| | |  | Small Business Lending Rebounds Small business lending is showing signs of rebounding in 2010. According to the Small Business Administrations latest data, the SBAs 7(a) program gave out $3.8B in loans to 12,393 businesses. This was nearly twice as much as a year ago where they gave out only $1.9B and signals that banks are beginning to open up their wallets. Read the full article >>
| |  | A recent poll shows that consumers are becoming increasingly conscious of Internet coupons. This is not simply a function of the recession, either--Internet coupon usage rates are actually highest in the upper income brackets. This suggests it is crucial to make online coupons part of an e-commerce Web site strategy. Read the full article >> | |  | A merchant cash advance is not a loan, and that can be a good thing. In fact, many business owners choose to take out a merchant cash advance precisely because a regular loan wont work for them. The monthly payment schedules for a regular loan, for example, often do not fit with certain business models, such as restaurants. Read the full article >> | |  | Credit card processing is a system that most of us do not think about in great detail. As a consumer, we are confronted by a product or service, take out our credit cards, and voila, we immediately have access (or soon will) to our purchase. Read the full article >> | | | | | © VendorSeek, 1051 East Hillsdale Blvd., Suite 800, Foster City, CA 94404 | |