Blue Nile

PYMNTS.com: | April 08, 2020

Recognizing that Main Street is being hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Mastercard committed $250 million over the next five years to support small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a press release. The announcement came during the virtual America CARES Small Business Relief event hosted at the White House on Tuesday afternoon (April 7). The New York-based credit issuer pledged to help defend businesses and their employees through free cyber vulnerability assessments and ident...

Small Business Advice

Apryse | March 30, 2023

Apryse, the global leader in B2B document processing technology, has announced the launch of Xodo, its new, comprehensive consumer and small business offering, powered by the Apryse SDK and further solidifying the company's position as the leading provider of document processing technology for both developers and consumers. With this new platform, Apryse combines versatile document capabilities, enabling organizations of all sizes to streamline their digital document workflo...

Impact

H&R Block | February 24, 2022

H&R Block announces its third consecutive year of partnership with Nextdoor to find and execute 10 community improvement projects through Block's Make Every Block Better community impact platform. Now through March 31, people can nominate their neighborhood for a project that helps improve the places and spaces where neighborhoods convene. The call for community improvement projects supports neighborhoods and involves small businesses, ultimately positively impacting milli...

Business Strategy

Funding Circle | August 17, 2021

Funding Circle, the small business loans platform and Congressional Bank, a bank headquartered in Maryland, have today announced an extension of their existing lending partnership to provide more capital to small businesses across the US. The second phase of the partnership will significantly expand Congressional’s purchase of loans through the Funding Circle platform. By utilizing Funding Circle’s technology and powerful risk models Congressional benefits from a highl...