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Finextra Research | February 27, 2020

Today, Mastercard and myPOS, a pan-European fintech, signed a strategic partnership agreement to promote card payment solutions to SMEs across Europe. Working together, the partnership will raise awareness among small businesses of the innovative solutions to accept card transactions; designed to meet their needs at a price that fits their budget. SMEs underpin the European economy, representing 99% of all businesses, but, traditionally, the ability to pay by card in such businesses has been var...

MANAGEMENT

Novo | May 23, 2022

Novo, the powerfully simple financial platform for small businesses, announced that the company has brought on Kevin Phillips, former CFO at small business lending company Kabbage, to launch and scale Novo’s lending business. Today, Novo is also launching Boost, making it the only financial platform that gives small businesses and freelancers same day access to payments received through e-commerce platforms.Introducing Novo Boost “While some fintech compa...

FINANCE

bank of america | September 06, 2022

Bank of America today announced a new zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgage solution for first-time homebuyers, which will be available in designated markets, including certain Black/African American and/or Hispanic-Latino neighborhoods in Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles and Miami. The Community Affordable Loan Solution™ aims to help eligible individuals and families obtain an affordable loan to purchase a home. The Community Affordable Loan Solution is a Special Purpose Cr...

BBVA | May 27, 2020

BBVA USA has funded approximately $3.3 billion small business loans in less than 60 days, processing more than 22,000 applications and impacting approximately 360,000 jobs through its efforts in the Small Business Administration's (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the bank announced today. For context on the size of the bank's commitment to the PPP, the bank's total SBA 7(a) loan originations for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2019 were 259 loans totaling nearly $270....