BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- M&T Bank increased small business lending by $196 million since last year, nearly quadrupling its 2011 pledge to boost loans by $50 million. At a White House Small Business Lender Forum held in Cleveland, Ohio last September, M&T Bank Chairman and CEO Robert G. Wilmers vowed to Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) ...

15% Of Stay-at-Home Moms Resent Their Partners For Being The Ones Who Continue To Work Today's Moms Believe The Economy Has Negatively Affected Their Parenting: 69% Of Working Moms Feel Pressure To Work, While 2/3 Of Stay-at-home Moms Who Plan To Return To Work Fear The Slow Economy Will Prevent Them From Doing So Majority Believe Not Working Out Of Home To Care For Children Is A Luxury NEW YORK, Sept. 12, ...

ATLANTA, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Georgia Department of Community Affairs announced Citizens Trust Bank as the first, approved Georgia bank to participate in the State Small Business Credit Initiative program (SSBCI). The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (the "Act") became law in the fall of 2010. The Act created the State Small Business Credit Initiative, which was funded to strengthen state lendin ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon's small business team will present another free webinar on Wednesday (Aug. 8) at 2 p.m. ET, featuring Gary Kaber, product specialist at Intuit, a leading provider of business and financial management software for small businesses. In this one-hour live webinar, Kaber will offer tips on how to make a business website more effective for the business and its custo ...

COSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian®, the leading global information services company, today announced that the Experian/Moody's Analytics Small Business Credit Index edged up 0.9 point in the second quarter of 2012, to 104.1 from 103.2. This is the index's third consecutive quarterly improvement, after it fell over much of 2011. Findings from the report also show that credit quality w ...

LONDON, July 23, 2012/PRNewswire/ --The effects of the double-dip recession may be hitting young adults the hardest, but planning for the future needn't be expensive Speaking in November, The Economist's Bagehot columnist put it best when analysing the typical social consequences of an economic slump: 'adults are not hurt until they are fired; the young are hurt when they are not hired'. As the hopeful pros ...

MINNEAPOLIS, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Since the 2008-2009 stock market collapse, the U.S. business environment has been struggling as small business owners, clawing their way back to recover lost ground, have attempted to grow their businesses. This challenge has been increasingly difficult as the interconnected global economy contracted and forced waves of corresponding reductions in purchase orders, ...

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to a new survey from the National Small Business Association (NSBA), the 2012 Small Business Access to Capital Survey, cash flow issues continue to plague a significant number of America's small businesses. Among the findings: nearly half (43 percent) of small-business owners report that they needed funds at one point in the last four years and ...

ATLANTA, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that Aug. 8 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Alabama as a result of the excessive rain, flooding, flash flooding, ha ...

Reloadable Prepaid Card Provides an Alternative to Checking Accounts and Easy Access to Funds thru Comerica ATMs, Card Purchases and Bill Pay DALLAS, July 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica today announced it will introduce the Comerica Convenience Card(SM) later this summer. The Comerica Convenience Card is a reloadable debit card that provides easy access to funds when purchases are made at Visa merchants ...