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Funding Circle | July 06, 2022

Funding Circle, one of the nation’s leading online small business loans platforms, and DreamSpring, a nonprofit community development financial institution (CDFI) with nearly 30 years of experience in community lending, have launched a new partnership to increase access to funding for small business owners in underserved communities across the nation. The new partnership aligns with both organizations’ shared commitment to advancing entrepreneurship and innovation by providing equita...

Business Wire | March 04, 2020

Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) is enabling small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to easily transition to NVMe™ storage and dramatically improve application performance with a new addition to its portfolio of data center NVMe SSDs: the first enterprise-class NVMe SSD in the WD Gold™ family. Industry analyst firm IDC expects NVMe unit shipments to reach more than 79 percent of the market by 20231. With advancements in multi-core, multi-threaded CPUs, legacy storage technology has be...

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KeyBank | April 28, 2022

KeyBank launches the KeyBank Small Business Check-in, a new tool that helps small business clients assess where they currently stand financially, evaluate their goals, and discover how their banking partner can help open new opportunities toward their path forward. KeyBank is committed to helping small businesses in its local communities thrive, as demonstrated by the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), where more than 70,000 SBA-approved loans were secured. By asking small busines...

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Visa | June 01, 2022

Visa, a global leader in digital payments, recently announced a partnership with Fundbox, an embedded working capital platform for small businesses, to enhance Fundbox's platform with the power of digital payments. The Fundbox Flex Visa Debit Card, issued by Pathward, N.A., is the first stage in this relationship, and it helps small business customers better manage their cash outflows. In the coming months, Fundbox and Visa will work together to launch several new payment prod...