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Sure Payment Solutions Rebranded
Sure Payment Solutions has rebranded as Sure Funding Solutions. Along with that comes a new domain and a new website aimed at simplifying the process of getting a business loan, and making the experience enjoyable across all of your devices. What does this mean for...
Business Cash Advances Without Credit Cards
The merchant cash advance industry has come a long way in the past 20 years. Business cash advances already had a lot of selling points: they're unsecured, easy to qualify for, and can be acquired very quickly and with little paperwork. Unlike traditional business...
Know the Best Business Funding Sources
Whether you are in the market for business funding or not, there are always a lot of business funding sources and brokers out there trying to give you money. So how can you tell the best business funding sources from the rest? Unfortunately, the best way to learn...
Industry Specific Business Funding
Believe it or not, your ability to get business funding is based on more than just your credit history and the strength of your business. In the world of small business lending, your industry type plays a big role in your ability to get business funding. It doesn't...
SBA Small Business Loans
SBA Small Business Loan The Small Business Administration a government office that is supposed to be the "voice" of small business. The office is supposed to represent the interests of small businesses within the federal government. It is responsible for reporting...
Certified Development Companies
Certified Development Companies, or CDCs, are not-for-profit companies established to encourage economic growth in its local area. There are some hundreds of Certified Development Companies in the United States. Certified Development Companies, among other things,...
Big Changes to Small Business Lending
Small business lending has changed quite a bit in the past decade. Small business lending, like consumer loans, used to be really easy to get your hands on. So much of it was tied to real estate, which kept appreciating in value, which in turn allowed borrowers to...
Premium Merchant Cash Advance Programs
In the past couple of years, the merchant cash advance industry has seen a lot of changes. Years and years ago, the merchant cash advance industry was fast growing, with new merchant cash advance providers popping up every day and fighting for market share among your...
Is a Business Line of Credit Right for You
When people think of business funding, the first type that usually comes to mind is the traditional small business loan. While traditional small business loans are certainly formidable opponents to competing types of business funding, there are others such as a...
Before you Apply for a Business Loan
Unfortunately, all too often, business owners go on living their lives and running their businesses without enough thought or consideration for the near future. That's not the worst thing in the world when things are going just great, although it can still cause...
References for Small Business Loans
Typical Small Business Loan Application Process Depending on the amount of money that you're requesting and exactly what type of business funding you are applying for, the application process is often very similar regardless of what bank you are working with. You'll...
Small Business Lending in May 2012
Earlier this week, the results of a report were published regarding the overall volume of small business lending in the United States for the month of May. The report, which published the Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index, showed that small business...
Investors Seek Profitable Enterprise in Small Business Loans
The State of Small Business Lending With concern regarding the state of the market once the bush tax cuts expire, and interest rates holding low, big time investors are seeking new avenues to grow their funds. With the unsecured and independent small business loans...
About Bad Credit Small Business Loans
Bad Credit Small Business Loans There was a time when bad credit small business loans were not hard to find. This was back in the days before our most recent recession, when banks couldn't resist the temptations of sub-prime lending. The returns were great, and with...
Cutting Costs in Small Business
Cutting Costs in Small Business Sometimes as business owners, we need to go into "survival mode". This is especially true in the past few years. The economy has been such a nightmare and has caused a lot of stress among small business owners. As a result, many times...
Small Businesses and Tablets
There was a study done to evaluate whether or not small businesses are utilizing the benefits that are to be had when it comes to using tablets in work. The study concluded that small businesses are losing out in terms of productivity and cost savings. Less than half...
Inventory and Cashflow
Inventory and cashflow have an important relationship with each other. Inventory and cashflow are codependent upon each other. Inventory both consumes cashflow and is directly responsible for generating cashflow. But like anything else, too much or too little of one...
Ways to Use a Business Loan
Of course, people look for ways to use a business loan in a variety of different reasons. Some people use the funding to catch up on bills or pay vendors. Great business owners have more productive ideas in mind when they apply for business funding. Even if you have a...