small business

Small Businesses Object to Lawmakers’ Plan to Reallocate Unspent COVID-19 Relief
Small Businesses Object to Lawmakers’ Plan to Reallocate Unspent COVID-19 Relief
April 18, 2022  |  Coronavirus

Small business owners are not happy about a new proposal in Congress to redirect unspent money from COVID-19 programs to give $10 billion for various...

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Resilient Main Street Businesses Use Digital to Keep Recovery on Track
Resilient Main Street Businesses Use Digital to Keep Recovery on Track
December 07, 2021  |  SMBs

Main Street businesses — the small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) that represent the lion’s share of American commercial enterprises — are emerging from a chaotic...

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Square Aims To Do For Small Business Banking What Its Card Readers Did For POS
Square Aims To Do For Small Business Banking What Its Card Readers Did For POS
July 27, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

In everyday terms, a decade is only 3,650 days. You may not look all that different today than you did in 2011, save a few...

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GetVantage Offers India’s SMBs Revenue-Based Financing With A Twist
GetVantage Offers India’s SMBs Revenue-Based Financing With A Twist
April 13, 2021  |  SMBs

For small firms in India, particularly up-and-coming players in the digital space, getting access to funding is a painful process. Until recently, their access to...

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West Tenth Creates Marketplace For Home-Based Skills
West Tenth Creates Marketplace For Home-Based Skills
March 19, 2021  |  SMBs

According to Census Bureau data, some 17 percent of women opt out of the workplace permanently within five years of having children, while close to 50...

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Why Main Street SMBS Are Optimistic – And Why They Should Be
Why Main Street SMBS Are Optimistic – And Why They Should Be
September 28, 2020  |  SMBs

Perhaps the greatest indicator of optimism is the willingness to put one’s money where one’s mouth is. That’s especially true for small businesses, where optimism...

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Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector
Prosecutors Target Loosely-Regulated Business Lending Sector
August 11, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Federal and state authorities are targeting companies that allegedly lend money to small businesses at extreme rates and seek to collect payments with heavy-handed tactics,...

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Rubio: Revamped PPP, SMB Loan Programs Aim To Smooth Out ‘Uneven Recovery’
Rubio: Revamped PPP, SMB Loan Programs Aim To Smooth Out ‘Uneven Recovery’
August 02, 2020  |  Loans

Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who spearheaded the landmark Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic, now has to organize...

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The Main Street Cash Crunch, Quantified
The Main Street Cash Crunch, Quantified
July 20, 2020  |  SMBs

Cash flow is the lifeblood of Main Street small business. Under COVID-19 cash flow dried up almost overnight, triggering what’s starting to look like a...

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