Mid State Development News Today

For the second time in less than four months, Fresno-based Cen Cal Business Finance Group announced merger plans, this time with a Kern County organization with more than $71 million in loans on the books.

Local demand high for new, different round of PPP loans [The Bakersfield Californian] Jan. 10—Local small businesses are about to line up again for federal dollars to help them through the pandemic, and this time the emphasis is on companies that missed out before and those classified as disadvantaged, as well as micro-businesses, membership-based nonprofits and hospitality-type enterprises such as restaurants. Monday’s kickoff of phase three of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Pa...