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Banks are getting flooded with applications for a new federal government-backed loan program aimed at helping small businesses endure the Covid-19 pandemic. The $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program was launched last Friday. Banks indicated it was a ...
One of the founders of the lender service provider Blueacorn has entered a guilty plea in a scheme intended to fraudulently obtain COVID relief money through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). A founder of the lender service provider Blueacorn has ...
The latest turn in a federal fraud investigation in Minnesota involves COVID-era loan programs through the Small Business Administration. The Trump administration is now focusing on Paycheck Protection Program loans offered at the height of the pandemic.
We examine the longer-term effects of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the PPP Liquidity Facility (PPPLF) on small business (SME) lending using bank-level Call Report data. To identify a causal impact, we instrument for PPP and PPPLF lending based ...