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Aug 29, 2022

SBA Lynx Payment offers additional benefits in addition to the RMAF Program

The credit card processing fee of a transaction accounts for a tiny proportion of the transaction value. However, when combining all the...

Aug 24, 2022

SBA Lynx Payment Will Eliminate All Of Your Credit Card Processing Fee

SBA Lynx Payment is well known for supporting programs to help small businesses with refunding merchant authorization fees. Eligible...

Aug 20, 2022

Business owners don’t worry when applying for Refund Merchant Authorization Fee

Business owner Eren Deanzer, a car garage owner, said that he tries every day to grow with the support of SBA Lynx Payment. “We’re all...

Mar 20, 2022

SBA Lynx Payment Support #StopAsianHate With Extra 5% Merchant Cost Forgiveness

Anti-Asian anti-discrimination and awareness-raising activities began to spread worldwide, stemming from protests in the United States...

Dec 22, 2021

Mastercard rewards consumers for shopping local this season with small business holiday campaigns

New study shows four out of five U.S. consumers plan to shop local this holiday season. Consumers are shopping with intention this...

Dec 22, 2021

Amex is offering cardholders up to $50 back for shopping at small businesses through September 20

Consumer spending has been down over the last several months due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the economic downturn is hitting small...

Dec 22, 2021

IRS Plus-Up payment dates: The criteria to receive a new check before the New Year

The checks will be sent out before the new year. Some American citizens are set to receive a payment of up to $1,400 before the end of...

Dec 4, 2021

Merchant Cost Forgiveness Advance: Do You Qualify?

Small businesses impacted by COVID-19 may be eligible for a Merchant Cost Forgiveness Advance of up to $300,000, as well as a Return...

Nov 8, 2021

Merchant Cost Forgiveness (MCF-4508) - How to apply?

This forgivable merchant cost helps keep your workforce employed. Targeted Merchant Cost Forgiveness The Targeted Merchant Cost...

Nov 3, 2021

PPP 1 And 2 Loans: What Expenses Are Considered Covered Costs?

A second round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans brings many questions around funding eligibility and how the money can be spent...

Nov 1, 2021

Starbucks pledges $100 million to help small businesses and Black communities

Starbucks is starting a $100 million fund aimed at investing in community development projects and small businesses in areas populated by...

Oct 18, 2021

Championing Equitable Access for Women Business Owners

At the SBA’s recent Women’s History Month virtual event, I listened as Christy NaMee Eriksen, who owns Kindred Post – a post office, gift...

Sep 21, 2021

4th Stimulus Check Update: How to get those bonus checks?

The US government's financial support to its citizens has continued in the form of more stimulus checks, with 2.2 million having been...

May 14, 2021

Understand Your Finances and Grow Your Business

Understanding your finances is key to small business success. With small businesses across America still recovering from the impacts of...

Apr 4, 2021

Webinar Series Helps Women Entrepreneurs Learn About Government Contracting

March is Women’s History Month, and the U.S. Small Business Administration remains committed to helping women entrepreneurs confidently...

Mar 17, 2021

Grow Your Business with SBA’s Contracting Assistance Programs

If you are looking for ways to grow your clientele in 2021, consider doing business with the federal government. The federal government...

Nov 11, 2020

COVID-19 Resources for Small Businesses

Our nation’s small businesses are emerging from an unprecedented economic disruption due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The U.S....

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