The loan-underwriting changes are one among many SBA leadership has rolled out since President Donald Trump's inauguration in January. Why child-labor laws are being ...

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The Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced it will eliminate a package of Biden-era policies that dramatically reduced underwriting standards within the 7(a) loan program, which the Trump ...

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The loan-underwriting changes are one among many SBA leadership has rolled out since President Donald Trump's inauguration in January. Law firms are facing new competition from accounting heavyweights ...