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Reuters | May 26, 2020

When the U.S. government first rolled out forgivable loans to small businesses in early April under the Paycheck Protection Program, loan officers at Bank of the West in Grapevine, Texas worked nights and weekends to process a tsunami of applications. But since those first few frantic weeks, demand has “just dried up,” said bank president Cindy Blankenship. On May 15 the bank stopped taking applications for PPP loans. Nationally the program remains active. But data from the Small Bus...

Surecomp | June 19, 2020

Surecomp has rolled out its Fastrade front office product. The Fastrade technology now comes with application programming interface (API) connectivity and as an out-of-the-box software-as-a-service (SaaS) product.

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

Tide | June 24, 2021

Tide, a UK-based business financial platform, will launch Cashflow Insights this month to assist small business owners in optimizing their cash flow, mitigating payment delays, improving their credit score, and receiving recommendations for credit products suitable for their businesses. Cashflow Insights will assist business owners in improving their cash flow by providing quick, easy-to-digest insights and predictions on how their business is performing and recommending actions t...

Nahsai | October 19, 2020

Nahsai, an advanced materials technology start-up with offices in Michigan and Texas, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract by the U.S. Air Force through the AFWERX innovation program. This award will allow Nahsai to accelerate the delivery of extreme environment sensing solutions based on leading edge material and manufacturing technologies originally developed and licensed through research partnerships between the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and ...