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SMALL BUSINESS TRENDS

Oyster | March 25, 2021

Oyster Financial, a neobank and valued financial partner for Mexican SMBs, announced today a first-time offering for the majority of Mexican SMB owners: access to affordable, instant credit and revolving credit lines. Unlike other major banks and financial institutions in Mexico, which do not cater to SMBs, Oyster is solely focused on assisting its clients in making or receiving payments more effectively and optimizing their activities through business-enablement tools. Starting t...

Lowe’s | June 12, 2020

Lowe’s Companies, Inc. opened its inaugural phase of grant applications to offer relief to minority-owned businesses as part of its $25 million commitment announced in the past. The effort comes at a time when small companies work to stay in business and pay their workers amid the economic damage that the coronavirus caused, according to an announcement. Lowe’s said its contribution will back emergency grants in areas that have been traditionally underserved in addition to other form...

BUSINESS STRATEGY

GreenBox | August 03, 2021

Greenbox Capital, a FinTech in the alternative industry providing small businesses access to working capital, has announced the acquisition of Level Up Funding. The acquisition will help enhance Greenbox Capital’s existing leadership team and allow it to accelerate its long-term growth opportunity by rolling out a line of credit product, launching in additional international markets, and key enhancements of its proprietary software “The Box” to further differenti...

Dream Exchange | July 18, 2020

Dream Exchange and Cadiz Capital Holding LLC have partnered to create the first-ever minority-owned stock exchange in the history of America. The Dream Exchange will become a new stock exchange that will focus on small business capital formation and diversity using the power of the American investing public. This new stock exchange will allow investors to empower innovators and emerging businesses in a way that has never been done before. Cadiz Capital Holding LLC, a minority-owned private equit...