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Business Wire | September 08, 2020

Melio, a B2B payments company helping small businesses digitally manage their supplier payments, has raised $144m to reach more small businesses across the US as they shift to digital solutions to help manage the economic effects of Covid-19. Small businesses typically use a variety of different tools to manage supplier payments, with almost half of B2B payments carried out with paper checks. Melio’s digital accounts payable and receivable dashboard provides a single, integrated tool that ...

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APPOLO Insurance | June 17, 2022

APPOLO Insurance partnered with Yardi Systems to offer an insurance interface embedded in Yardi's software, providing tenants and landlords with an accessible digital insurance experience. The partnership with APPOLO will allow Yardi to offer its users a seamless and integrated insurance interface. APOLLO, embedded directly into the Yardi Voyager property management software platform, joins over 300 Yardi collaborators in the real estate industry by providing tenants with an e...

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Square | September 14, 2023

Square and Cash App suffered a recent outage. The outage caused inconvenience to customers, preventing purchases and financial losses for small businesses. A prolonged outage could have had devastating consequences for small businesses with narrow profit margins. Read More

CNBC | February 20, 2020

Small business sentiment is on the rise to kick off 2020, with confidence nearing all-time highs, according to data from CNBC and SurveyMonkey. The CNBC/SurveyMonkey Small Business Confidence Index climbed two points in the first quarter, from 59 to 61, as concerns over trade policy impacts lessened, thanks to a trade deal with China and the signing of the USMCA. This is a sharp turnaround from the lows seen last summer as trade turmoil weighed on Main Street’s outlook. The Small Business ...