Tagged: paycheck protection program

January 15, 2021 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small Business Administration (SBA) lender Fountainhead recently announced it has signed a new deal to license Bix2X SBA platform for Paycheck Protection Program loans, as well as other SBA programs. Founded in 2015, Fountainhead describes itself as a nationwide direct lender specializing in SBA 504,… Read More

January 11, 2021 @ 4:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Nav, a U.S.-based financing platform for small businesses, announced on Monday it has launched its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Application Portal. According to Nav, the portal is to help small businesses quickly apply for the new round of PPP loans. “The Nav PPP… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wolters Kluwer, a company providing information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors, has enhanced the end-to-end user experience for the latest Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding va TSoftPlus software and the eOriginal platform…. Read More

December 29, 2020 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday it has opened applications for anew round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.  The PPP is part of the $2 trillion CARES Act signed on March 27, 2020, aimed at getting small business owners back on their feet and millions of Americans… Read More

December 29, 2020 @ 8:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Online lending platform Lendio announced on Tuesday it has relaunched its online application for small business owners to access the government funds that are set aside for additional Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. As previously reported, the PPP is part of the $2 trillion… Read More

December 14, 2020 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit has teamed up with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and its business and technology arm, CPA.com to recommend that small businesses and CPA firms should be readying for a new round of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) relief funds. Biz2Credit reported that during the initial… Read More

December 11, 2020 @ 5:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), helicopter money disbursed by the federal government to aid businesses crushed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic had a positive effect but the overall impact has been short-lived, according to research provided by Biz2Credit. The online lender states that the government… Read More

November 12, 2020 @ 11:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Camino Financial, a Fintech platform providing affordable credit and financial products for US Latino businesses, recently published a report on Latino-owned Businesses (LOBs) covering Q3 as well as insight into the impact of COVID-19 on these businesses. The US Latino Small Business Survey offers insights… Read More

September 16, 2020 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ACAP, an SBA-approved non-bank lender and national loan aggregator of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans, announced on Wednesday it has signed a new deal with Biz2Credit to utilize the Biz2X PPP Forgiveness Platform. ACAP reputed that it and its servicing team The Loan Source will… Read More

August 19, 2020 @ 12:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform Lendio announced on Wednesday its latest report reveals how its network of lenders converged to help secure $8 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) approvals. The lender reported that more than 100,000 small business owners utilized its online application to access the… Read More

August 6, 2020 @ 4:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global financial service platform Kabbage announced it will not be accepting new applications for the Paycheck Protection Program after August 6th (today). The online lender decided to close the application process for new applicants before the August 8th deadline in order to finalize existing applications…. Read More

July 13, 2020 @ 9:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Over half or 50% of companies that applied for, and received funding via the US government’s Paycheck Protection Program were financial services providers or companies focused on related technology developments. As reported recently, Fintech firms managed to acquire significant amounts of funding from the PPP… Read More

July 12, 2020 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, Crowdfund Insider reported on layoffs at OnDeck (NYSE:ONDK) – an SME focused online lender. Like many online lenders, COVID-19 has hit this sector of Fintech hard. Looking for additional insight into the challenges the industry CI reached out to an industry insider for their perspective… Read More

July 12, 2020 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

There were many borrowers in the US that signed up for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans because they wanted to be able to make payroll, David O’Connell, a senior analyst focused on wholesale banking at Aite Group, confirmed. O’Connell claims that these businesses were thinking… Read More

July 7, 2020 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Trump Administration has released additional information regarding the recipients of the COVID-19 linked Payroll Protection Program (PPP). Brooklyn, New York-based ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio, and several digital asset exchanges were listed as beneficiaries of the recent PPP Coronavirus financial relief scheme…. Read More

July 2, 2020 @ 3:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global financial service platform Kabbage announced on Wednesday it has approved more than 209,000 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) applications for $5.8 billion. Kabbage claimed it is the third-largest PPP lender in the country by application volume.  As previously reported, the PPP is part of the… Read More

July 2, 2020 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform Lendio announced on Wednesday it has facilitated $8 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for 100,000 small businesses to date. The lender reported that it has supported 300 SBA-approved financial institutions and fintech lenders across the country, as well as helped… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 8:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday it will be hosting a forum with Maine senator, Susan Collins, to discuss the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which includes the program’s successes and the lessons learned from the program.  The PPP was created through the Keeping… Read More

June 21, 2020 @ 3:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

George Whitridge, an analyst at ARK Invest, said during a recently held webcast, called The Future of Finance: How Fintech Could Disrupt Everything, that the future of finance will increasingly involve digital transactions and lending. He noted that back in 2005, there were around 7… Read More

June 17, 2020 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Global financial service platform Kabbage announced on Tuesday it has expanded its Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) with a customized application for drivers and delivery people who use Uber in the U.S. The Paycheck Protection Program is part of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief,… Read More