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BUSINESS STRATEGY

FreshBooks & FastBill | October 07, 2021

FreshBooks, a leading cloud accounting software provider with paying customers in 160+ countries, announced the acquisition of FastBill, one of Germany's leading cloud accounting and invoicing software solutions. Founded in 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany, FastBill helps self-employed professionals, small businesses, and startups maintain better control of their finances through electronic invoice management, reporting, and access to tax advisory services. The terms of the transaction have ...

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

Nav | May 03, 2021

Nav, the basic and smart financing stage for small businesses, today reported Upcycle Hawaii LLC as the most recent $10,000 thousand prize victor of its Small Business Grant. Upcycle Hawaii is a brand and maker zeroed in on making quality items with recovered and repurposed materials on the Big Island in Hilo, Hawaii. Proprietor and "Lead Trashionista" of Upcycle Hawaii, Mattie Mae Larson, plans to utilize the assets to develop her inside the group and put resources into new apparatuse...

C2FO, Marcus by Goldman Sachs | May 19, 2021

C2FO, the world's largest working capital platform, today announced a strategic partnership with Marcus by Goldman Sachs to offer unsecured financing to eligible businesses in the United States that use C2FO. This collaboration aims to provide a modern, fast, and productive way for small and medium-sized businesses to access working capital. Working capital is essential for the development of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as the stability of supply chains in a var...

ZDNet | February 21, 2020

PayPal has provided AU$500 million to 7,000 businesses in Australia since it launched a working capital offering less than five years ago alongside Citi. "We can see that there is an ongoing demand for alternative finance solutions to support small businesses and help them thrive," PayPal said in its submission [PDF] to the Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology. PayPal considers "information asymmetries" having previously been a "tremendous&q...