VersaPay

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...

Connect FM | May 25, 2020

The last two months have been some of the most difficult of Rahama Wright’s career. For 15 years, Wright has run Shea Yeleen, a beauty brand located in Washington, D.C. Birthed out of a passion to empower women in sub-Saharan Africa, her staff of five helps distribute shea butter products. In turn, they provide jobs for 800 women in Ghana. Since the pandemic started, she’s had to make drastic changes. “Now I’m trying figure out how to continue to run the businesses with a...

Finance

TreviPay | February 24, 2022

TreviPay announced its acquisition of BATON Financial Services, Inc. TreviPay is a global financial technology company. BATON is a technology company that has built a unique, innovative B2B invoice payments network. Baton's payments network enables the smooth delivery of structured financial services in conjunction with banking institutions to address the trade credit demands of small companies. This successful purchase is part of TreviPay's continued worldwide expansion strategy to impr...

Management

Prospera USA | February 14, 2023

On February 13, 2023, Prospera, a non-profit economic development organization, announced receiving its first grant from a non-profit organization, The Rockefeller Foundation, to offer procurement-focused training and technical help to small, Hispanic-owned businesses in the Miami and Atlanta metro areas. Grant-funded educational programs will focus on a variety of procurement-related matters, including bidding processes and resources, minority certifications, and access to capi...