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FICO | July 20, 2021

Leading analytics software firm FICO partners with preeminent small business organizations, Small Business Roundtable (SBR), National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), and the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC). Its Score A Better Future program aims to provide essential credit knowledge to entrepreneurs. FICO has been inviting consumers to broaden their credit education since 2018 through its successful, free-to-attend Score A Better Future program. Th...

Live Insurance News | January 17, 2020

The insurers have announced they will be launching the products in several U.S. markets. Cigna and Oscar Health have announced their intentions to launch small business health plans across a number of commercial markets in the United States. The partnership intends to move forward with the move together, letting them split the potential risk. Oscar is an insurance company best known for selling individual plans on the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges. The company has been seeking to broaden...

SMALL BUSINESS ADVICE

Biz2Credit | July 15, 2021

According to the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending IndexTM, small business loan approval percentages at big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) increased slightly from 13.5% in May to 13.6% in June 2021, while approvals at small banks increased from 18.7% in May to 18.9%. The total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 850,000 in June, while the unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 5.9%, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statis...

BUSINESS STRATEGY

MeridianLink | March 11, 2022

MeridianLink, Inc.®, a leading provider of modern software platforms for financial institutions and consumer reporting agencies, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire StreetShares®, a mission-driven financial technology company that provides digital small business lending technology to banks and credit unions. StreetShares is an award-winning financial technology company that started in 2014 as a low-cost, digital lender to veteran-owned small bu...