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Direct Lenders Pursuing Opportunities Among European Businesses
Direct Lenders Pursuing Opportunities Among European Businesses
June 18, 2023  |  Loans

European businesses have new options for securing loans. For example, Fidelity International is expanding into European business lending with a new fund that will make secured loans...

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Zil Money Debuts Payroll Tool Amid Small Business Cash Crunch
Zil Money Debuts Payroll Tool Amid Small Business Cash Crunch
June 12, 2023  |  Payroll

B2B payments platform Zil Money says it wants to help cash-strapped businesses make payroll. To that end, the company Monday (June 12) announced the launch of Payroll by...

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Why Visa Says It’s Time to Look Beyond the ‘Personal FICO’ to Underwrite Small Businesses’ Credit
Why Visa Says It’s Time to Look Beyond the ‘Personal FICO’ to Underwrite Small Businesses’...
June 08, 2023  |  Consumer Finance

Over the past few years, consumers have steadily returned to brick-and-mortar stores and spending seems resilient, albeit slowing a bit, even with inflation stubbornly in...

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Small Businesses Push Tech-Driven Expense Management to Help Cash Flow
Small Businesses Push Tech-Driven Expense Management to Help Cash Flow
June 07, 2023  |  Spend Management

Chris Trainor, head of product at Paymentus, said that as they battle macro headwinds, small business owners are feeling the pain of inefficient expense management....

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Why Lenders Should Stop Asking Small Businesses for 36 Months of Bank Statements
Why Lenders Should Stop Asking Small Businesses for 36 Months of Bank Statements
June 01, 2023  |  SMBs

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, providing jobs and driving innovation. Hicham Oudghiri, CEO of Enigma Technologies, told Karen Webster, with a nod...

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Credit Scarce for Brick & Mortar, but Not Online Small Businesses
Credit Scarce for Brick & Mortar, but Not Online Small Businesses
May 23, 2023  |  SMBs

The old adage is that the best time to get credit … is when you don’t need credit.  That’s because when a firm’s coffers are...

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UK Neobanks Try Business Rewards Accounts to Win Over Small Businesses
UK Neobanks Try Business Rewards Accounts to Win Over Small Businesses
May 17, 2023  |  Banking

From high fees to complex applications and an impersonal service, the business current accounts offered by traditional banks still leave a lot to be desired,...

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Paysend Launches Cross-Border Payments Solution for Small Businesses in US
Paysend Launches Cross-Border Payments Solution for Small Businesses in US
May 11, 2023  |  Cross-border Payments

Paysend has launched its cross-border payments solution for small businesses in the United States. The expanded availability of Paysend Business follows its successful implementation in the United Kingdom in 2022,...

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Visa Backs TerraPay to Connect Digital Wallets to Cross-Border Commerce
Visa Backs TerraPay to Connect Digital Wallets to Cross-Border Commerce
May 10, 2023  |  SMBs

Hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses use digital wallets — and not traditional bank accounts — to transact across the globe. That’s especially true...

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