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Businesses Don't Have to Declare Bankruptcy

According to Forbes, small businesses facing financial difficulty have a few options other than bankruptcy. 

It’s an understatement to say that the pandemic has not been kind to small businesses. In fact, nearly 79% of small businesses have felt a moderate-to-large negative effect from the pandemic, according to an August 2020 U.S. Census Bureau Small Business Pulse Survey.. 

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College Is Back In Session and Businesses Are Ready

Small businesses in college towns welcome the return of students, reports the Associated Press. 

Perry Porikos sat in the street outside one of his five businesses, in a makeshift patio area that didn’t exist before the COVID-19 pandemic sent his best customers — University of Michigan students — back home in mid-March. 

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Oversight of PPP Money Needed

Gas station owner received Payroll Protection money and spent it on political billboards, reports CNN. 

The billboards began popping up along a desert stretch of highway in Arizona and California in early August — plastered with "Make America Great Again!" in large capital letters or an image of President Donald Trump looking up to the sky and giving a big thumbs up. 

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Consumers Unconcerned About Payment App Safety

Payment apps are popular with American consumers but a new survey reveals that consumers aren’t concerned about the safety of these transactions, reports Small Business Trends. 

According to Money Crashers, 90 million Americans use payment apps. But its new survey reveals 52% of the respondents are not concerned about payment app security. This translates to millions of people not taking the necessary precautions to protect their transactions and personal data.

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Minnesota Man Charged with PPP Fraud

A St. Paul man has been charged with fraudulently obtaining PPP loans, reports Star Tribune. 

A 32-year-old St. Paul man was indicted by a federal grand jury on fraud and money laundering charges, accused of obtaining $841,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program loans created to help small businesses harmed by COVID-19.

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Small Business Hurt by Postal Problems

According to CNN Business, problems within the U.S. Postal Service are hindering how small businesses conduct business.

Delays in mail delivered by the United States Postal Service have impacted veterans waiting to receive their medication and threatened mail-in voting in November. They're also hurting America's small businesses.

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Economic Injury Loans Lower PPP Forgiveness

Small businesses that received an Economic Injury Disaster loan may receive less forgiveness for their Paycheck Protection loans, reports CNBC.

Entrepreneurs who received up to $10,000 in federal grants and took a forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loan as well are in for a surprise: They won’t be getting the full loan forgiveness they had hoped for.

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Options for Loans Other Than PPP

There are loan options for businesses unable to get a Payroll Protection Loan, reports Entrepreneur. 

Beyond the Paycheck Protection Program and the Small Business Administration, businesses need money. But what if you can’t get a PPP loan? 

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Business Association Wants Loan Details

According to NBC Palmsprings, the American Small Business League is suing to find out how the Payment Protection Program funds were distributed. 

Concerns have been raised on whether funds for the Payment Protection Program (PPP) aimed to help small businesses have been distributed fairly. And now a local small business advocate is suing The Trump Administration for fraud.

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Small Business Supports Cares Act

Many small businesses support extending the Cares Act payment of $600 to unemployed workers, reports the Guardian. 

About 30 million unemployed Americans are now on tenterhooks waiting to see if the $600-a-week federal unemployment benefit created by the Cares Act will be renewed.

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