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INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

Mercator Advisory Group | January 03, 2022

From its annual Small Business PaymentsInsights series, Mercator Advisory Group's latest small business survey report, 2021 Small Business PaymentsInsights: Consumer Purchasing Options, looks at not only the specific sales channels consumers use to purchase small business services and products, but also the payment types accepted and the short-term financing options offered to consumers. According to the most recent Mercator Advisory Group report, small companies continue to preserve flexibi...

Minutehack | January 13, 2020

Most owners of small businesses are wary about sharing their data electronically, holding back the rollout of open banking which makes it easier to manage their money. Fewer than one in seven business owners questioned by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said they were sharing the details of their business bank accounts with third parties. It means that most businesses are not getting the benefits of open banking, which puts invoice, cash flow, payroll, utilities and tax data all in the ...

Cision PR Newswire | August 05, 2020

To help drive more progress in the recovery of all small businesses and their communities across the U.S. and Canada, Alignable.com is launching #MyMoneyStaysLocal today. #MyMoneyStaysLocal is a grassroots movement encouraging business owners and community members alike to spend more money on purchases close to home. The movement was created to raise awareness of how spending your money locally has a direct impact on how quickly and completely your community recovers. Local businesses really nee...

TECHNOLOGY

Symphony Technology Group | March 28, 2022

Symphony Technology Group (“STG”), a leading Menlo Park-based private equity firm focused on the software, data, and analytics sectors, today announced the launch of Skyhigh Security. The new portfolio company was created to satisfy the growing cloud security requirements for large and small organizations. Skyhigh Security’s unique approach extends security beyond data access to securing how the data is used. Its data-aware Security Service Edge (SSE) is built to meet the needs...