Year in Review: Small Business Funding

This year has been quite the rollercoaster ride for small business owners.  Bank lending standards remained tight from the previous year, making it extremely difficult for merchants to get bank loans and to top it off, with the creation of new consumer credit card laws, credit card providers increased rates and lowered the lines of credit offered through business credit cards, forcing some small business cardholders to close their accounts. Throughout the year, however, a [...]