Small Businesses

Small Business Optimism Slips 2 Points
Growth Companies

Small Business Optimism Slips 2 Points

SMB owners reported lower profits in the last quarter and expect real sales volumes to fall in the first half of 2023, found the NFIB's survey.
By Vincent Ryan | January 11, 2023
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Value Drivers: A Q&A With Reed Phillips and Charles Slack
Q&A

Value Drivers: A Q&A With Reed Phillips and Charles Slack

"CFOs are the people that should be the custodians of value in a company."
By Andy Burt | October 27, 2022
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Facebook Unveils $100M Trade Finance Program
Corporate Finance

Facebook Unveils $100M Trade Finance Program

The social media giant will buy invoices from small businesses owned by women and minorities, sparing them the usual wait to be paid by customers.
By Matthew Heller | September 14, 2021
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Six Ways CFOs Can Help Small Businesses Recover
Strategy

Six Ways CFOs Can Help Small Businesses Recover

Accurate reporting, proactive cash flow management, and contingency planning all play a role.
By Steve McNally | June 3, 2021
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Feds Net 57 People in Probe of PPP Loan Scams
Risk & Compliance

Feds Net 57 People in Probe of PPP Loan Scams

The defendants allegedly tried to steal a total of $175 million from the program, which some had feared would be a magnet for fraud.
By Matthew Heller | September 11, 2020
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AmEx Buys Kabbage in SMB Solutions Move
M&A

AmEx Buys Kabbage in SMB Solutions Move

The deal "accelerates our plans to offer U.S. small businesses an easy and efficient way to manage their payments and cash flow digitally in one place."
By Matthew Heller | August 18, 2020
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Top CEOs Urge Congress to Save Small Firms
The Economy

Top CEOs Urge Congress to Save Small Firms

More than 100 executives said small businesses need "much more significant and sustained support" than the PPP to weather the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Matthew Heller | August 4, 2020
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Intuit Warns of Revenue Hit From Virus Crisis
Financial Performance

Intuit Warns of Revenue Hit From Virus Crisis

The software firm cited the negative impact of COVID-19 on small business customers and the extension of the tax filing deadline to July 15.
By Matthew Heller | May 8, 2020
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Over 1.6M Small Firms Get Corona Crisis Loans
Credit & Capital

Over 1.6M Small Firms Get Corona Crisis Loans

The Paycheck Protection Program has "enjoyed broad-based participation from lenders of all sizes and a wide array of industries and businesses."
By Matthew Heller | April 20, 2020
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Fed Offers More Support for Loans, Corporate Debt
Risk & Compliance

Fed Offers More Support for Loans, Corporate Debt

The Fed's latest moves in response to the coronavirus crisis take it "well beyond the lender-of-last-resort functions it played" during the Great Recession.
By Matthew Heller | April 9, 2020
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Moody’s Sees Potential Recovery in 2nd Half of 2020
The Economy

Moody’s Sees Potential Recovery in 2nd Half of 2020

But downside risks to growth remain high as the spread of the coronavirus and duration of lockdowns remain “highly uncertain."
By Matthew Heller | April 6, 2020
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Virus Relief Bill Targets $350B for Small Businesses
Risk & Compliance

Virus Relief Bill Targets $350B for Small Businesses

“We are cautiously optimistic that this will provide the cash flow that small businesses needed yesterday."
By Matthew Heller | March 26, 2020
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Senate GOP Unveils $1T Virus Stimulus Package
Risk & Compliance

Senate GOP Unveils $1T Virus Stimulus Package

The proposal includes direct cash payments to Americans but Democrats say it unduly favors corporations.
By Matthew Heller | March 20, 2020
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Fed Unveils Plan to Shore up Commercial Paper
Credit & Capital

Fed Unveils Plan to Shore up Commercial Paper

The Fed will offer a liquidity backstop to ease funding pressures on large corporations amid the coronavirus outbreak.
By Matthew Heller | March 17, 2020
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Small Companies Carry Greatest Cyber-Risk
Technology

Small Companies Carry Greatest Cyber-Risk

More than half of top executives at small businesses don't believe their company is a target for cyber-criminals. They're wrong.
By David McCann | August 28, 2018
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