hooters Las Vegas Follow Up
- 03: Signs of Relief for Small Business
- 03: Coleman Webinar: Lending to Law, CPA and Engineering Firms
- 03: Big Banks Offer New Services to Compete for Small Business Owners
- 03: Former President Fleeces Federal Credit Union of Over $170 Million
- September 2011 (58)
- 29: Man Imprisoned in the 90’s for Fraud, In Trouble Again
- 29: Inflated Assets Burns Bank of Millions in Fraud Case
- 29: Former City Employee Adds Another Year to Her White-Collar Crime Sentence
- 29: Businessman Admits to Defrauding Bank of the Sierra
- 28: Is It a Supply Issue or a Demand Issue?
- 28: Sen. Landrieu Defends the SBLF and Small Business Jobs Act
- 27: Creditor of Hooters Casino Calls for Foreclosure
- 27: Small Business Owner and County Supervisor Files for Bankruptcy
- 27: Coleman SBA Small Business Loan Data
- 26: Did the SBLF Do Anything?
- 26: Investment Firm to Raise $50 million to Grow Companies
- 23: Two Bankers Recruit Five Straw Borrowers for $1.9 million in Fraudulent Loans
- 23: Former Alabama Credit Union President Sentenced for Bank Fraud
- 22: Collaboration Stops $10 Million Fraud
- 22: California Investigates Bank in Campaign Treasurer Fraud Case
- 21: Banks Vow to Ramp Up Lending to Small Businesses
- 21: SBA Loan Turns Media Veteran Into Franchise Owner
- 20: OnDeck Delivers Over $150 Million to Main Street Businesses
- 20: Former NFL’er Says He Is Broke and Living With Parents
- 20: US Alleges Full Tilt Poker was Ponzi Scheme
- 19: Should We Be Nervous About the CFPB?
- 19: Will the President’s “QuickPay” Actually Mean Billions to Small Biz?
- 16: ‘Private Bank’ Owner Convicted of Fraud
- 16: Small Business Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzling
- 16: Register Online for the 4th Annual SBA Secondary Market Forum
- 15: Local Pastor Convicted of Fraud
- 15: Chase Bank Manager Charged in Theft
- 15: Last Day to Register for “Underwriting Main Street Lender Risk” Webinar
- 14: An Uncertain Outlook for Main Street
- 14: The Unemployed’s Response to the American Jobs Act
- 14: 5 Tips to Accelerate the Liquidation of the 504 1st Loan
- 14: Treasury Awards $608 Million from SBLF
- 13: College Grads Driving Increase in BK Filings
- 13: Bank of America’s New Cost-Cutting Plan Could Affect Community Lenders
- 12: More Small Business Help to Come After Jobs Bill
- 12: SBA Lending Continues Record Setting Pace
- 12: Last Day to Register for “Is Your Credit Box SBA Compliant?” Webinar
- 09: Meet our Second Candidate for “Fraudster of the Year”
- 09: Hometown Bank CEO Pleads Guilty to Fraud
- 08: Bank Tied to Online Poker and Fraud Ordered to Improve
- 08: Suit Alleges Fraud by Former Employee
- 08: Coleman’s Underwriting Guides – Buy 2 Get 2 Free
- 07: Small Businesses Prepared for a Double-Dip
- 07: Are Big Banks Doing More For Main Street Than We Thought?
- 06: NFL Players Continue to File Bankruptcy, Banks Continue to Lend
- 06: Coleman’s 12th Annual Rural Lender’s Roundtable
- 06: Hope Is Not A Strategy
- 06: Postal Service Nearing Default
- 02: Small Biz Needs to Be Target of New Jobs Bill
- 02: How Red Tape is Burying Banks
- 02: Banks Have Received $1.8 Billion from SBLF
- 02: SBA Responds to Hurricane Irene
- 02: PayNet’s Small Business Lending Index Drops in July
- 02: Man Indicted for Bank Fraud Scheme After Targeting Tornado Victim
- 02: Bank Employee Forges Checks With Employer’s Account
- 01: Loan Market Set to Squeeze Small and Medium Companies
- 01: UAE Banks Boost Lending to Small Businesses
- 01: Coleman’s 2011 Underwriting Guide for Dental Practices
- August 2011 (55)
- 31: Coleman’s 2011 Underwriting Guide for HVAC Companies
- 30: Bankruptcy of Publisher Threatens 7 Main Street Newspapers
- 30: Volatile Milk and Feed Prices Force Dairy Farm to Bankruptcy
- 29: Small Biz Sees Silver Lining in Hurricane Irene
- 29: Governor Plans Tax Relief for Job Creation, Small Business
- 29: Are Regulators Responsible for Killing Small Business?
