Tagged: small businesses

August 29, 2023 @ 4:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Justworks, the technology company leveling the playing field for small businesses, is announcing an International Contractor Payments solution “to help small businesses attract and retain contractors outside of the U.S, furthering its mission to help fuel small businesses’ growth.” With these new international capabilities: All… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 11:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The increased cost of doing business is “preventing the UK’s 5.5m small and medium-sized businesses from going green,” new research finds. With core inflation rates at 6.8% – the highest in 31 years – protracted high costs could be delaying SME owners’ plans “to green… Read More

August 28, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Xero, the global small business platform, has revealed that 80% of small business owners are concerned AI development and adoption is “outpacing regulation, as generative AI tools permeate various industries and the workforce.” Xero’s Future Focus AI research “surveyed over 3,000 small business… Read More

August 23, 2023 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the finance automation platform designed to help businesses spend less, today announced a $300 million Series D on the back of strong revenue growth, “increasing market share among small and mid-sized businesses, and successful expansion into the enterprise segment over the past year.” Ramp… Read More

August 23, 2023 @ 1:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pie Insurance, a tech-enabled provider of workers’ compensation insurance to small businesses, announced it appointed four industry experts to its leadership team. Carla Woodard was promoted “to vice president of claims, Jaime Gilliam-Swartz was appointed to vice president of customer service and operations, Arash Sadati… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 8:39 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cynergy Bank announces that it has secured a £20 million Tier 2 capital facility from British Business Investments. The capital will be deployed “across Cynergy Bank and Cynergy Business Finance.” The new funding from British Business Investments, “a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business… Read More

August 20, 2023 @ 9:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DBS (SGX:D05) and international certification body, TÜV SÜD, announced a year-long partnership to provide comprehensive training, testing, verification, and validation activities “for sustainability assurance and certifications to mid-cap firms as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs).” Both parties will also “conduct joint outreach activities… Read More

August 17, 2023 @ 8:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payoneer Singapore Private Limited, a subsidiary of Payoneer Global Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYO), the financial technology company empowering the world’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to transact, do business, and grow globally, has been “granted a Major Payment Institution License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore… Read More

August 10, 2023 @ 5:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

upSWOT announces a pilot partnership with NerdWallet Small Business aimed at further enhancing the financial services offered to their SMB customers. This collaboration brings together upSWOT’s data-driven embedded finance tools and NerdWallet Small Business’ financial guidance “to empower small businesses with comprehensive financial solutions.” upSWOT’s embedded… Read More

August 10, 2023 @ 12:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tookitaki, a trusted leader in the anti-money laundering space, announced the launch of its Compliance-as-a–Service (CaaS) solution for small and mid-size financial institutions globally. This innovative SaaS offering, optimized “for cost and efficiency, gives financial institutions (FIs) access to Tookitaki’s flagship compliance solution – the… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

albo, a neobank in Mexico, has announced its acquisition of delt.ai for $20 million. With this strategic acquisition, albo has “strengthened its position in Mexico’s financial services sector, becoming the only neobank to offer debit and credit products for both consumers and SMBs.” This is… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 8:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NEXT Insurance, a digital small business insurer, today announced it is expanding its insurance offerings for small businesses with the launch of commercial umbrella/excess liability in 41 states, and the expansion of liquor liability coverage in 7 additional states. Commercial excess/umbrella insurance “includes the same… Read More

August 8, 2023 @ 6:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Small and medium-sized business (SMB) financing platform Funding Societies announced that it has teamed up with CGC Digital, the Fintech division of Credit Guarantee Corporation Malaysia (CGC) in order to support MSMEs operating across the Southeast Asian nation. Via this collaboration, CGC Digital created a… Read More

August 4, 2023 @ 6:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Payoneer (NASDAQ: PAYO), the financial technology company empowering the world’s small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to transact, do business, and grow globally, announced the asset acquisition of Israel-based Spott, a real-time data platform that uses AI to accurately surface, assess, and quantify data for more… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be one of the world’s on-demand working capital platforms, recently announced that on July 21, it “passed the $300 billion mark in total funding to its customers.” This record funding amount “reflects invoices paid an average of 31 days early via… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 5:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novo, the “powerfully” simple financial platform for small businesses, announced the launch of Novo Funding, “offering small businesses a fast and flexible way to access working capital.” The company has also “secured a $125 million facility from Victory Park Capital (VPC), which will be used… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine, the provider of small business banking solutions, announced the launch of its new accounts payable (AP) offering to help business owners and their teams simplify business payments management from within their Bluevine Business Checking accounts. With accounts payable through Bluevine, business owners can now… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An improvement in jobs and sales growth across UK small businesses in June “has been largely offset by increasing late payments and a slowdown in wages growth,” according to the latest data from global small business platform Xero. Xero’s Small Business Index, based “on anonymized… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced the second Venmo Small Business Grant, a program for small and emerging businesses “providing financial grants and mentorship for 20 Venmo business profile customers.” The selected businesses will each “receive $10,000 for expenses, such as rent, or to help… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 11:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite economic challenges, 75% of mid-sized business owners expect their revenue to increase and 71% are planning “to hire over the next 12 months,” according to the inaugural Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Mid-Sized Business Owner Report (PDF). The study is based “on a survey… Read More