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Washington, D.C., August 29th, 2019 – Kabbage has joined the SME Finance Forum, a global membership network that brings together financial institutions, technology companies, and development finance institutions to share knowledge, spur innovation, and promote the growth of SMEs. “200 million businesses worldwide need financing to invest, grow and create new jobs.
In a new report, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) shows how important small businesses are as job creators in 10 of America’s largest cities and their under-resourced inner cities.
With the purchase of the Denmark-based payments platform, Mastercard is picking up an electronic billing platform that offers clearing and instant payment services, according to a statement on August 6. Mastercard also confirmed that the purchase will take a bite out of its profits for up to two years after the deal closes, which is expected to happen sometime in the first half of 2020.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd will allow small U.S. businesses to sell on Alibaba.com, the company said on Tuesday, as it seeks to tap into the business-to-business e-commerce market and fend off rivals like Amazon.com Inc.
Join 1500+ senior financial and banking executives, venture capitalists, press, industry analysts, bloggers, regulators and entrepreneurs from around the world. See fintech innovators from around the world through unique, short-form demos. Hear expert speakers on banking, payments, digital finance, customer experience, regetch and open banking. Connect with key influencers driving the future of financial and banking technology.
LendIt Fintech USA 2019 returns to San Francisco as we host the World’s Leading Event in Financial Services Innovation at the Moscone Center. The year’s event brings together 5,000 decision makers from major fintech, blockchain, digital banking and lending companies for two action-packed days of networking, learning and doing business.
SME Finance Forum members will recieve a 15 percent discount on registration. Contact us for the discount code.
This year’s Finance Disrupted event will take place in the shadow of the global financial crisis’ ten-year anniversary. Taking into account the past decade, the event will look ahead to the next ten years, answering questions such as:
InsureTech Connect is the world’s largest insurtech event — offering unparalleled access to the largest and most comprehensive gathering of tech entrepreneurs, investors and insurance industry incumbents from across the globe.
Members of the SME Finance Forum get a special $200 off the website price through end of August, $300 off the website price until September 7. Please get in touch with us or visit the members app to get your discounted code.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is now accepting applications for national bank charters from fintech companies active in the “business of banking.” The company must engage in the following:
FinovateFall is returning to NYC! Join us for three days of wall-to-wall fintech activity, featuring Finovate’s signature combination of fast-paced demos and insightful expertise.
