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Small & Growing Businesses  
 

Loan Discounts

New York State can assist your business with low-rate loans to modernize facilities and operations, access new markets, develop new products and improve overall competitiveness. Empire State Development offers the Linked Deposit Program (LDP), a public-private partnership that provides businesses with affordable capital based on bank loans at reduced interest rates. These bank loans are subsidized by corresponding "linked" state deposits.

The Linked Deposit Program Provides:

  • The ability for eligible businesses to obtain loans from commercial banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, farm credit institutions and the New York Business Development Corporation.
  • A two to three percentage points savings on the prevailing interest rate for "Linked Loans," to make borrowing less expensive.
  • A maximum loan amount of $500,000 for four years.

For additional information, click to download a List of Participating Lenders, Linked Deposit 2007 Annual Report and Frequently Asked Questions.

Linked Deposit Program application forms are available below in both PDF and MS Word formats. The version in PDF format is best if you plan to print the form and then fill it in by hand.

The Word version is a protected file that has "fillable" fields into which you can type. To fill the fields, click on the gray areas and type in your entry; if you click on a yes/no box an "X" will appear in the box. To save the form click "Save as" on the MS Word "File" menu, browse to the desired location on your computer or network and give the document a unique name. You can print the file as needed.

We Can Assist:

  • Manufacturing businesses with 500 or fewer full-time New York State-based employees.
  • Service businesses with 100 or fewer full-time NYS-based employees. Service businesses must be independently owned and operated and not dominant in their field. Personal and professional service businesses are not eligible for this program.
  • Businesses in an Economic Development Zone/Empire Zone (EDZ) with 100 or fewer full-time NYS-based employees.
  • Businesses located in a highly distressed area that have 100 or fewer full- time NYS-based employees.
  • NYS-certified minority-and women-owned businesses.
  • Defense industry manufacturers planning projects to diversify production to take advantage of non-military markets.
  • Any business with 100 or fewer full-time NYS-based employees undertaking a project to increase the business's export activities.

For more information on New York State's Linked Deposit program, contact LDP office at 518-292-5261 or email Linkeddeposit@empire.state.ny.us.
 

 

 

 

 

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