PPP rescue program restarts for narrow slice of banks, small businesses
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The popular Paycheck Protection Program was rebooted Monday morning, but it was not quite the mad dash for dollars seen last spring.
That's because under guidance released last week by the federal agencies administering the small business relief effort, only a narrow sliver of businesses and lending institutions are able to apply for and process loans.
Indeed, only one bank in the state, the Detroit-based First Independence Bank, was permitted to take in loan applications on Monday and Tuesday, based on the federal guidance. First Independence is a Minority Depository Institution (MDI), and one of a small number of Black-owned banks in the United States.