- 29: SBLF Restrictions Draw Criticism
- 25: Alaska Bank Manager Indicted for Stealing $4.3 million in Cash And Running to Mexico
- 25: Two Convicted of Federal Bank Fraud in Tennessee
- 25: Why SBA Should Not Be Abolished
- 25: Small Biz Survey Finds Optimism
- 25: Delta Authority and the SBA Announce New Partnership
- 23: Law Firm Overextends While Battling Big Pharma, Files for Chap. 11 Bankruptcy
- 23: Will the S&P Downgrade Impact Franchising?
- 23: Small Business Lending Improves in China
- 23: Coleman’s 2011 Underwriting Guide for Hotels and Motels
- 22: Small Businesses Find Other Ways to Survive Without Access to Credit
- 22: Treasury OK’s Texas Small Business Lending Measure
- 22: Fed Blocking Use of Small Business Loan Fund, Banks Say
- 22: Borrower Turns State Evidence Against His Bankers
- 21: “Serial Fraudster” Indicted in $50 Million Bank Fraud Scheme
- 18: Investment Broker Guilty in Ponzi Scheme
- 18: Man Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud, Money Laundering
- 17: Export Financing Hits Record High
- 17: What the Downgrade Means for Small Business Lending
- 17: A Push for More Loans
- 16: Introducing Celebrity Worship Wednesday
- 16: The Broke and the Beautiful
- 15: Zor Offers Money-Back Guarantee
- 15: Co-founder of Microsoft Starts Small Business Lending Firm
- 14: The First National Bank of Keystone Saga
- 14: Small Businesses Aren’t Applying For Loans
- 11: Owner of Burned Restaurant Faces Unrelated Fraud Charges
- 11: A Million Dollar Fraudulent Loan, for a Laundromat?
- 11: “The SBA Did Not Need A Bailout”
- 10: Should You Borrow from Friends, Family, and Fools?
- 10: Pawnbrokering Reaches U.S. Shores
- 10: What Borders Did Wrong and How We Can Learn From It
- 09: Commercial and Individual Bankruptcy Down in July
- 08: Should the Credit CARD Act Extend to Business Credit Cards?
- 08: The 2011 Mid-America Lender’s Conference Kicks Off in Fort Worth
- 05: Hide the Crime, Do the Time
- 05: Largest Fraudster in Arkansas History Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
- 04: Former Arkansas Employee’s Credit Union President Admits Bank Fraud
- 04: Former Banker Tries to Boost Loan Portfolio, Commits Bank Fraud
- 03: Bob Coleman to Speak at “Building Towards the Future”
- 03: Small Biz Borrowing Jumps, Green Shoots?
- 03: The SBA 100 – 100 Small Businesses That Created 100 Jobs with SBA Help
- 02: When City Government Ignores the “5 C’s”
- 02: Small Business Bankruptcies Decline at Slower Rate
- 01: Borro Attempts to Legitimize Pawnbroking
- 01: South Carolina to Unveil New Small Business Loan Program
- 01: Wachovia Employee Gets $25,000 Kick-Back in $21 million Fraud Scheme
- 01: How Your Credit Underwriters Must Analyze Borrower Projections to Ensure the Validity of the SBA Guaranty
- 01: Former School Board Member, Banker Pleads Guilty to Felony Bank Fraud
- July 2011 (27)
- 28: Dealer Got $53 million in Fraudulent Loans Financed
- 27: Mid-size Cities Use ‘Free Rent’ Contest to Lure Small Businesses
- 27: Denver Bridal Shop Files for Bankruptcy
- 25: Things May Be Looking Up…
- 25: Former County Auditor, FBI Informant to be Sentenced for Bank Fraud
- 22: SBLF’s Second Wave Awards 17 Community Banks $214 million in Capital
- 22: Bank Fraud and the Georgia Auto Dealer
- 20: Small Business Creation the Byproduct of Unemployment
- 20: Company-owned Town Shuts Down, One Small Business Fights On
- 20: Cape Canaveral Small Businesses Prepare for Life After NASA
- 19: Even Wall Street’s Main Street is Struggling to Survive
- 19: Couples Scrambling for New Wedding Sites After Oregon Inn Files Bankruptcy
- 19: Another Business Model Fails to Adapt and Survive
- 18: New Orleans, Cleveland, Top List for Closed Businesses
- 18: House Committee Passes Bill to Ease Regulatory Burden on Small Businesses
- 18: Former New Jersey Cop Indicted for $10k Bank Bribery Payment
- 15: Lying to the SBA Never Works…
- 14: $2.5 Billion Needed for Restaurant Financing in 2011
- 13: Vegas’ “Original Celebrity Chef” Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- 12: Ten Ideas About How We Can Help Open Up Loan Markets for Small Businesses
- 12: Nebraska Single-Handedly Carrying SBA to Annual Cap
- 11: Former Bank President Pleads Not Guilty to Bank Fraud Charges
- 08: Former Executive Vice President Handed 18 Months for Loan Fraud
- 07: Two Must Attend Regional SBA Events Slated in August; Buffalo, NY & Fort Worth, TX
- 06: When a Shareholder Loan isn’t Capital — A Fruitcake Case Study
- 05: Are your customers an Old School Employer? Or are they staying alive by Outsourcing?
