Tagged: smbs

September 6, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Emirates Development Bank (EDB), the financial “engine” of the UAE’s economic diversification and industrial transformation agenda, has announced a lending feature that allows SMEs and startups “to apply for loans of up to AED5 million directly through its Digital Banking App and receive approval or… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian businesses have “ambitious” plans for international expansion, as new data from global fintech Airwallex reveals more than two thirds of small-to-medium Aussie businesses (69 per cent) plan “to be operating outside Australia by 2027.” Airwallex’s inaugural Australian Business Growth Index found “a third of… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Autobooks, the Detroit-based small business payment and accounting services platform that’s reportedly used by over 1,000 financial institutions, recently announced that it has been named to Inc. magazine’s Inc. 5000 list for 2022 — landing at No. 258 overall, and #2 in Michigan. The Inc…. Read More

August 31, 2022 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital, the billion pound+ business lender – funding 1 in 12 new homes by SME House Builders, has raised 119% (£297,697) of its £250,003 target from 240 investor via Seedrs with 21 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign (at the time of writing)…. Read More

August 28, 2022 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ageras Group, based in Denmark, recently raised €35 million from CIBC Innovation Banking, according to a corporate statement. Ageras, launched in 2012, has broadened its services over time and now provides a “financial cockpit” for small businesses, including banking accounting, invoicing, payroll, and more. CIBC… Read More

August 26, 2022 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Capital on Tap has secured a £200m funding facility with JP Morgan and Triple Point “to support UK small businesses.” The funding will help small businesses “access credit at a time when the UK is anticipating a recession and facing historic inflation rates.” Launched in… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 8:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Kapitus, a Fintech company that offers financing to small businesses, announced the closing of $95 million in additional funding capacity on August 23, “bringing its total debt facilities to $360 million.” As noted in an update shared with CI, this additional funding capacity “demonstrates continued… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 11:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Muse Finance, a finance provider for small, medium and growing businesses, announced that it has closed a $20 million debt facility “to support the growth of small businesses.” The additional funds mean that Muse now “has access to over $96,000,000 USD (or £73,890,000 GBP), having… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pie Insurance, an Insurtech company specializing in workers’ comp insurance for small businesses, recently appointed two executives to its leadership team. Ekta Aggarwal joins the company “as chief product officer” and Erin Mesick joins “as vice president of finance.” Both Aggarwal and Mesick will “leverage… Read More

August 22, 2022 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cowbell Cyber, a provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises, recently announced the addition of Julia Cederroth as senior director of reinsurance. This new position “empowers policyholders by helping to build cyber resiliency and close insurability gaps as part of Cowbell’s reinsurance solutions.”… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for large businesses, is pleased to announce “the launch of its first in-house designed terminals.” Innovated to facilitate diverse payment use cases, the terminal range “marks the latest step forward in Adyen’s growing unified commerce… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic were a “hive of activity” for small businesses, with a striking 53% jump in applications to start new companies, according to an update from Fundbox. Now macro economic factors, from inflation to staffing shortages, “are posing significant challenges… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 8:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BankiFi, a provider of embedded banking solutions for small and medium businesses (SMB), has secured $4.8 million “for global expansion into North America.” This strategic growth investment “gives BankiFi the capital to provide its industry-leading embedded banking platform to more than two million SMBs across… Read More

August 13, 2022 @ 3:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BT has announced Barclaycard Payments as the latest business “to join its new partnership network, aimed at helping the UK’s smallest firms to grow.” Barclaycard has signed up to BT’s partnership network, “following The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), with the aim of delivering a… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 11:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trovata, which automates cash reporting and forecasting via wholesale (and was set for the UK, and EU launch after a $27 million round in June 2022), recently announced the appointment of Lisa Gutu as VP of Business Development and Vladimir Pintea as VP of Open… Read More

August 10, 2022 @ 8:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK’s Atom Bank reveals that they’ve become a Registered Firm with the Lending Standards Board, a body “dedicated to upholding fair practices in the lending industry.” Head of Business Lending at Atom Bank, Tom Renwick, has provided more details and “explains what… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Capify, the specialist SME lender, recently introduced a £40 million fund for UK-based small businesses in order to help with maintaining operations through challenging conditions. The fund has been established in response to growing concerns regarding access to finance from traditional lending platforms and the… Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ranqx, the digital lending platform built for lenders to small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs), has expanded its working relationship with Visa (NYSE: V) into North America. Before collaborating with Visa in North America, Ranqx worked cooperatively with Visa in its Asia Pacific region. Under the latest… Read More

August 5, 2022 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Plastiq Inc., the B2B payment platform powering the small and midsize business economy, and Colonnade Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: CLAA) a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company,  announced that they have “entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger.” The combined company will “continue… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Caary Capital announced a joint effort with Ceridian, which claims to be global leader in human capital management (HCM) technology, “to extend its value to Ceridian’s Powerpay customers.” Powerpay, a Cloud-based payroll and HR solution, is “designed to meet the needs of Canada’s small business… Read More