Retail Innovation Club

IBS Intelligence, | February 14, 2020

Banking and bookkeeping service provider for small business owners, Amaiz has entered into a partnership with voice biometric technology provider, ValidSoft in a bid to enable the former to provide next-generation voice biometric security. Amaiz’s Managing Director, Steve Taklalsingh commented, “This powerful partnership will enable us to give our customers an experience that is secure but simple. Our users are busy people, often trying to fit their interaction with us between custom...

INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

Sentinel Capital Partners | December 28, 2021

TTG Imaging Solutions, LLC (TTG) announced today a partnership with Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in promising midmarket companies. The partnership between Sentinel and TTG's management team will drive the company's next phase of growth. Sentinel invests in management buyouts, acquisitions of family businesses, corporate divestitures, industry consolidations, and going-private transactions in the United States and Canada. TTG was founded by ...

Daily Herald | February 12, 2020

Small business owners across Chicagoland, and the country, are entering the new decade on a high note, according to the Bank of America Business Advantage Fall 2019 Small Business Owner Snapshot, a semiannual study that explores the perspectives, aspirations and concerns of entrepreneurs around the country. The survey results indicate that a significant majority of Chicago-area small business owners and entrepreneurs are planning for growth in 2020. In fact, 80 percent say they have plans to exp...

Healthcare Dive | January 14, 2020

Cigna is partnering with tech-savvy payer startup Oscar Health to jointly sell commercial health plans to small businesses as the Bloomfield, Connecticut-based payer looks to capitalize on Oscar's simplified strategy to expand its footprint in the small group market. The partnership, branded as "Cigna + Oscar," includes integrated medical, behavioral and pharmacy services along with access to a high-performing network of providers. The two payers will share risk under a reinsurance...