Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS

Xendoo, Gusto | July 06, 2021

Xendoo, a Fintech company based in South Florida, provides innovative online accounting and bookkeeping solutions, as well as data-driven insights, to small and medium-sized business (SMB) owners. Xendoo has announced a collaboration with Gusto, a provider of cloud-based payroll, benefits, and human resource management software, to develop Xendoo Payroll. Xendoo also intends to strengthen its partnership with Gusto, which it sees as the next major step for the growing company. Xen...

Veem | May 13, 2020

Eighty-one percent of small U.S. companies surveyed by Veem expect the new coronavirus pandemic to affect their business over the next 12-16 months. Of the 690 firms surveyed, 65% said they had either submitted an application for the federal aid or planned ...

FINANCE

Funding Circle | May 27, 2022

Funding Circle, one of the most popular online small business loan platforms in the United States, has launched a new program for BancAlliance, a network of over 325 community banks, in which participants can buy a diversified pool of interests in small business loans originated on Funding Circle's platform. With this new idea, the community banks that are part of BancAlliance can invest in Main Street businesses in a more efficient and cost-effective way. ...

BUSINESS STRATEGY

MX | February 18, 2022

Mx and H&R Block together launched the Spruce mobile banking platform to promote greater financial inclusion. MX is the financial data platform and leader in modern connectivity. Spruce provides customers with increased transparency into how they spend, save, and manage their money, as well as assistance in reaching their financial objectives, thanks to MX data improvement. MetaBank, N.A. is the issuer of Spruce. Spruce contributes to financial inclusion for millions of Americ...