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Square | September 28, 2021

Square announced the launch of Square Card in Canada to address one of the biggest challenges small businesses face: managing their cash flow. The announcement marks a milestone in Square’s goal of expanding financial access in Canada — its second largest international market — and better positions the company to serve the needs of business owners across the country. “We’ve heard, time and time again, that cash flow is a major pain point for C...

USA Today | April 30, 2020

Rafael Larios didn't expect Verizon to be a vital ingredient to the survival of his family's Los Angeles area restaurants. But since the two restaurants have been relying on deliveries due to the coronavirus pandemic, the family is striving to keep the business cooking. The most important thing needed? Cash. “We need to pay our bread guy, we need to pay our pastry guys, we need to catch up on payroll … and we get paid last,” says Larios, who has taken ove...

Black Enterprise | April 06, 2020

Since the start of the global pandemic of COVID-19, or the novel coronavirus, many states have issued a mandatory stay-at-home order for all residents forcing all non-essential businesses to close down until the virus has been properly contained. As a result, small business owners have been struggling to keep their doors open and stay afloat through the economic fallout. Companies like Facebook and Google have been stepping in by providing grants to entrepreneurs struggling with their expenses a...

TECHNOLOGY

Cisco | October 26, 2020

Cisco has signed Bluechip Infotech as a key partner of its small business program, which the vendor is launching in Australia. The small business solutions set is a portfolio of Cisco products targeted at fulfilling much of a small business's IT and networking needs. The partnership will allow Bluechip to extend the Cisco small business product lineup to the distie's channel partners....