Category: News
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FDIC Introduces Financial Services Website in Spanish
Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a new Spanish-language website. The site offers links to the agency’s valuable resources in Spanish in observance of Hispanic Heritage Month.
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One Year with TRID
The TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) rule was created to provide homebuyers protection, and allow them increased control of the home buying process. From consolidating four mortgage forms into two to mandating that homebuyers receive the Closing Disclosure at least three business days before finalizing their mortgage, TRID established regulations to assist buyers in understanding all…
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Initiative Boosts Los Angeles and Baltimore Small Businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Milken Institute are partnering to help increase minority lending in Baltimore and Los Angeles. The Partnership for Lending in Underserved Markets (PLUM) Initiative is a pioneering project that will “develop and test initiatives designed to more effectively provide capital to minority-owned businesses throughout the United States.”
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Happy National Women’s Small Business Month!
October is back which means it’s National Women’s Small Business month! Take part in honoring our nation’s women small business owners alongside organizations like NAWRB, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC).
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Best Companies for Working Moms
What can companies do to help their working moms? Working Mother Magazine recently compiled a list of the 100 best companies for working families and mothers in 2016, elucidating just how much companies can do to support their workers with children.
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Why It’s Hard for Women to Enter the C-suite
There are still little to no opportunities for women in the C-suite in 2016. Men are being promoted at predominant rates and qualified women are being ignored. What’s more alarming is that although this gender disparity occurs in even the highest levels of leading companies, it’s established well before women get there.
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Why Are We Still Discussing Hillary Clinton’s Clothes?
The first of the final series of debates leading to the historic 2016 U.S. election took place last night. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump took the stage to convince the American people of their worth to lead the nation.
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Combatting Gentrification in The City by the Bay
Coming in as the seventh most expensive city in which to buy a home, according to Coldwell Banker’s Real Estate Home Listing Report, San Francisco—where the average cost of a 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom house is $1,672,100 and the median household income is $78,378—is home to a housing market that has unabashedly driven out long-time residents and…
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SBA Proposes Changes to SBIC Early Stage Program
Today the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released proposed changes to its SBIC Early Stage Program, a feature of the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Program. SBA has proposed a number of regulatory changes that seek to broaden access to the Early Stage Program and strengthen the impact of SBIC’s on early stage small businesses.
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The Inside Scoop on Small Businesses
Yesterday, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy released an update with new comment letters, Requests for Comments (RFC) and, interestingly, new research. This new research presents an update on the state of small businesses in the increasingly competitive American marketplace.