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SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

Plastiq | June 18, 2021

An intelligent payments platform, the Plastiq collaborates with Visa, the world leader in digital payments, for its “She’s Next Grant Program”, which plans to award $10,000 to 60 Black businesswomen in 6 cities across the U.S. The program aims to remove the disproportionate barriers faced by Black women business founders. Plastiq provides grant recipients the freedom to make virtual payments to any supplier with a credit card, even though when cards are not accepted. Read More

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

NEXT Insurance | August 10, 2021

NEXT Insurance, the leading digital insurtech company transforming small business insurance, today announced it is participating in Amazon Insurance Accelerator, providing Amazon sellers looking to buy insurance with instant quotes at competitive rates, directly within Amazon Seller Central. NEXT is the only US-based carrier currently participating in the initiative, further building on its partnership with Amazon Business Prime, NEXT's fully digital, customized e-commerce General Liability ...

FINANCE

Involta | December 23, 2021

Global investment firm Carlyle announced today that the fund managed by Carlyle has agreed to acquire Involta. Involta is a data center company focused on hybrid IT and cloud infrastructure, including data center colocation, hybrid cloud, edge, fiber, and related products. Involta owns and maintains 12 data centers and a 12,000-mile fiber network. They deliver mission-critical IT solutions to organizations across the US, along with strategic infrastructure services. Carlyle's ...

PYMNTS.com | April 06, 2020

Wells Fargo announced it will begin taking loan applications on Monday (April 6) as part of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and will disperse $10 billion to nonprofits and businesses with fewer than 50 employees. The country’s fourth-largest bank said it has received a lot of interest in PPP loans since the program’s opening day on Friday (April 3). It anticipates that its loan capacity will be maxed out under the program since it is operating with the current asset cap limitat...