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MARKETING AND NETWORKING

Nextdoor | March 13, 2023

Nextdoor has recently unveiled a suite of products designed to assist small businesses in growing in the face of increased economic challenges. This suite of free marketing tools, including events, videos, polls, and unlimited business posts, is aimed at small businesses worldwide, finding new approaches to create genuine connections with a high-intent local audience. The new suite of marketing tools includes a streamlined post composer that allows small businesses to upload eng...

IMPACT

Vivity | October 26, 2021

Small businesses in Orange and Los Angeles counties will now have greater access to high-quality, more affordable health care thanks to Anthem Blue Cross. Anthem’s Vivity Heath Plan today announced it will be expanding its health care offerings to small businesses in both counties beginning in 2022. Vivity is Anthem’s regionally focused health plan with top-ranking non-profit health systems including Cedars-Sinai, Huntington Hospital, MemorialCare Health System, Providence, PIH Healt...

SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS

Ocrolus | August 16, 2022

Ocrolus, the document and data analysis platform that helps financial services companies make high-quality decisions with trusted data, today announced it is working with Lendflow to quickly and accurately determine the viability of borrowers and provide critical access to capital. Lendflow, a leader in embedded SMB lending, is leveraging Ocrolus' document automation technology to analyze data from documents—such as bank statements, W-2s, and business tax returns—and provide crit...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Chicanos Por La Causa | May 19, 2020

BCBSAZ is committing $5 million to Chicanos Por La Causa to provide loans through their lending division Prestamos CDFI to assist Arizona small business owners. This collaboration will help CPLC distribute loans to small business owners through the federal ...