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This marks the first time in more than 40 years that the U.S. Small Business Administration has expanded its primary business loan program and brings the total number of nonbank lenders up from 14 to 17.

Small Business AdministrationThe SBA has chosen Arkansas Capital Corporation, Alaska Growth Capital and Funding Circle to expand their services.

Arkansas Capital Corporation is a community development finance institution that, since 2019, has devoted more than half of their lending to Alaska Growth Capital, an Alaska-based Business and Industrial Development Corporation , focuses on helping Alaska Native, Native American, and Native Hawaiian businesses and communities.

Funding Circle is an online lending platform based in Denver focused on small businesses in rural areas and low- to moderate-income neighborhoods.by higher interest rates this year and tighter lending conditions that began after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.The lenders will not be beholden to specific quotas, but the SBA will track and publish certain metrics, sources familiar tell Axios.

 

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