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Small Business Advice

Mastercard | April 05, 2021

In reaction to the pandemic, small businesses are starting to transfer their activities online and finding access to digital tools. According to a Mastercard survey, 76% of small businesses in North America say the pandemic encouraged them to become more digital, but 64 percent say they are challenged to do so. Mastercard has announced the launch of additional services with Microsoft, QuickBooks, and Zoho to its suite of U.S. small business benefits to help small businesses enhance their digital...

Business Strategy

FIS | February 15, 2022

FIS announced the enhancement of its embedded payments strategy with the acquisition of Atlanta-based, Paytrix. This acquisition supports FIS' objective of expanding its e-commerce products to businesses of all sizes and industries through the integration of payment capabilities into Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms. This acquisition will also enable FIS to deploy embedded financial capabilities alongside its e-commerce products to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
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Small Business Advice

TD | November 18, 2022

TD, America's Most Convenient Bank®, announced today that it ranked No. 1 for the sixth consecutive year in total number of approved U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loans in its Maine-to-Florida footprint for the SBA's 2022 fiscal year. TD Bank is also the #2 ranked SBA lender nationwide.In the SBA's 2022 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2021 – Sept. 30, 2022), TD outperformed the competition, lending approximately $313 million and approving a total of 2,134 SBA 7(a) and 504 l...

Technology

Businesswire | April 21, 2023

At-Bay, the insurance provider for the digital age, today announced the launch of At-Bay Stance — the world’s first InsurSec solution designed to help small-to-mid-sized businesses (SMBs) close their persistent security technology and skills access gap, all through their cyber insurance policy. With 98%1 of cyber insurance claims in the past five years coming from SMBs with revenue under $2B, according to a recent report from NetDiligence, providing an integrated solution to he...