 BOCA RATON, Fla., Jan. 15, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Newtek Business Services Corp., Nasdaq: NEWT, an internally managed business development company BDC, today announced that Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC NSBF, the Companys nationally licensed lender under the U.S. Small Business Administration SBA Section 7a Program, has been granted early access to the Paycheck Protection Program PPP loan portal beginning today. Beginning at 9:00 am ET this morning, the SBA re-opened the PPP loan portal to PPP-eligible lenders with 1.0 billion or less in assets, including community banks and credit unions, for first- and second-draw PPP loan applications. The PPP loan portal will fully open on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 to all other participating PPP lenders to submit first- and second-draw PPP loan applications. 