California Launches Small Business Loan Match Website

California recently increased access to its small business loan match program by launching a website to more easily connect small businesses with loans. While the program has existed for years, it was considered a “best kept secret” by the Small Business Development Corporation of Orange County. Before the new website was launched to make the process less cumbersome, business owners needed to apply through the state agency which oversees the program—the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank’s Small Business Finance Center, better known as IBank. “Through California’s small business loan match, we hope to break down the barriers between lesser-known mission-driven lenders and busy entrepreneurs,” Megan Hodapp, program manager for IBank’s Small Business Finance Center said in a promotional video on the program’s website. “And make the process of accessing trust-worthy loans as easy as possible for California’s small business owners.”...