One major improvement in the second PPP round is that the average loan size seems to be $73,000 — "less than half of PPP1," according to S&P Global, noting the data available so far was only through May 8. (Photo: Shutterstock)
On Wednesday (June 3), the U.S. Senate cleared changes to the Paycheck Protection Program that provides more flexibility to small businesses using the relief loans. The changes to the PPP include extending the eight-week period in which funds must be spent for forgiveness to 24 weeks, as well as extending the repayment period money owned from two years to up to five years.
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Jeff Berman
Jeff joined the ThinkAdvisor team as a staff reporter in July 2019. Before joining ThinkAdvisor, he was a freelance reporter for five years, covering mainly technology, business, media and entertainment news for publications including The Miami Herald, Newsday, TheStreet.com, Long Island Press and multiple American City Business Journals websites. He also reported for several consumer electronics publications and was a technology reporter for publications of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance. Prior to that, he worked as a reporter and editor for Consumer Electronics Daily and other Warren Communications News publications for 15 years. He graduated with an MA in journalism from New York University.
