LEX-PORT

Management

Globenewswire | April 13, 2023

The U.S. Small Business Administration has finalized two rules to address persistent gaps in access to capital impacting small business owners in underserved communities as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s effort to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom-up, not top-down. The final rules grant permanence to SBA’s program for nonprofit mission lenders, remove outdated limits on non-depository lender participation, increase opportunities for employee ownership, ...

Business Strategy

MX | February 18, 2022

Mx and H&R Block together launched the Spruce mobile banking platform to promote greater financial inclusion. MX is the financial data platform and leader in modern connectivity. Spruce provides customers with increased transparency into how they spend, save, and manage their money, as well as assistance in reaching their financial objectives, thanks to MX data improvement. MetaBank, N.A. is the issuer of Spruce. Spruce contributes to financial inclusion for millions of Americ...

MARKETING AND NETWORKING, TECHNOLOGY

businesswire | June 16, 2023

Pipedrive, the easy and effective sales CRM for small businesses, today introduces its evolved product roadmap for the rest of 2023. Fully driven by customers’ needs and aimed at solving their top pain points, the latest innovations at Pipedrive include powerful automations to improve productivity, and advanced email and omnichannel inbox for better collaboration between teams. Additionally, Pipedrive will introduce AI into its platform to help customers generate more qualified leads...

Industry Outlook

SomerCor | March 29, 2022

SomerCor proudly announces the re-launch of a collaboration with the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) – Chicago Chapter. It is one of the largest of NAWBO’s U.S. chapters. Since its foundation in 1978, it has been operating as the unified voice of all female entrepreneurs and representing businesses in all prominent industrial and retail sectors. Capital access remains a crucial issue among women in entrepreneurship. According to NAWBO's public...