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Economy

The Fed Raised Rates for the First Time in Three Years. Here’s What It Means for Your Business.

The Fed's 25-point rate hike pushes borrowing costs higher and signals another Fed rate hike ahead — what this means for small businesses and how to prepare

Sep 16 · 5 min read

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Business Finance

Loan Mantra Names Amanda Simeone the She Leads SC Award Recipient.

Sep 4 · 6 min read

EIN

​Lost Your EIN? What the IRS’s Tax Pro Account Update Actually Changes

Jul 14 · 6 min read

Franchise

​SBA Franchise Financing in 2026: What to Know

Jul 10 · 6 min read

Business Preparedness

Interest Rate Predictions: Now and What Comes Next

Jul 10 · 5 min read

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Lending

SBA Lending Cap: What $10MM Actually Means

Jul 10 · 6 min read

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Small Business

Student Loan Changes: Here’s What Matters for Small Business

Jul 9 · 7 min read

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AI

AI and Business Finance: A Guide for the Informed Owner

Apr 15 · 5 min read

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Borrower

SBA Lending: What Community Banks Are Missing in Q1

Apr 7 · 9 min read

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Grant

The 2026 Loan Mantra She Leads SC Grant

Mar 9 · 11 min read

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Business Plan

The Silver Tsunami: What Every Lender Needs to Know

Jan 26 · 6 min read

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Highlights

The Mantra: New Developments for 8A Certification and Minority-Owned Businesses
The Mantra: New Developments for 8A Certification and Minority-Owned Businesses
How and Why You Should Start a Small Business in South Carolina
How and Why You Should Start a Small Business in South Carolina
The Mantra: How Does Gen Z Do Finance?
The Mantra: How Does Gen Z Do Finance?
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In the News

Awendaw entrepreneur among finalists for statewide $5,000 grant; winner to be announced Tuesday – counton2.com
Sep 01, 26by counton2.com
Awendaw entrepreneur among finalists for statewide $5,000 grant; winner to be announced Tuesday – counton2.com
Sep 01, 26by counton2.com
Amateur baseball roundup: Bullfrogs hand Granite Falls Kilowatts a loss – West Central Tribune
May 31, 26by West Central Tribune
Amateur baseball roundup: Offense helps Raymond topple Litchfield – West Central Tribune
May 20, 26by West Central Tribune
Review: Nicolaus Richter de Vroe: Shibuya Movements, etc – Classical-Music.com
Feb 25, 26
Janet Marie (McCambridge) Lyda, North Lima, Ohio – wkbn.com
Nov 19, 25by wkbn.com
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More Resources

Novel Patterns Wins ‘Best Agentic AI Application’ at ET Enterprise AI Awards 2026 for Bringing Governed AI Reasoning to Lending – Press Trust of India
Sep 19, 26by Press Trust of India
Six St. Louis businesses land SBA loans topping $4M in second quarter – The Business Journals
Sep 18, 26by The Business Journals
Arizona’s Largest SBA 7(a)/504 Loan Approvals, Q2 2026 – The Business Journals
Sep 18, 26by The Business Journals
North Texas’ SBA loan approvals, Q2-2026 – The Business Journals
Sep 18, 26by The Business Journals
Novel Patterns Wins Best Agentic AI Application at ET Enterprise AI Awards 2026 for Bringing Governed AI Reasoning to Lending – TheWire.in
Sep 18, 26by TheWire.in
These Wichita businesses scored the largest SBA loans in Q2 – The Business Journals
Sep 18, 26by The Business Journals
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