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SMBs Pivot And Change Business Models To Survive COVID-19
SMBs Pivot And Change Business Models To Survive COVID-19
May 12, 2020  |  Innovation

As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, a situation no one has ever experienced before, everyone from kindergarten teachers to corporate executives has had...

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For SMBs, What Comes Next After The (Terrible) Unemployment Report?
For SMBs, What Comes Next After The (Terrible) Unemployment Report?
May 08, 2020  |  Economy

The number we’ll remember — 14.7 percent, the headline number for April U.S. unemployment — is the one we hope is a peak. But there are...

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Would-Be PPP SMBs Skip The Funding Over Audit Fears
Would-Be PPP SMBs Skip The Funding Over Audit Fears
May 01, 2020  |  Economy

Before the forgiveness … comes the audit. And audits, as we all know, strike fear into the hearts of, well, pretty much everyone, whether financial...

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NEW DATA: Two-Thirds Of Main Street SMBs Are Not Ready For The Post-Pandemic Restart
NEW DATA: Two-Thirds Of Main Street SMBs Are Not Ready For The Post-Pandemic Restart
May 01, 2020  |  Economy

  The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a massive consumer migration to digital commerce. Consumers living under stay-at-home orders are going online to manage their personal...

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Tide Revamps SMB Overdraft, Card Offerings With Mambu
Tide Revamps SMB Overdraft, Card Offerings With Mambu
April 30, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Cloud banking platform Mambu will help business banking platform Tide expand its services, including innovations in releasing larger overdrafts, credit cards and invoice financing, according...

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Federal Reserve Extends Reach Of Main Street Lending Program
Federal Reserve Extends Reach Of Main Street Lending Program
April 30, 2020  |  Loans

The Federal Reserve is extending its $600 billion Main Street lending program to reach small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the...

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Today In Payments: WhatsApp Mulls Loans In India; Advance Estimates Show GDP Declining 4.8 Pct
Today In Payments: WhatsApp Mulls Loans In India; Advance Estimates Show GDP Declining 4.8 Pct
April 29, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, WhatsApp is considering offering credit and lending to users in India, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated that GDP dropped...

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Today In Payments: PPP Loan Site Flatlines On Second Opening Day; Apple Cuts Back Production For New iPhones
Today In Payments: PPP Loan Site Flatlines On Second Opening Day; Apple Cuts Back Production...
April 28, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, the PPP loan website collapsed after launching its second round of funding on Monday (April 27), and Apple is cutting back...

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Why It’s So Hard To Kill The Check In The Booze Business
Why It’s So Hard To Kill The Check In The Booze Business
April 28, 2020  |  B2B Payments

 The new coronavirus swiftly impacted small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) rather harshly, with these entities now struggling to manage remote workers who need to send...

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