The Seattle Grind

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Coalition | November 09, 2021

Coalition, the world's largest commercial insurtech provider, today announced new executive risks insurance products to protect the leaders of small and midsize businesses. Backed by the financial strength and stability of Zurich North America, Coalition is now offering Directors & Officers (D&O) and Employment Practices Liability (EPL), furthering its breadth of offerings to protect businesses against modern risks. Coalition's broker platform integrates real-time ...

PYMNTS.com | January 27, 2020

In the wake of the financial crisis, banks’ pullback from small- to medium-sized business (SMB) lending yielded a flood of technology-driven players stepping in to fill the SMB credit gap. Entrepreneurs today have more choices than ever before as to how and where they access financing, but in many ways, that journey to capital hasn’t gotten any easier. According to Nav’s newly-appointed CEO Greg Ott, the current market sees an estimated $4 trillion in SMB debt origination each ...

TECHNOLOGY

CyberCatch | March 30, 2022

CIO Strategy Council and CIO Strategy Council Member, CyberCatch, today jointly announced the launch of CAN/CIOSC 104 Compliance Manager, a comprehensive, cost-effective cybersecurity Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution for SMOs. CAN/CIOSC 104 is Canada's National Standard for Baseline Cyber Security Controls for SMOs. The Standard was published by the CIO Strategy Council with support from Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to help SMOs in Canada improve their cyber posture....

FINANCE

Finastra | April 13, 2022

Finastra today announced a Banking as a Service (BaaS) collaboration with Microsoft to bring new lending options to thousands of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) – a sector severely underserved when it comes to accessing finance. SMEs using Microsoft Dynamics 365 will be able to access and unlock vital financing offers without leaving their business management platform. This move will enable SME owners to access relevant and valuable business financing in a seamless...