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DesignRush | July 11, 2022

46% of all Google searches have local intent. That’s an impressive 37,000 local searches per second. It matters because 76% of consumers that perform a local search on their phones visit a store that day, as shared by Backlinko. While Google’s traditional ranking factors apply to local SEO, there are various other strategies that businesses, especially small ones, can leverage to increase exposure in local listings. DesignRush, a B2B marketplace connecting businesses w...

Mnuchin | April 29, 2020

The United States will audit government-backed loans intended to relieve small businesses hit by the coronavirus to ensure they weren't taken out by large companies, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday, April 28. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was part of a $2.2-trillion stimulus package passed by Congress late in March to blunt the pandemic's impact on the economy, and is supposed to lend money to businesses with fewer than 500 employees. But the initi...

Finance

Century California Fund | October 28, 2022

The Century California Fund (CCF), an entity controlled by Century Housing (Century) announced today an infusion of capital into a partnership with PCR Business Finance (PCR), which will support PCR's 45-year history of small business and micro lending to underserved communities. Lack of access to capital is a well-documented challenge facing minority borrowers. CCF's new small and micro lending partnership program with PCR will help fill an essential gap in the market. At the core of Ce...

Business Strategy

Businesswire | April 20, 2023

Payoneer , the financial technology company empowering the world’s small and medium-sized businesses to transact, do business and grow globally, today announced its collaboration with Zoho, a leading global technology company which provides a range of software solutions to businesses. The collaboration will enable Payoneer to provide innovative payment solutions to businesses using Zoho Books, the cloud accounting platform, with plans to expand to other parts of the Zoho product offe...