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Members of the House Small Business Committee expressed concerns to SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza that the rule could harm poultry farmers.

Lawmakers have also criticized the agency's decision to create qualifying standards for farmers and other small businesses.

Reduced dine-in traffic is eating away at bottom lines, forcing eateries to rethink how they borrow money.

The agency's new leader began her career as a part-time night-shift package handler for UPS in Chicago.

The bank, whose 7(a) originations have plummeted in recent years, is developing a portal that will let applicants upload documents, complete forms and track application progress.

The Small Business Administration has told lawmakers it can reinvigorate its streamlined guarantee program by nearly tripling the maximum loan size. So far, Congress has been mum on the idea.

The more things change in small-business lending, the more they stay the same, going back as far as 3,000 years. But in this book excerpt, Karen Mills, former head of the Small Business Administration, predicts momentous changes ahead.

Despite a strong economy, volume in the agency's flagship loan program has declined for two straight years. Here's why.

The agency’s Small Business Investment Company program is slumping, and Congress is pressuring its top executive, Joseph Shepard, to get it back on track or step aside.

Caught in the middle of a credit-subsidy debate, the program would have shut down on Tuesday without congressional action.

The popular program could go idle next month for the second time in less than a year if lawmakers are unable to approve a $99 million credit subsidy.

The accounting standard is coming regardless of a delay. It will bring some nonbank lenders to the forefront of banking competition.

Lawmakers and others faulted the agency's foot-dragging on approving licenses and funding requests for small-business investment companies, whose owners include banks.

A fight between Democrats and Republicans over a proposal to let the SBA’s Office of Advocacy challenge rulings made by other government agencies is threatening to hold up funding for small-business loan guarantees.

The former head of the Small Business Administration and current Harvard professor says data sharing can be transformational for banks.

As budget questions loom over the most popular Small Business Administration loans, lenders have embraced the previously overshadowed 504 program after a key policy tweak.

As budget questions loom over the most popular Small Business Administration loans, lenders have embraced the previously overshadowed 504 program after a key policy tweak.

The Columbus, Ohio, bank has hired a former executive from Bank of America to run the new business, which will target physician, dentist and veterinary practices.

First Internet is poised to acquire an SBA lending team to help it meet an ambitious loan target for the year — a target the CEO plans on doubling in coming years.