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Tailwind | March 31, 2022

Tailwind, a leading small business marketing software platform, has acquired Replier.ai, a software platform that helps marketers generate custom replies and content with AI, in order to expand its team, products and customer base. Replier.ai joins Tailwind as the company's 6th acquisition to-date. Tailwind is backed by Pilot Growth Equity out of San Francisco and New York. As the Tailwind team explored opportunities to help users create AI-driven marketing copy...

Accountancy Age: Home | March 06, 2020

A new accountancy advisory market has arisen as more businesses hit steeper growth trajectories in tighter timeframes, according to Smith and Williamson’s head of professional practices and head of business interests, Giles Murphy. “If you look at the underlying growth in the in the wider economy, there’s clearly a lot of growth coming from fast-growth businesses,” he said. “There is a growing demand for businesses who want to grow, grow fast, grow quickly, both in ...

Business Wire | January 14, 2020

Today, Alibaba.com, the B2B business unit of Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA), shared the results of its brand new “Alibaba.com U.S. Small and Medium Business (SMB) Confidence Survey” and introduced “B2B Tuesday,” a major new awareness initiative to spotlight, celebrate and support B2B-focused U.S. SMBs, highlight their contributions to the U.S. economy and help them capture the global ecommerce opportunity. B2B Tuesday will be celebrated every Tuesday by Alibaba.com and other ...

FINANCE

PR Newswire | October 23, 2023

Today, KeyBank announced it ranked among the top 15 lenders in the country for unit volumes for the Small Business Administration (SBA) 2023 Fiscal Year for both the SBA 7(a) and SBA 504 lending programs. During SBA's FY 2023, KeyBank extended 918 loans for a total of $229 million under the flagship 7(a) program and an additional 52 small business loans worth more than $58 million utilizing th...