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Freedom Bank of Virginia | October 12, 2022

The Freedom Bank of Virginia announced today that the Small Business Administration (SBA) approved the Bank for the Preferred Lenders Program (PLP). The SBA designates certain experienced lenders as PLP Lenders and delegates the authority to process, close, service, and liquidate most SBA-guaranteed loans without prior SBA review. Now as a PLP Lender, Freedom Bank is authorized to make SBA-guaranteed loans without prior SBA review of eligibility or creditworthiness allowing for a more seamless a...

Small Business Advice

Amazon | November 27, 2020

Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) dispatched Intellectual Property Accelerator (IP Accelerator) in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Netherlands and the United Kingdom, making it simpler and more savvy for little and medium-sized organizations (SMBs) to acquire brand names, secure their brands and tackle fake merchandise. IP Accelerator, which is accessible to any brand selling in Amazon's stores, interfaces business visionaries straightforwardly with a curated organization of Europea...

Technology

Businesswire | June 01, 2023

Weave , the all-in-one customer communication and engagement platform for small- and medium-sized businesses, today announces a slate of new features designed to enable more offices to leverage remote or hybrid staff including Softphones and several significant improvements to Weave’s mobile application. The new capabilities will enable teams to answer calls and communicate with patients from anywhere within the US and Canada, no matter if they’re in the office or outside of it...

PYMNTS.com | January 27, 2020

In the wake of the financial crisis, banks’ pullback from small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lending yielded a flood of technology-driven players stepping in to fill the SMB credit gap. Entrepreneurs today have more choices than ever before as to how and where they access financing, but in many ways, that journey to capital hasn’t gotten any easier. According to Nav’s newly-appointed CEO Greg Ott, the current market sees an estimated $4 trillion in SMB debt origination each ...