Retail Gazette

BUSINESS STRATEGY

FreshBooks | May 26, 2022

FreshBooks, a cloud-based accounting software provider, announced that it is expanding its invoicing software offering to meet the needs of New Zealand small businesses. This includes the creation of a new starter plan and competitive pricing packages with unique pricing, set in NZ currency. “FreshBooks recognizes the depth and breadth of small businesses across New Zealand. We’re excited to help local owners impress their clients and get paid faste...

IMPACT

Comcast RISE | November 24, 2021

Comcast Corporation announces today a major expansion of Comcast RISE to all women-owned businesses nationwide, furthering its efforts to advance digital equity and help provide underrepresented small business owners with access to the digital tools and funding they need to thrive. In its first year alone, Comcast RISE has provided more than $60 million in grants, marketing, and technology services to more than 6,700 small businesses owned by people of color - including Black, Ind...

Business Wire | April 09, 2020

To help small businesses that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, UBS announced today that it has created a new initiative to expand its current referral lending network to enable clients to access the Small Business Administration's ("SBA") new Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP"), a subset of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). UBS has currently made over 2,200 referrals of PPP loans to date, which represents over $1 billion of lo...

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

PayBright | May 12, 2021

Small business owners in Canada who use Fiserv's Clover® platform, a leading global supplier of payments and financial services technology solutions, also have the ability to offer PayBright's buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans at the checkout. Clover merchants can easily unlock PayBright's solutions by downloading the PayBright app from the Clover App Market. This enables retailers to provide their clients with convenient biweekly or monthly installment payment plans...