Fast Channel

PYMNTS.com | April 08, 2020

Small businesses overwhelmed U.S. financial institutions as they scrambled to apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. When the program went live on Friday (April 3), only two FIs, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, had been able to begin accepting applications — Bank of America saw a whopping $6 billion worth of applications in only a few hours, ending Friday with $32.6 billion in applications. It was a shaky ...

Management

Web.com | February 21, 2023

Web.com, a one-stop shop for website solutions, recently announced the release of its new professional quickstart website service, created to assist entrepreneurs in developing their websites quickly. The solution utilizes Web.com's in-house specialists to design, build, and deploy a business-ready website in a matter of a few days, making it perfect for those who want to develop a website independently but need assistance streamlining the process of getting a website published. <...

Industry Outlook

Decent | October 20, 2021

As Texas and the U.S. continue to navigate the tumultuous COVID-19 pandemic, Decent, a start-up already disrupting the health insurance industry with affordable benefit plans, is launching a Professional Employer Organization (PEO) to better support small businesses. Of the 458 PEOs in the U.S, Decent is the only one that is owned and operated by a TPA that designs and manages the health insurance plans that Decent offers. Basically, Decent cuts out the middleman to create more af...

Small Business Trends

Oyster | March 25, 2021

Oyster Financial, a neobank and valued financial partner for Mexican SMBs, announced today a first-time offering for the majority of Mexican SMB owners: access to affordable, instant credit and revolving credit lines. Unlike other major banks and financial institutions in Mexico, which do not cater to SMBs, Oyster is solely focused on assisting its clients in making or receiving payments more effectively and optimizing their activities through business-enablement tools. Starting t...