small businesses

Small businesses are privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships that have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation.

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Meta Launches Small Business Partnership With India’s ONDC

Meta Launches Small Business Partnership With India’s ONDC
Meta Launches Small Business Partnership With India’s ONDC
December 19, 2023  |  Facebook / Meta

Meta has teamed with India’s ONDC to help smaller merchants do business on WhatsApp. The partnership with the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) is...

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Xero and Flinks Partner to Enhance Banking Data Access 
Xero and Flinks Partner to Enhance Banking Data Access 
December 18, 2023  |  SMBs

Xero, a global small business platform, has partnered with Flinks, an open banking firm, to enhance banking data access for small businesses.  This collaboration aims to...

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Treyd Expands Inventory Financing Solution to Ireland 
Treyd Expands Inventory Financing Solution to Ireland 
December 18, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Swedish-based FinTech company Treyd has expanded its “sell first, pay suppliers later” service to Ireland.  “This marks a fantastic opportunity for Irish SMEs [small- to medium-sized enterprises]...

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Business Bankruptcies Jump as COVID Relief Ends
Business Bankruptcies Jump as COVID Relief Ends
December 18, 2023  |  Economy

The end of pandemic relief and steep interest rates have ramped up corporate bankruptcies. Business bankruptcy rates had been falling in the U.S. for a...

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Qogita Secures $87 Million to Grow Wholesale Procurement Platform 
Qogita Secures $87 Million to Grow Wholesale Procurement Platform 
December 15, 2023  |  Investments

London-based startup Qogita has reportedly secured 80 million euros ($87.3 million) in a Series B round for its wholesale procurement platform for small- to medium-sized businesses...

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A Third of Retail SMBs Don’t Use Credit for Working Capital but Want To
A Third of Retail SMBs Don’t Use Credit for Working Capital but Want To
December 08, 2023  |  SMBs

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) facing limited access to funding are turning to external sources to finance their operations. However, access to credit remains a...

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Mastercard Strive Awards $2 Million to SMB-Focused Organizations
Mastercard Strive Awards $2 Million to SMB-Focused Organizations
December 05, 2023  |  SMBs

Mastercard’s Strive fund has awarded nearly $2 million in grants to organizations that support small businesses.  The Strive Innovation Fund will support 11 organizations around the...

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Triver Nets $25 Million Debt Facility for Working Capital Solutions 
Triver Nets $25 Million Debt Facility for Working Capital Solutions 
November 21, 2023  |  SMBs

Triver, a working capital provider for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United Kingdom, has secured an additional 20 million pounds (about $25 million)...

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