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INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

LegalZoom.com, Inc. | November 12, 2021

LegalZoom.com, Inc., the No. 1 brand in online small business formations and a leading online platform for legal, compliance and tax solutions, has acquired Earth Class Mail, Inc., a virtual mailbox solution for small businesses. The acquisition of Earth Class Mail advances LegalZoom’s strategy by providing small businesses with a comprehensive set of tools and services to streamline their operations and minimize time spent on compliance, allowing them instead to focus on what really matte...

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...

FINANCE

LoanBud | April 21, 2022

BayFirst Financial Corp. announced that First Home Bank (d/b/a BayFirst Bank), its wholly-owned subsidiary, has launched LoanBud, a lending division designed specifically to serve self-employed homebuyers and small business owners across the U.S. LoanBud provides the option to qualify for a mortgage loan without tax returns and underwrites each self-employed borrower's income before providing a pre-approval letter. LoanBud also offers government-backed Small Business Administr...

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

BMO | August 29, 2022

BMO Financial Group and global cloud-based accounting platform, Xero, are making it easier for business customers to run and grow their business with the introduction of automatic transaction synchronization. Coming later this year, BMO customers using Online Banking for Business will be able to seamlessly send daily bank feeds to their Xero account. For BMO, this is one in a series of partnerships that enable customers to tailor their banking services to their day-to-day operations and workflow...