Hireology

Lowe's Companies, Inc. | July 17, 2020

In response to the overwhelming need to help support small businesses across the country, Lowe's Companies, Inc. is announcing it is increasing its minority small business grants from $25 million to $30 million while donating an additional $25 million to its small business grant program with the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), doubling the amount already committed. The additional funds will focus on rural communities, which have been hard hit by the pandemic. The total $55 mill...

FINANCE

TreviPay | February 24, 2022

TreviPay announced its acquisition of BATON Financial Services, Inc. TreviPay is a global financial technology company. BATON is a technology company that has built a unique, innovative B2B invoice payments network. Baton's payments network enables the smooth delivery of structured financial services in conjunction with banking institutions to address the trade credit demands of small companies. This successful purchase is part of TreviPay's continued worldwide expansion strategy to impr...

TECHNOLOGY

Tingo Inc. | January 13, 2022

One of the most important advantages of the internet is making the world a global village. This has revolutionized how people learn, work, buy and sell, love, and experience things with others. While businesses of all sizes are already leveraging the many advantages, many are still left out or not exploring it to its full potential. A new online portal, the Integrated Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise (iMSME) ecosystem is being developed to close this gap. iMSME ...

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...