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Enova Reports Record Lending Volume Driven by Jobs, Consumer Spending
Enova Reports Record Lending Volume Driven by Jobs, Consumer Spending
April 23, 2024  |  Earnings

Online lender Enova International reported growing lending volume and solid credit performance for the first quarter. During the quarter ended March 31, Enova’s combined loans and finance...

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Why Small Businesses Are Investing in AI This Year
Why Small Businesses Are Investing in AI This Year
March 05, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Small businesses are investing in artificial intelligence (AI) software and services to keep up with the fast-developing technology. Experts say that AI can pay off...

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Amex Global Business Travel Sees Big Wins in Small Business Spend Management 
Amex Global Business Travel Sees Big Wins in Small Business Spend Management 
March 05, 2024  |  Earnings

Business travel, once a stalwart of corporate existence, has been taxiing on the post-COVID runway. But the strong financial results posted by American Express Global Business...

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UK Committee Says Banks Closed 2.7% of Small Business Accounts
UK Committee Says Banks Closed 2.7% of Small Business Accounts
February 28, 2024  |  Banking

More than 140,000 business accounts in the United Kingdom were closed by major banks in the last year, according to the U.K. Parliament’s Treasury Committee. That...

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Sage Partners With AWS on AI-Powered Accounting, Compliance Tools for SMBs
Sage Partners With AWS on AI-Powered Accounting, Compliance Tools for SMBs
February 28, 2024  |  Partnerships

Sage, an accounting technology firm serving small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS).  This agreement will improve the way SMBs optimize...

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GoDaddy Adds AI-Powered Solution That Generates Email, Website Content
GoDaddy Adds AI-Powered Solution That Generates Email, Website Content
February 26, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

GoDaddy has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) solution aimed at helping small businesses save time and grow their online presence. The new GoDaddy Airo platform uses generative...

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BILL Sees Tailwinds From Growing Convergence of Payments and Software 
BILL Sees Tailwinds From Growing Convergence of Payments and Software 
February 08, 2024  |  Earnings

Small businesses are having big problems in today’s economy. Business bankruptcy rates jumped 30% between September 2022 and September 2023, as macro factors like record high interest rates and...

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SellersFi and Amazon Partner to Offer Credit Lines to Sellers
SellersFi and Amazon Partner to Offer Credit Lines to Sellers
January 30, 2024  |  Amazon

SellersFi has partnered with Amazon to offer lines of credit to Amazon sellers. This offering will provide these sellers with access to credit lines of up to $10...

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M-Pesa/Microsoft Pact Underscores Tech’s Role in Small Business Financial Inclusion  
M-Pesa/Microsoft Pact Underscores Tech’s Role in Small Business Financial Inclusion  
January 16, 2024  |  Financial Inclusion

The recent announcement of joint efforts by Microsoft to build new financial services for businesses hints at a multipronged effort to boost financial inclusion …...

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