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PRnewswire | August 16, 2023

SumUp has launched in Australia, its 36th market, as the global fintech continues its global expansion and rolls out its proprietary hardware and software solutions for Australian businesses. SumUp was founded in 2012 with the mission of empowering small businesses and entrepreneurs with affordable and easy-to-use payment solutions. Since then, the company has grown rapidly, expanding its product suite beyond hardware, and now serves millions of merchants in 36 countries around ...

USA Today | April 30, 2020

Rafael Larios didn't expect Verizon to be a vital ingredient to the survival of his family's Los Angeles area restaurants. But since the two restaurants have been relying on deliveries due to the coronavirus pandemic, the family is striving to keep the business cooking. The most important thing needed? Cash. “We need to pay our bread guy, we need to pay our pastry guys, we need to catch up on payroll … and we get paid last,” says Larios, who has taken ove...

The Next Web | January 28, 2020

RealityEngines.AI today came out of stealth to launch an autonomous AI generation service aimed at startups and medium to large enterprises that have put off adopting AI due to a shortage of data or personnel. What’s interesting here is the that the company’s taken on the data gap between big tech and wee startups. One of the biggest bars to AI adoption for businesses is a lack of data. It’s relatively easy for Google or Facebook to collect gobs and gobs of data, but what if yo...

TECHNOLOGY, FINANCE

Finli | July 11, 2022

Finli, a payment management platform built for service-based small businesses in the US, has announced the close of its $6 million Seed fundraising round, led by the Urban Innovation Fund. Motley Fool Ventures, M13, Alumni Ventures, and all existing investors also participated in the round. The new injection of funds will be used to expand Finli's team and business banking capabilities, moving towards becoming a holistic financial services solution. According to the U.S....