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.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

BAFS Commercial Platform Aims to Connect Borrowers and Lenders
BAFS Commercial Platform Aims to Connect Borrowers and Lenders
February 06, 2024  |  Loans

BAFS (Business Alliance Financial Services) has debuted a platform to connect commercial lenders with borrowers. The Louisiana company’s Borrower Portal, announced Tuesday (Feb. 6), lets borrowers input...

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Coris Raises $3.7 Million, Adds 2 New Risk Management Products
Coris Raises $3.7 Million, Adds 2 New Risk Management Products
February 01, 2024  |  SMBs

Risk management platform provider Coris has raised $3.7 million in its first funding round. The company has also introduced two new products — a fraud model and...

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Rapid Enterprise and LoanPro Partner on Lending-as-a-Service for Small Businesses
Rapid Enterprise and LoanPro Partner on Lending-as-a-Service for Small Businesses
January 25, 2024  |  Partnerships

Rapid Enterprise, a division of Rapid Finance, has partnered with LoanPro to provide Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) solutions to small businesses across the United States. This collaboration brings together Rapid...

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Credit Access Among Top SMB Priorities, Yet 30% Report No Immediate Need
Credit Access Among Top SMB Priorities, Yet 30% Report No Immediate Need
January 25, 2024  |  SMBs

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are increasingly facing challenges in accessing the credit they need to run and grow their operations. As rising costs and...

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White House Pushes for Pro-Small Business AI Policy
White House Pushes for Pro-Small Business AI Policy
January 21, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

How can artificial intelligence (AI) create opportunities for small businesses? That question was the subject of a Friday (Jan. 19) White House meeting designed to examine ways...

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Citi and LuminArx Team to Issue Private Credit
Citi and LuminArx Team to Issue Private Credit
January 18, 2024  |  Loans

Citi and LuminArx have introduced a financing tool for the private lending market. Cinergy, launched Thursday (Jan. 18) by the banking giant and the investment manager, will...

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Fed’s Beige Book Says Holiday Spending Met or Exceeded Expectations
Fed’s Beige Book Says Holiday Spending Met or Exceeded Expectations
January 17, 2024  |  Economy

Economic activity in the United States remained relatively stable from mid-November through December.  While a majority of the 12 Federal Reserve Districts reported little or...

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Interoperability and Transparency Are Key Challenges as Cross-Border Payments Modernize
Interoperability and Transparency Are Key Challenges as Cross-Border Payments Modernize
January 15, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

When three quarters of a given market are dissatisfied with the way things are going, that’s a market ripe for innovation and technology in the...

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Mastercard Intros AI Assistant for Small Business Owners
Mastercard Intros AI Assistant for Small Business Owners
January 11, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Mastercard is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) tool for small business owners. Mastercard Small Business AI, announced Thursday (Jan. 11) is being created in collaboration with...

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