Demand for the Paycheck Protection Program under the CARES Act is skyrocketing.
that Bank of America has seen applications from 177,000 small businesses that account for $32.6 billion—almost 10% of the entire amount allocated by Congress. .
Wells Fargo says it will focus its lending on nonprofits and small businesses with fewer than 50 employees , citing Fed restrictions on its balance sheet capacity; the bank says it has already enough applications to that exceed“We are committed to helping our customers during these unprecedented and challenging times, but are restricted in our ability to serve as many customers as we would like under the PPP,”Over the weekend, Senator Marco Rubio tweeted that based on current demand, money in...
Last week, Bank of America received 10,000 applications for loans within the first hour its portal was open, CEO Brian Moynihan told CNBC. The bank has been criticized for restricting applications to customers who already borrow from the bank, which excludes those customers who have checking accounts but not loans.
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