Business Press Releases
![Business Plan Competition](https://business.fau.edu/images/business/news/press-releases/2021-01-27%20BPC.jpg)
Registration Deadline Looms for FAU Business Plan Competition
The registration deadline is approaching for the 2021 Florida Atlantic University Business Plan Competition, which awards budding entrepreneurs a top prize of $10,000.
![Red pen ontop of a white Small Business Loan Application](https://business.fau.edu/images/business/news/press-releases/2021-01-11%20Small%20Business%20Lending.jpg)
FAU Study: Banks Boost Out-of-Market Lending for Small Businesses
Banks are increasingly lending to small businesses outside of markets where the banks have offices, a geographic diversification that fuels job creation and economic growth.
![Hispanic women in red shirt and mask, shopping with a cart in Florida](https://business.fau.edu/images/business/economics/departments-economics-pages/business-economics-polling-initiative/bepi-hics/images/2021-01-12_hispanic-consumer.jpg)
Hispanics’ Consumer Confidence Declines in Fourth Quarter
Hispanics in the United States did not end 2020 with an optimistic view of their financial situations.
![TCU Ranking](https://business.fau.edu/images/business/newsroom/images/TCU%20Ranking%202024-08-26.jpg)
FAU Entrepreneurship Research Ranked Among Top Ten Globally
Florida Atlantic University was ranked among the top ten colleges globally for research productivity in entrepreneurship, according to a new ranking from Texas Christian University.
![CRE Exposures](https://business.fau.edu/images/business/newsroom/images/2024-08-26%20Banking%20PR.jpg)
Data Analysis: Rising CRE Exposure May Spur Bank Mergers
More than 60 of the largest banks in the country have increased risk due to their excessively high exposures to commercial real estate, according to a data analysis from a banking and finance expert at Florida Atlantic University.