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Finance

Funding Circle | September 08, 2022

Funding Circle, the leading online platform for small business loans, and Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union (Affinity Plus), a Minnesota-based credit union, are partnering to provide small businesses with access to credit in communities throughout Minnesota and across the country. The partnership enables Affinity Plus — the first credit union investor to partner with Funding Circle — to purchase loans originated through Funding Circle’s world-class machine learning and technol...

Finance

National Funding | March 24, 2022

National Funding, Inc., one of the largest U.S. specialty finance companies serving small- and medium-sized businesses, announced it has made a strategic growth investment in Finova Capital, a business lender focused on merchant finance and the payments industry. National Funding’s significant investment in Finova comes on the heels of market momentum for both financial services companies. Finova Capital will continue to operate as an independent business unit with its current leadership a...

Marketing and Networking

Vizzlie | January 06, 2022

CommentSold announced the acquisition of Vizzlie, a platform for customizing and scheduling marketing messages. CommentSold is a market-leading digital commerce technology that enables small and medium-sized businesses to boost their sales through live and social selling. Merchants using CommentSold can now easily tailor and schedule posts on Facebook and Instagram to inform consumers about forthcoming live-selling sessions, new product arrivals, discounts, and more. CommentSold also announced t...

Technology

Namecheap | June 20, 2022

Namecheap, the world's second-largest domain registrar and global web services provider, officially launches Relate by Namecheap, a new suite of online tools designed to help small businesses succeed and grow in the digital space. Namecheap now provides Relate™ social media management, customer review oversight, and business registration legal services to entrepreneurs and online business owners. More tools are in the pipeline, directed by a co-creation mindset whe...