May 18, 2010 by Jared Bilski
During the worst months of the recession, community and regional banks were the only means of credit for many small businesses. But many of these institutions are tightening up their lending practices.
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Tags: Community banks, Community lenders, Federal Reserve, Financial health, Loan, Regulatory agencies, Small businesses
June 18, 2009 by Jared Bilski
For floundering small businesses, June 15th — the day the SBA started handing out the first of 10,000 deferred-payment loans — couldn’t have come soon enough.
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Tags: A/R, American Recovery Capital program, Credit-card debt, Loans, Small business administration
June 12, 2009 by Jennifer Azara

You and your Accounts Payable folks have probably seen some questionable things staffers tried to slip through on reimbursement. Bet they were never as bad as many of these!
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Tags: Accounts Payable, British government, Dog bowl, Expense reports, Moat, Pink laptop
December 18, 2008 by Jared Bilski
Trying times have a way of driving staffers to take drastic measures. So, now is the time to watch out for tainted performance metrics.
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Tags: Bankrupt companies, Budgets, Deloitte Forensic Center, Employee fraud, Peformance metrics, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)