Paycheck Protection Program

Newsmakers: Banks rally to the rescue — again

FEB 1 Last year, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program issued 5.1 million loans totaling $525 billion to businesses and industries across the country, saving millions of jobs and enabling untold business owners to avoid closing their doors…

Iowa banks deliver crucial PPP funds

If there is one thing the successful execution of the Paycheck Protection Program in Iowa…

Banks rally to the rescue – again

Last year, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program issued 5.1 million loans totaling…

government stimulus

The pandemic changed banking, but what will stick?

Seven months after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic and eight months after a recession…

The pandemic changed banking, but what will stick?

Seven months after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic and eight months after a recession…

Rally C.A.P. initiative aims to spur a comeback

By Adam Moore [email protected] The rally cap, a time-honored superstition for baseball fans hoping for…

Iowa banking sector remained strong in 1Q

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa’s banking sector remained healthy in the first quarter of…

Banks become a lifeline

How Iowa’s banks and credit unions transformed themselves to push out more than $5 billion…

Banks become a lifeline

How Iowa’s banks and credit unions transformed themselves to push out more than $5 billion…

Great Western Bank takes loss due to impairment charges

Great Western Bank’s newest branch location in Cedar Rapids. CREDIT GWB   By CBJ News…

QCR profits down as COVID-19 slows loan growth

Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust’s headquarters in Cedar Rapids in an undated photo. PHOTO VANTAGE…

Small businesses need more relief

CBJ EDITORIAL Federal relief money to blunt the impact of the COVID-19 crisis is starting…

Frustration returns for bankers in round 2 of PPP

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Iowa banks struggled to get Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans…

Feds set to refill loan fund for small business

By Katharine Carlon [email protected] More relief for small business is on the way after the…

Letter: More clarity (and funding) needed for PPP

The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the global economy and its impact on Corridor businesses and…

Wells Fargo to expand PPP lending as fed lifts cap

By CBJ News Staff [email protected] Wells Fargo, which said Sunday that its lending plans for…