Tagged: small business

November 9, 2020 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sweep, a UK-based expense and travel management for SMEs, is now seeking £125,000 through its newly launched equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The launch of the funding round comes just after Sweep received a £456,000 Innovate UK funding grant. Founded in 2017, Sweep states it… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BizCapital, a Brazil-based SME online lending platform, announced on Friday it secured an additional $3 million through its Series B, bringing the investment round’s total amount to $15 million. The new funds come from Netherlands-based social impact investor Oikocredit. As previously reported, BizCapital provides online… Read More

October 22, 2020 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Next Insurance, an insurtech seeking to transform small business insurance, announced on Thursday it has integrated with Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU). Next reported that the integration will enable QuickBooks users to seamlessly obtain a customized quote and easily purchase General Liability, Professional Liability and Workers’ Compensation coverage through the insurtech platform. “Not only… Read More

October 21, 2020 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global payments provider Paysafe announced on Wednesday its latest research reveals four-fifths (80%) of North American in-store small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that have diversified online or enhanced their card-present payment offerings during the COVID-19 pandemic have seen a positive impact. Paysafe stated the research… Read More

October 13, 2020 @ 10:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Monday that its annual Biz2Credit Latino-Owned Business Study for 2020 revealed that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic revenue growth of Latino-owned companies was up 10% over last year, but like most other businesses in America, their fortunes have… Read More

October 6, 2020 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday its latest Small Business Lending Index has been released and revealed small business loan approval percentages at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) dropped slightly from 13.6% in August to 13.5% in September, indicative of the struggles… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JustUs, a UK-based peer to peer (P2P) lender, has reportedly started taking applications for the Small Business Interruption Loan Service (SBILS) in order to offer funding for companies that might not have been able to acquire financial assistance via the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme… Read More

September 22, 2020 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MarketFinance, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) invoice finance platforms, has cautioned that many UK-based SMEs could soon run out of cash. This, as the government-backed funding schemes are scheduled to end soon. The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) will end on September… Read More

August 17, 2020 @ 11:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plastiq, a U.S.-based intelligent payments solution for small business, announced on Friday it has launched on Visa’s Small Business Hub. According to Plastiq, the Visa Small Business Hub helps the small business community to create and strengthen customer relationships through claimed safe, digitally-enabled practices. “The… Read More

June 17, 2020 @ 3:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BizCapital, a Brazil-based SME online lending platform, announced on Wednesday it secured $12 million through its Series B funding round, which was led by German development finance institution DEG, a subsidiary of  KfW Group, Germany’s promotional bank. Along with DEG, MELI Fund, the Corporate Venture Capital… Read More

June 9, 2020 @ 12:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday the release of its latest Small Business Lending Index, which revealed that the approval percentage for small business loan applications at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) rebounded from just 8.9% in April to 11.5% in May…. Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plastiq, a U.S.-based intelligent payments solution for small business, announced on Wednesday it is launching its card acceptance product ahead of its original third quarter 2020 debut. The company reported the acceleration of the product’s launch is due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was infamously… Read More

May 12, 2020 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday its latest Small Business Lending Index reveals that the approval percentage for small business loan applications at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) plummeted below double digits to just 8.9%, down from 15.4% in March and an… Read More

April 26, 2020 @ 10:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Credibly, a small and medium-sized business lending platform, announced on Friday it has been named an Approved Lender for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). As previously reported the U.S. Senate passed $484 billion in new pandemic relief funds to provide additional funding to the PPP… Read More

April 7, 2020 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday the release of its latest Business Lending Index revealed that small business approval rate plummeted in March 2020. According to the Index, The approval percentage for small business loan applications at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) plummeted to just 15.4%… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 10:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plastiq, a U.S.-based intelligent payments solution for small business, announced on Thursday it secured $75 million during its Series D funding round, which was led by B Capital Group. The round, which saw participation from Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, Accomplice and Top Tier Capital Partners,… Read More

March 11, 2020 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Airwallex, an Australia-based fintech company, announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with small business platform Zero to help Airwallex’s small-to-medium business (SMB) customers seamlessly reconcile their domestic and international payments. As previously reported, Airwallex was founded in 2015 and is described as… Read More

March 3, 2020 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

October, a leading European online lender, announced on Tuesday it has reached new milestone. The lending platform revealed €400 million has been borrowed by SMEs on the platform to finance more than 800 projects. Ein weiterer Meilenstein in der Geschichte von October: mit dem heutigen… Read More

February 18, 2020 @ 10:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global financial service platform Kabbage announced on Tuesday its latest data, which polled more than 600 U.S. small business owners, revealed the majority of small businesses believe their revenue growth underperforms their peers. Specifically, 60% of respondents ranked their revenue growth below the 50th percentile… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit announced on Tuesday its latest Small Business Lending Index revealed the approval percentage for small business loan applications at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) rose one-tenth of a percent to reach 28.3% in January 2020. According to the Index, the approval rate at… Read More