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Bank of America Offers Online Banking In Spanish

Dec 14, 2007

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) now offers many online banking and financial management features in Spanish, making them more accessible to Hispanic custo...  Read story

Bank Websites Ranked for Small-Business Service

Aug 20, 2007

Bank of America received top marks in an annual ranking of online banking services for small businesses by Keynote Systems, a San Mateo, Calif.-based comm...  Read story

Bank of America Launches Small Business Online Community

Oct 17, 2007

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has unveiled its online community for small business customers. The Small Business Online Community allows users to connect wi...  Read story

BoA Boosts Rural Small Business Loans

Oct 25, 2007

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has made a $5 million investment to provide financing to small businesses in rural areas across New York state. The invest...  Read story

City Of The Future

By Joel Kotkin |  Apr 1, 1987

Its factories have moved to exurbia. As a financial center, it has fallen behind. But a burgeoning class of 'white-collar artisans' may soon make this the ri...  Read story

Loans and Start-Ups

By Inc Staff |  Jan 1, 2007

Financing the company car; launching a business when you're a teenager.  Read story

Still Flying High in the Valley

By Joel Kotkin |  Oct 1, 1988

Silicon Valley Bank attributes success to personalized lending policies.  Read story

Bank Shot;

By V.I. |  Dec 1, 1985

BANKING AT HOME USING personal computers has been a losing proposition for Bank of America, but the San Francisco giant got a big surprise -- and found a ...  Read story

Extra Credit

By Laura Palotie |  Sep 24, 2008

A weekly look at the latest products and services designed to help you run a better business.  Read story

Banks May Sell Off Your Loans

By Amy Gunderson |  Sep 1, 2003

A secondary market for small-business loans could benefit entrepreneurs.  Read story

Business Ed

By Inc Staff |  Apr 1, 1990

Bank of America publishes an educational business resource called the Small Business Reporter.  Read story

Will the Bailout Help You?

By Robb Mandelbaum |  Oct 8, 2008

It's the $700 billion question on everyone's mind -- and nobody has a real answer. To understand whether the money will start flowing again, it's important t...  Read story

"businessman's Bank" Serves Entrepreneurs

Oct 1, 1981

Four years ago, Mike Turk found that a lot of banks in San Diego weren't taking him seriously when he talked about starting his own general contracting an...  Read story

Sadder But Wiser

By Lisa R. Sheeran |  Oct 1, 1985

DISCOUNT BROKER CHARLES SCHWAB IS DOING ALL RIGHT -- BUT HE KNOWS HOW IT FEELS WHEN AN INVESTMENT GOES SOUR.  Read story

Bank of America Earmarks $10 Million for Entrepreneurs

By Angus Loten |  Apr 19, 2006

The money will go to the Opportunity Finance Network, which helps small businesses in lower-income communities.  Read story

Report: California Banks Failing Small Business

Mar 9, 2007

March 9, 2007 -- California's major banks are failing small and minority-owned businesses when it comes to access to loans and capital, a...  Read story

Guerrilla Tactic Targets Golfers

By Jess McCuan |  Oct 1, 2004

Golf, meet guerrilla marketing...  Read story

Bet on the Small Fry

By Mark Tatge

With marketing razzmatazz and customer service, small-scale lenders have a big future. The great sweep of bank consolidation over the past two de...  Read story

The Big Banks Strike Back

By J.K |  May 1, 1984

In contrast to the small and medium-size hanks, the giants of the banking industry have been slow to discover the entrepreneurial market, and their belate...  Read story

A Yen For Lending;

By Joel Kotkin |  Apr 1, 1988

AFTER BEING DELAYED AND stalled by half a dozen other financial institutions, California developer Ralph Rittenhouse found a local bank that was willing n...  Read story

Wells Fargo, Bank of America Release Payment Solution

May 19, 2008

The joint effort will offer electronic funds transfers and business-to-business payments.  Read story

The New Small Business Bankers

By Joel Kotkin |  May 1, 1984

Something strange happened to Robert Tracht and Bruce Gilman on their way to building a multi-million-dollar import-export business. In the summer of 1982...  Read story

A Borrower Be

By Martin Mayer |  Jan 1, 2003

Tough economies and easy credit usually don't mix. So why are banks falling all over themselves to lend small businesses money?  Read story

Ask Inc.

By Inc Staff |  May 1, 2005

Thwarting office theft, and making the most of revolving credit lines.  Read story

Gold-Medal Marketing

By Max Chafkin |  Apr 1, 2007

For companies looking to profit from the Beijing Olympics, the race is on.  Read story

Diary of a Soloist

By Harriet Rubin |  Aug 1, 1998

In the March 1998 issue of Inc. , Rubin announced her desire to shuck corporate trappings and strike out on her own. Here are excerpts from her journ...  Read story

Money Talks;

By Nell Margolis |  Jun 1, 1986

PHILADELPHIA BANKER FAL DE Saint Phalle is on his way up in a job that used to lead nowhere but down or out. Just a decade ago, says de Saint Phalle, sma...  Read story

Bank Mergers Worry Business Owners

By Matt Quinn

The stock markets were disappointed on Wednesday when HSBC Holdings and Citigroup, Inc. hinted they would not acquire any United States' banks in the near...  Read story

The Art Of Being An Executive, By Louis B. Lundborg. The Free Press, A Division Of Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc., 866 Third Ave., New York, Ny 10022; 270 Pp., $15.95.

Dec 1, 1981

If this posthumously published book (the author died in January 1981) is any indication, Lundborg certainly had a talent for getting things done efficient...  Read story

A Dozen Ways To Borrow Money

By Joan G. Ford |  Dec 1, 1981

To get bankers to open their pockets, you have to know their language. Here's a primer on the ways banks lend money.  Read story

Security Lapse

By David H. Freedman |  Aug 1, 2005

Or, how I stopped worrying and learned to love hackers, bugs, and other high-tech miscreants.  Read story

Case Study: Was Bankruptcy the Answer?

By Nadine Heintz |  Dec 1, 2005

Her line of credit was in default. Her partnership with her mom was faltering. Could Heather Antonelli save her business?  Read story

A Bank, at Your Service

By Dan Ackman |  Jan 1, 2006

The number of start-up banks is on the rise, and they're competing with the big boys by catering to business owners.  Read story

Charging Forth;

By V.I. |  Jan 1, 1986

SOME SHOPPERS WHO HAVE overloaded their bank cards can still charge ahead at their favorite small stores. Shopping centers are beginning to fish for cust...  Read story

Minorities Faced Restrictions to Capital, Says Report

By Priya Ganapati |  May 24, 2005

May 24, 2005 --Minority small business owners, especially African-American and Hispanic owners, have faced restrictions in getting access ...  Read story

Second Mortgages Aid Small Company Growth

Mar 1, 1982

Small business owners who have a house, an acre or two of personal or commercial real estate, or even a vacant lot are finding it easier to finance their ...  Read story

The Age Of Alliances

By Joel Kotkin |  Feb 1, 1984

The new semiconductor companies are getting their funding from a powerful combination of hungry venture capitalists, aggressive bankers, and -- suprisingly e...  Read story

How To Get Started

By Nitasha Tiku & Stephanie Clifford |  Apr 1, 2007

From dealing with red tape to protecting patents to getting paid...  Read story

Small Businesses Offer Incentives for Hybrids

By Jess Blumberg |  Jul 5, 2006

More and more companies are rewarding employees for buying fuel-efficient cars.  Read story

Small Businesses Offer Incentives for Hybrids

By Jess Blumberg |  Jul 6, 2006

More and more companies are rewarding employees for buying fuel-efficient cars.  Read story