http://www.merchantcashadvances.org Merchant Cash Advance, Loans and Processing Mon, 17 May 2010 23:43:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here are a few tips to consider when entering a merchant cash advance agreement: 1. Read the contract - Always, and I repeat, always fully read the entire contract including the fine print. As business owners, you are very busy, but do not sign anything until you have read the ... http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/featured/merchant-cash-advance-tips/ Join our merchant cash advance community, and MerchantCashAdvances.org will keep you updated with the latest information and promotions about the industry. Here, at MerchantCashAdvance.org we keep our users current with the financial sector and its effects on merchants and business cash advances. Our main purpose is to educate ... http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/about-merchant-cash-advance/join-merchant-cash-advance-community/ Los Angeles city council is pressuring their banks to help stop the unemployment and foreclosure crisis by offering competitive interest rates and lower fees on investments.  They are also looking for banks to invest and reinvest inside the community.  For those banks that do not comply, the city council is ... http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/featured/los-angeles-pressures-banks/ Many merchants aren't familiar with a merchant cash advance as an alternative means of business financing.  Many small businesses can qualify for sizable amounts of money, and some can qualify for over $500,000.   Merchants who have poor credit and who are in industries like restaurants, salons, // and retail busienssess ... http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/merchant-funding-discussions/10-easy-tips-to-know-if-your-business-qualifies-for-a-merchant-cash-advance/ Merchantcashadvances.org blog can now be found on Technorati! QMBB2ZT6VWM9 http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/about-merchant-cash-advance/merchantcashadvances-org-on-technorati/ // The Obama administration extended an additional $1.8 billion in SBA backed small business loans. The initial program was for $750 million and helped stimulate small businesses by guaranteeing 90% of the funding and by waiving application fees.  The stimulus was depleted by November 23rd.  In December the government extended ... http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/featured/obama-extends-1-8-billion-in-sba-small-business-loans/ U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin proposed a bill that would provide direct loans to small businesses.  The bill proposes to use $20 billion in TARP money on small businesses.  TARP program was initiated by the Obama administration and is largely accredited with saving large US banks from bankruptcy.  The bill ... http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/featured/tarp-money-for-small-business-loans/ Mr. Obama Bashes Wall Street – Promises Tax Breaks and Cash Infusion for Small Businesses In his State of the Union Address, President Obama on Wednesday night promised an infusion of $30 billion to small businesses to help them gain access to loans. // The money will come from the ... http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/featured/mr-obama-bashes-wall-street-%e2%80%93-promises-tax-breaks-and-cash-infusion-for-small-businesses/ Andy Shallal owns three popular bookstore cafes in the Washington Dc and Virginia areas. His annual gross sales are over $14 million, and yet he was denied a recent bank loan unless he tied the loan to his house as collateral. // Taxpayers and small businesses owners are frustrated as ... http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/featured/14-million-annual-gross-busboys-poets-denied-loan/ Yet another example of a small business owner who was declined by her local bank this December, Hope Gillerman was denied a $100,000 bank loan from Park Avenue Bank. Ms. Gillerman owns a small business which sells aroma therapies in Union Square New York City. Her company has ... http://www.merchantcashadvances.org/featured/small-business-owner-declined-bank-loan/