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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...

TECHNOLOGY, FINANCE

NerdWallet, Inc | July 12, 2022

NerdWallet, Inc. (Nasdaq: NRDS), a platform that provides financial guidance to consumers and small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), announced the closing of its previously announced acquisition of On the Barrelhead, Inc., a data-driven platform that provides consumers and SMBs with credit-driven product recommendations to help improve their financial lives. As previously announced, it is expected that On the Barrelhead will fully integrate into NerdWallet’s existing teams,...

CNBC | March 27, 2020

Google is offering $340 million in ad credits to small and midsize businesses with active Google ad accounts as part of an $800 million coronavirus response package, the company announced Friday. “As the coronavirus outbreak continues to worsen around the world, it’s taking a devastating toll on lives and communities,” said Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai in a blog post Friday. “To help address some of these challenges, today we’re announcing a new $800+ milli...

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Fora Financial | September 22, 2022

Thryv Holdings, Inc, the small business platform for growing small- to medium-sized businesses, announced a partnership with Fora Financial to offer small businesses access to the capital they need to grow.Fora Financial will now be offered through Thryv’s growing marketplace, allowing business owners to apply for lending in minutes. Fora Financial offers terms up to 15 months, flexible payments, early pay-off discounts, and no restrictions on use of funds. The partnership offers a range o...