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PR Newswire | January 10, 2024

DreamSpring, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and Small Business Administration (SBA) lender, and Woodforest National Bank® (Woodforest), a national bank with over 760 branches across 17 states, are working together to provide access to $1.5 million in debt capital to low- and moderate-income (LMI) small business entrepreneurs. The influx of lending capital from Woodforest to DreamSpring is a milestone in their shared commitment to spur community developme...

Business Strategy

getLouie | December 01, 2021

getLouie.ai, the recently launched business texting platform, has announced a partnership program for Massachusetts businesses. Known as The Original Partner Program (TOPP), the initiative offers small businesses the opportunity to subscribe to the company's A.I.-driven marketing and scheduling SMS platform. The program offers as much as 75% off the standard subscription price. The company launched TOPP in response to the economic hardships that many small business owners have...

Technology

Business Wire | August 25, 2023

Small businesses are engines of economic growth in local communities and are facing challenges with growing or enhancing their operations due to surging borrowing costs in a high-interest rate environment. The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) responds with a two-pronged approach, announcing expanded discounted lending and grants: • 0% interest-rate subsidy increased to $10 million from $2 million through year-end with the Community Small Business Ad...

Finance

Bluevine | October 19, 2022

Bluevine, the leading provider of holistic banking solutions designed for small businesses, today announced the expansion of its small business insurance offerings to include Active Cyber Insurance offered by Coalition, one of the world's leading cyber insurance providers, in addition to its existing small business insurance provider, NEXT Insurance. With the addition of Coalition's cyber insurance offerings, Bluevine is providing the small business community seamless access to explore i...