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MARKETING AND NETWORKING

Alberta Central | October 25, 2021

Alberta Central, the central banking facility, service bureau and trade association for Alberta’s credit unions, is excited to announce the launch of the second Big Future Innovation Grant, which provides an opportunity for Alberta-based small business owners and entrepreneurs to apply for funding to put towards their business’ financial future. Applications are open from October 14 to November 4, 2021 (or until the first 100 applications). To be considered for one of ...

USA TODAY | April 03, 2020

Facebook announced Thursday new updates to its small-business grant program introduced on March 17, including $40 million in grants for small businesses. The grants will go to 10,000 U.S. small businesses in 34 locations that Facebook employees live and work. Those in New York and Seattle will be the first to receive funds starting next week. "In this challenging time, when information is changing daily, we are listening to and learning from scores of small businesses to understand what the...

FINANCE

Novae LLC | November 29, 2021

If you've tried to pay for goods or services in America lately, you may have learned how indispensable a bank account can be. A growing number of businesses and institutions will only accept payment through electronic funds transfers from a bank, and may even refuse to do business with someone who can only pay in cash. This is bad news for the roughly 14 million American adults who, by choice or necessity, don't have a bank account. The unbanked increasingly find themselve...

ZDNet | February 21, 2020

PayPal has provided AU$500 million to 7,000 businesses in Australia since it launched a working capital offering less than five years ago alongside Citi. "We can see that there is an ongoing demand for alternative finance solutions to support small businesses and help them thrive," PayPal said in its submission [PDF] to the Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology. PayPal considers "information asymmetries" having previously been a "tremendous&q...