Tagged: small businesses

June 30, 2020 @ 12:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital technology startups need venture capital or some other type of reliable funding to grow and expand their operations. Several foreign investors have been supporting Indonesian startups which are a critical part of the trillion-dollar economy. Investors have been investing in selected qualified Indonesian start-ups,… Read More

June 28, 2020 @ 1:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Funding Xchange (FXE), a Fintech that helps people and organizations find suitable business loans and funding options from its marketplace of more than 45 established lenders, is teaming up with Enterprise Nation, a UK-based community of SMBs and advisers that aim to provide a… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 7:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Online lending platform Lendio announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with Lendistry, an online lender that focuses on providing economic opportunities and progressive growth for minority small business owners and those in underserved communities. Lendio reported that through this partnership, it… Read More

June 19, 2020 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Remitr, a Canada-based business payments platform, announced earlier this week the launch of its global business accounts. Remitr claims that its Remitr GBA replaces the “hassle” of cheques and wire transfers or the need to set up a foreign account.  “Remitr Global Business Account (GBA) offers Canadian… Read More

June 12, 2020 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mastercard announced on Thursday it has joined forces with Octet Europe to launch of a new trade solution across the European Economic Area (EEA). According to Mastercard, the Mastercard Trade Solution powered by Octet Europe with a goal to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) grow… Read More

June 12, 2020 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK banking group Barclays announced earlier this week the launch of its new “Back to Business” toolkit specifically for UK small businesses. The toolkit is to help businesses get back on their feet following the rise of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also the latest… Read More

June 10, 2020 @ 1:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NS8, a U.S.-based online fraud detection and prevention for small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMEs), announced on Wednesday it secured $123 million through its Series A funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with additional backing from AXA Venture Partners. Founded in 2016, NS8 stated it safeguards online businesses… Read More

June 9, 2020 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cross River, a bank that delivers advanced financial and compliance products/services to the fintech industry, announced on Tuesday it has approved more than $4.7 billion in loans to small businesses across the U.S. through both rounds of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program… Read More

June 1, 2020 @ 11:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. banking group Wallis Bank recently announced it has provided $347.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to more than 3,500 small businesses throughout the country that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As previously reported, The PPP was established by Congress under… Read More

May 21, 2020 @ 1:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

India-based online lender Lendingkart Technologies has secured Rs 319 crore (appr. $42.16 million) in funding through a Series D investment round, which was led by existing investors Bertelsmann India Investments, Fullerton Financial Holdings, IndiaQuotient, and Sistema Asia Fund. LendingKart’s management said that the capital raised… Read More

May 18, 2020 @ 11:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Payments giant Mastercard (NYSE:MA) has committed to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hub71, a technology ecosystem based in Abu Dhabi Global Market Square that supports global Fintech initiatives and leading tech firms. As mentioned in the announcement, Hub71 is a flagship project of the… Read More

May 14, 2020 @ 4:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Danish small business accounting platform Billy aims to leverage Open Banking technology and processes, in order to gain access to SMEs’ data from banks. Billy aims to use its cloud platform to transform how SMEs perform their accounting work. Billy claims around 18,000 customers in… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

  A blog post recently published by the World Economic Forum notes that SMEs throughout the world have been struggling to maintain operations due to the COVID-19 outbreak, nationwide lockdowns, and resulting economic challenges. WEF’s blog acknowledges that traditional lending models have been an obstacle… Read More

May 8, 2020 @ 9:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based SME challenger bank Judo Bank announced on Thursday it raised $250 million through its latest equity at a post-money valuation to more than $1 billion, which the bank reports has lifted it into an exclusive club of local unicorns and showing the support of… Read More

May 5, 2020 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SpotOn Transact, Inc (SpotOn), a software and payments company, announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with fintech unicorn SoFi to provide financial products to small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to SpotOn, the collaboration will help small businesses by bypassing the… Read More

May 4, 2020 @ 4:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business funding platform Biz2Credit announced on Monday its funding affiliate was approved as a lender for the SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) established under the recently-enacted CARES Act. Biz2Credit reported that this makes it one of the few fintechs that has been approved by… Read More

April 30, 2020 @ 4:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mambu, a German SaaS banking platform provider, announced on Thursday it has formed a partnership with Tide, a UK-based business banking platform to power Tide’s revolving credit facilities and overdrafts for SME’s. Mambu reported that through the partnership it will help Tide scale and focus… Read More

April 24, 2020 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs announced on Friday the launch of his new platform, Our Fair Share. According to the Entrepreneur and Media Mogul, Our Fair Share is a platform built to help minority entrepreneurs and small businesses access to much-needed funding amid the economic devastation caused… Read More

April 20, 2020 @ 8:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BillGO, a U.S.-based bill pay and real-time payment systems provider, announced on Monday it has launched a bill pay relief hub specifically for Americans who are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to BillGO, the payment relief can come in a variety of forms, including:… Read More

April 17, 2020 @ 12:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking group Starling Bank announced on Thursday it has launched a new tool that helps business customers to find the appropriate Government coronavirus support scheme for them. Starling Bank further revealed that the tool asks users a series of questions related to their… Read More