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BUSINESS STRATEGY

Fundera | October 30, 2020

NerdWallet™, a website and app that provides financial guidance to more than 160 million consumers every year, has acquired Fundera, the go-to financial resource for the 28 million small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) operating in the United States. Through this acquisition, NerdWallet will expand its financial guidance and financing options for small business owners, establishing a stronger foothold in the SMB market and advancing its mission of providing clarity for all of life's...

Yahoo Finance | April 09, 2020

PrismHR, the leading HR technology software powering payroll, benefits, and HR for businesses across the U.S., today announced a new partnership with Doctegrity to provide 24/7/365 telemedicine services to its network of HR service providers and their small business customers nationwide. PrismHR service provider partners can offer Doctegrity's industry-leading telemedicine services in addition to existing healthcare plans, which often don't cover telemedicine or charge co-pays, to...

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

Rapyd | December 09, 2021

Rapyd, a global Fintech-as-a-Service company has agreed to acquire Hong Kong-based Neat, a cross-border trade enabling platform for SMBs and startups. Neat provides full company incorporation, business accounts, global payment collection and disbursements, as well as credit card-based capital expansion services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and it is subject to regulatory approval. By integrating Neat into the Rapyd Global Payments Network, small and medium businesses wil...

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

Visa | December 17, 2020

Supporting small and micro businesses (SMBs) has been an earnest need all through the COVID-19 pandemic, with an extraordinary need among minority-claimed small businesses, which are lopsidedly affected. Expanding on Visa's drawn out obligation to this network, Visa Foundation today declared new activities to give almost $5 million in funding to minority-drove SMBs, in the midst of a second influx of COVID-19. Visa likewise reported mentorship projects to additional help minority-drove SMBs....