- 01: Do You Rotate Your Staff to Prevent Fraud?
- June 2011 (25)
- 30: Are 85% of Small Businesses Getting Financing? Yes, says Capital One
- 29: What Small Business Bankers Can Learn from Dodgers Bankruptcy
- 28: If you Cannot Access Credit You Cannot Grow
- 28: Small Biz Makes Largest Single Year Contracts Jump in Five Years
- 27: 2 Bankers Charged in $5 million Fraud
- 24: The Banker and Youth Sports League Treasurer Who Helped Himself to $600k
- 23: CEO Pleads Guilty to Fraud; Forfeits Castle, Jewels, and “Substantial” Model Train Collection
- 23: Local banks: Too small to survive?
- 22: The Grapes of Poverty: Winemaker and Socialite Goes Bankrupt
- 21: Is it a Supply Problem? Or a Demand Problem?
- 20: Insanity Defense for Bank Fraud?
- 17: Fraud Friday — North Carolinian Indicted For $2 million Bank Fraud
- 16: Small Businesses — Is Collateral the Problem?
- 15: BK Wednesday — Marie Callender’s Files BK, Tosses Customers Mid-Lunch
- 14: Small Business Loans Drop by $15 Billion in Q1
- 14: Lenders Want Higher SBA 7(a) Loan Caps
- 13: Mugshot Monday
- 10: Fraud Friday
- 09: Bank Said No? Non-profit Said No? Turn to Hedge Funds.
- 08: When the Bank Won’t Lend You Money, Do It Yourself!
- 07: “10,000 Small Businesses” Initiative Shows Wall Street Helping Main Street
- 06: U.S. House Small Business Committee Holds Hearing on Access to Credit
- 03: Poor Underwriting Practices “Burn” Bank Into Closure
- 02: Final Cost of Auto Industries Bailout Could Total $16 billion
- 01: Online Business Models Increase the Pressure for Bankers to Join the Cloud
- May 2011 (21)
- 31: 77 Banks, Countless Jobs Lost in First Quarter 2011
- 27: Fraud Friday — Accounting Fraud’s New Face
- 26: Ignoring the 5 C’s is a Dangerous Lending Model
- 25: How Will Tax Preparer Zor Bankruptcy Affect It’s Franchisees?
- 24: UK’s Major Banks Fail to Meet Small Biz Lending Targets
- 23: 6 Lenders, 2 SBICs Receive Top SBA Recognition at National Small Business Week
- 20: Mugshot Friday — Ex-CEO Who Bankrupt Company and Fled, Sentenced to 30 Months
- 19: 6 Ways Your Customers Might Be Sabotaging Their Small Business
- 18: Banks Pass on Treasury Deparment’s Remaining $20.5 Billion
- 17: White House Kicks Off Small Business Week
- 16: Cash is King
- 13: Mugshot Friday
- 12: Franchising is the Gateway to the American Dream
- 11: SEC to Form Small Business Fundraising Rule Committee
- 10: Contrary to Popular Belief, Chinese Have Interest Investing in America
- 09: Mass. Launches Creative Model to Boost Small Biz Lending
- 06: IMS Attends Annual NFA Conference
- 05: You’ve Got to Admit, It’s Getting Better….
- 04: The Fast and the Busted?
- 03: The Anatomy of a Credit Card Fraud
- 02: What Does Osama bin Laden’s Death Mean for Business?
- April 2011 (7)
- 29: Beware the Entrepreneur’s Debt Trap…
- 28: A New Threat Emerges for Restaurant Financing
- 27: Stupid Isn’t Illegal
- 25: Demand vs. Supply? Demand Increases 100%
- 02: SBA Expands Commercial Refinancing In Response to Borrower and Lender Grumblings
- 02: CIT Small Business Lending Becomes a Division of CIT Bank
- 02: CPR Report: Prepayment Speeds Fall Below 6%
