Tagged: sme’s

August 2, 2023 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be one of the world’s on-demand working capital platforms, recently announced that on July 21, it “passed the $300 billion mark in total funding to its customers.” This record funding amount “reflects invoices paid an average of 31 days early via… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 5:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Novo, the “powerfully” simple financial platform for small businesses, announced the launch of Novo Funding, “offering small businesses a fast and flexible way to access working capital.” The company has also “secured a $125 million facility from Victory Park Capital (VPC), which will be used… Read More

August 2, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, the digital business financial platform, has launched its improved Tide Accounting tool, powered by Sage, in order “to help more small businesses meet their accounting needs directly from one place – their bank account.” At present SMEs have “to connect multiple solutions to their… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bluevine, the provider of small business banking solutions, announced the launch of its new accounts payable (AP) offering to help business owners and their teams simplify business payments management from within their Bluevine Business Checking accounts. With accounts payable through Bluevine, business owners can now… Read More

August 1, 2023 @ 9:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

An improvement in jobs and sales growth across UK small businesses in June “has been largely offset by increasing late payments and a slowdown in wages growth,” according to the latest data from global small business platform Xero. Xero’s Small Business Index, based “on anonymized… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 2:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced the second Venmo Small Business Grant, a program for small and emerging businesses “providing financial grants and mentorship for 20 Venmo business profile customers.” The selected businesses will each “receive $10,000 for expenses, such as rent, or to help… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 11:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Despite economic challenges, 75% of mid-sized business owners expect their revenue to increase and 71% are planning “to hire over the next 12 months,” according to the inaugural Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Mid-Sized Business Owner Report (PDF). The study is based “on a survey… Read More

July 30, 2023 @ 11:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), which claims to be a leading online lending platform for small business borrowers, recently announced that Kanthi Muthiah has joined the company as U.S. Chief Product Officer. Kanthi, a former FICO, PayPal, and JP Morgan executive, will “support overall product strategy and… Read More

July 29, 2023 @ 10:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Vestwell, the savings platform for small businesses and individuals, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Gradifi Solutions, a student loan benefits provider. The acquisition adds several new products “to the Vestwell platform, including programs to help employees manage and pay down student… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 8:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Embroker, the digital platform making it radically simple to get business insurance, today announced strategic partnerships with Dashlane, a security-first password management provider, and Cowbell, a leading provider of cyber insurance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). With these, Embroker increases customer security through Dashlane’s… Read More

July 26, 2023 @ 3:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rainbow Energy says they have some updates for their business customers. They are now working with Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), which claims to be the leading platform for small business loans, as a trusted partner in order “to help small businesses get the infrastructure in… Read More

July 22, 2023 @ 3:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C2FO, which claims to be the world’s on-demand working capital platform, announced its further expansion into Mexico with the creation of a Mexican subsidiary. This move bolsters C2FO’s global presence and “reinforces its commitment to empowering all businesses with fast, flexible and equitable access to… Read More

July 16, 2023 @ 12:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ZestyAI, the provider of climate and property risk analytics solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), announced an agreement with Coterie Insurance, a partnership-focused Managing General Agent (MGA), leveraging data and technology to provide instant quoting and issuing of small business insurance policies. Coterie will use… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CFIT, the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology, announced that its initial ‘Open Finance Coalition’ will demonstrate the power of leveraging financial data to deliver better financial outcomes to consumers and SMEs. It also announced the first coalition partners who have “committed to progressing Open… Read More

July 15, 2023 @ 10:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NEXT Insurance, a digital Insurtech transforming small business insurance, announced its integration with Ivans Download for General Liability and Workers’ Compensation policies. This feature reportedly “offers a seamless exchange of policy data between NEXT and its appointed agents, furthering the company’s commitment to facilitating an… Read More

July 14, 2023 @ 6:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jirav, which claims to be an all-in-one financial planning and analysis (FP&A) solution, and the “preferred” budgeting and forecasting partner of CPA.com, announced $20M in Series B funding led by Cota Capital. Jirav will use the funds “to further accelerate product development, broaden its customer… Read More

July 12, 2023 @ 10:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

According to the Australian Banking Association, of the 2.6 million businesses in Australia, the majority (98%) are small and medium enterprises (SMEs). As the sector accelerates in 2023, it also suffers from “an increase in the cost of goods and services, leading to rising inflation… Read More

July 11, 2023 @ 9:29 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital payment platform Silverbird has announced several partnerships to accelerate further financial inclusion for SMEs trading internationally. Driven by the mission to expand the freedom of trade previously limited by traditional banking, Silverbird says that it “provides small businesses with multi-currency accounts that allow them… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UBS (NYSE:UBS) announced that it and Numarics are planning to enter into a strategic partnership to specifically digitize and expand financial and administration solutions for small and medium-sized companies in Switzerland. Administrative tasks mean “a lot of time for SMEs today and are often a… Read More

July 5, 2023 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On the back of a solid start to 2023, embedded banking platform BankiFi has denounced three misconceptions around a new class of digital only neobanks that continue “to persist despite ample evidence to dispel them.” As part of its efforts to highlight the issues faced… Read More