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Minority-owned companies waited months for loans, data shows

by Justin MyersJoyce M. Rosenberg
| January 4, 2021 12:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of minority-owned small businesses were at the end of the line in the government’s coronavirus relief program as many struggled to find banks that would accept their applications or were disadvantaged by the terms of the program.

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