Proud to Support Your Veteran-Owned Business
We salute you for everything you've done and continue to do.
Now it’s our turn to be of service to you as you build, maintain or grow a successful Veteran-Owned Small Business.
PNC is proud to support veteran-owned businesses
PNC Bank is committed to helping small businesses like yours by providing the tools and resources they need to grow.
Our Focus on Veteran Business Owners
These five informative articles are intended to help you:
- Explore lending options for Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
- Position your business to earn public and private sector contracts
- Get your finances organized
- Implement best practices that can help your business perform to its fullest potential.
- Get leadership tips from retired Army officer Mike Durant, president and CEO of aircraft engineering and services company Pinnacle Solutions.
Financial Checklists for Veteran-Owned Businesses
You’ve sacrificed so much serving your country – and now you’re ready to get home and start back to work. But where do you start? The checklists inside will help you transition right back into working for yourself, help you manage your business, and provide guidance on how to grow.
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5 Steps to Financing Your Next Journey
You’re ready to open a small business, or grow the one you already have. This great opportunity takes patience, perseverance, and some extra cash. Follow the steps detailed in this article to improve your odds of getting the financing you need – and accessing resources that will help you plan for the future.
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6 Keys to Starting & Maintaining a Business that Thrives
Mike Durant is a retired Chief Warrant Officer 4, Black Hawk helicopter Master Aviator and recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star with Valor, Purple Heart and POW Medal. He is also a past recipient of the National Veteran-Owned Business Association’s Vetrepreneur of the Year award. Mike offers his insights to help other veteran small business owners understand the key tactics for building a successful enterprise.
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3 Steps to Winning Public and Private Sector Contracts
Now more than ever, U.S. companies are motivated to work with a diverse range of suppliers, including veterans. While there are many factors that go into being evaluated for public and private sector contracts, here are three moves you can make right now to position yourself for new business.
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Help Your Business Perform to its Fullest Potential
In this second installment from Mike Durant, he says there are six main reasons U.S. Special Operations are usually successful – and they also happen to be the building blocks for successful small businesses, too.
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Banking Opportunities for Veteran-Owned Businesses
Get Help Solving Your Business Challenges
Cash flow is the lifeblood of your business, and we want you to make the most of it with unique and comprehensive cash flow management solutions like Cash Flow Insight®[1] to help you get cash in faster, stay on top of payables and sync with your accounting software — automatically updating an overall view of your cash flow, so you can see where you are today and plan for your future with peace of mind.
Have a Personalized Cash Flow Conversation with a PNC Business Banker »
Help for You & Your Family Meet Your Financial Goals
We work hard to make banking and investing easy, to help customers achieve financial well-being. We believe our core values, including Respect, Integrity and Diversity, our customer-first approach, and our breadth of products, services and insight speak to the unique financial needs of service members and their families. You will experience this through online and mobile solutions, a dedicated operations center, and our branch locations.
Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans for Veterans
The U.S. Small Business Administration has authorized fee relief to help support veterans and eligible members of the military community establish or expand a business.
The SBA has eliminated the upfront SBA guaranty fee on SBA Express Loans to veterans and those who qualify as a veteran* in the military community. For all SBA Express loans to qualified veteran-owned businesses, the upfront guaranty fee will be 0% up to the maximum loan amount of $350,000.
*To qualify, the business must be 51% or more owned and controlled by an individual(s) in one or more of the following groups: Veterans (other than dishonorably discharged), Service-Disabled Veterans, Active Duty Military service member participating in the military's Transition Assistance Program (TAP), Reservists and National Guard Members, Current spouses of any of the previously listed and widowed spouses of a service member or veteran who died during service or of a service-connected disability.
Discover how our SBA Finance Group could work with your business.
Call Us at 1-877-BUS-BNKG (1-877-287-2654)
Learn more about PNC SBA loans at pnc.com/sba »
Get More Veteran-Owned Business Resources for starting, growing and running your business from the SBA.gov website.
PNC Point of View
Resources, Perspectives and Insights from PNC
Find out more about PNC’s experts, values and priorities through interesting stories on timely and relevant topics such as finance and the economy, community involvement and banking innovation.
Veterans share insight into how military training and skills can help to successfully launch a small business.
Veterans have unique skills that allow them to launch and run successful businesses. These veterans teamed up with PNC and took advantage of veteran programs for small businesses.
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Guardian Angels Medical Service Dogs (GAMSD) pairs veterans with service dogs.
Medical service dogs bring curative powers to veterans suffering from PTSD, traumatic brain injury, seizure disorders, mobility issues and more. It is an experience felt by many veterans who faced unimaginable circumstances while on active duty.
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Three military veterans left the U.S. Army to start a craft brewery.
