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Mnuchin | April 29, 2020

The United States will audit government-backed loans intended to relieve small businesses hit by the coronavirus to ensure they weren't taken out by large companies, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday, April 28. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was part of a $2.2-trillion stimulus package passed by Congress late in March to blunt the pandemic's impact on the economy, and is supposed to lend money to businesses with fewer than 500 employees. But the initi...

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Raistone | April 06, 2022

Raistone today announced a collaboration with Mastercard set to simplify business-to-business (B2B) finance payments and speed up access to working capital for small- and-medium-sized businesses ("SMBs"). Using Mastercard's virtual card technology, Raistone will tap into secure payment innovation to streamline finance approval processes that can exclude SMBs from accessing essential funds needed to sustain and scale their business. This innovative use of virtual cards promotes dive...

TechConnect | April 22, 2020

TechConnect West Virginia, the Small Business Innovation Research and the Small Business Technology Transfer hosted a free online boot camp Tuesday evening. The online event provided information on how to apply for grants through the federally funded, small innovation research program. Executive Director of TechConnect West Virginia, Anne Barth explained that this is a time for small businesses to learn and develop. “It’s a good time for some small businesses to be developing researc...

NetBlaze | July 27, 2020

NetBlaze, a Chicago-based digital marketing solutions company for small businesses nationwide, today announces the launch of its new app for desktop and mobile that simplifies marketing management to help businesses reach new customers. The company offers affordable services to manage a variety of key marketing efforts, including social media management, customer relations management, reputation management and search engine optimization (SEO)....