In 2014, three soldiers made a pact to leave the U.S. Army and set up the Southern Pines Brewing Co. in a village that once served as a health resort for weary travelers. Today the thriving brewery is a success, but at times it looked like the dream would stay just that – a dream.Read more »
How a veteran and his wife built a daycare business from the ground up
A U.S. Army veteran thought he was going to retire from the military and work in the medical field. But when he and his wife couldn’t find a quality childcare program, their home-based business turned into a six-location operation with over 660 children enrolled.Read more »
Focus and adaptability are among the values veterans bring to the workforce
Supplier Diversity at PNC
About Our Supplier Diversity Program
PNC’s Supplier Diversity Program seeks to develop relationships with business enterprises that are at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by minorities, women, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, veterans, service disabled veterans, people with disabilities as well as small and disadvantaged business enterprises.
"At PNC, we concentrate our efforts on the intentional inclusion of diverse-owned business enterprises within our supplier sourcing processes. Our supplier diversity program helps us to remain competitive in the marketplace.”
Maureen B. Seskey
Director, Supplier Diversity & Sourcing Operations
We want to work with more businesses like yours. As a program participant, you will:
- Be included in our supplier database: The PNC Supplier Diversity Team uses the supplier database to find the goods and services we need.
- Be the first to know about sourcing opportunities at PNC: when there are any sourcing events that are relevant to your company’s profile, we will reach out to you for next steps
- Have access to consultancy and support from the PNC Supplier Diversity team
PNC Webcasts & Articles: Insights for Starting, Running & Helping Your Business
Explore our of recent PNC Webcasts and Insights articles with topics on the top cash flow challenges business owners are facing to grow their business. Here are a few to get you started and help you keep your business running according to plan.
Running Your Business
Q4 2022 Economic Outlook for Small Businesses
Gus Faucher, Chief Economist at PNC, provides a high-level economic outlook for small businesses through Quarter 4 of 2022.
3:57 min video
Manage Business Finances
Minority-Owned Businesses: Overcoming Financial Challenges
Learn about the unique challenges minority business owners face, whether starting up or preparing to grow their existing business.
46:51 min video
Growing Your Business
Accelerating Hispanic Entrepreneurial Growth
A look at the Hispanic- and Latino-owned business boom in the U.S. and how entrepreneurs can break through systemic barriers to scale.
46:02 min video
Running Your Business
How One Veteran Went from Dangerous Missions to Thriving Business Owner
Learn how Ryan Bartlett uses his military experience, a solid business foundation, and his relationship with PNC to keep his operation growing.
3 min read
Contact Us
Let's talk about what your plans and needs are. Visit a local PNC Bank branch, or submit our Contact Form and we'll get in touch with you.
Insights & Ideas
Insights and ideas to help you get the most out of your day and keep your business moving forward.
Manage Business Finances
A Guide to Government Help for Veteran Small Business Owners
Military veterans can get special advice and financing assistance. They can even have government contracts set aside for them. Learn more today.
2 min read
Running Your Business
Urban Worm Company: Steve Churchill Continues to Serve by Protecting the Environment
Active Air Force veteran Steve Churchill encourages and facilitates environmental stewardship through his Philadelphia-based business
3 min read
Important Legal Disclosures and Information
Cash Flow Insight requires a PNC business checking account and enrollment in PNC Online Banking. Cash Flow Insight is enabled for all new business checking customers enrolling in Online Banking. For more information, visit pnc.com/cashflowinsight.
Cash Flow Insight requires an eligible PNC business checking account and enrollment in PNC Online Banking. Cash Flow Insight is enabled for all new business checking customers enrolling in Online Banking. For more information, visit pnc.com/cashflowinsight. Cash Flow Insight is a registered mark of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. U.S. Patent Nos. 10,402,910 and 9,965,808, and others patents pending
Bank deposit, treasury management, and lending products and services are provided by PNC Bank, National Association, a wholly owned subsidiary of PNC and Member FDIC. PNC Bank is a registered mark of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
The seminar and/or webinar and materials that you will view were prepared for general information purposes only by the speaker and are not intended as legal, tax or accounting advice or as recommendations to engage in any specific transaction, including with respect to any securities of PNC, and do not purport to be comprehensive. Under no circumstances should any information contained in the presentation, the webinar, or the materials presented be used or considered as an offer or commitment, or a solicitation of an offer or commitment, to participate in any particular transaction or strategy. Any reliance upon any such information is solely and exclusively at your own risk. Please consult your own counsel, accountant or other advisor regarding your specific situation. Neither PNC Bank nor any other subsidiary of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. will be responsible for any consequences of reliance upon any opinion or statement contained here, or any omission. The opinions expressed in these materials or videos are not necessarily the opinions of PNC Bank or any of its affiliates, directors, officers or employees.
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