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Reuters | April 10, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the funding measure to help small business should be approved by Congress with no additions, as a partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed $250 billion in new assistance. Republicans sought quick Senate passage of a small-business measure sought by Trump’s administration on Thursday but ran into opposition from Democrats who wanted to add provisions such as funds for hospitals, local governments and food assistan...

FINTECH

Jeeves | November 29, 2021

Mexico is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, yet its local businesses still struggle to access credit without exorbitant fees and tedious paperwork. Mastercard, the world's leading payments company, and Jeeves, the preferred financial partner for Mexican businesses, have partnered together to solve this issue by launching the first physical card that allows companies to pay in any local currency from all countries Mastercard currently operates. Th...

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

American Express | June 01, 2021

Survey indicates that U.S. spending is on the rise across nine key business-to-business (B2B) categories. U.S. survey respondents cited that raw or processed materials, such as lumber, metals, and chemicals, are outpacing all other B2B spending categories. Automation is anticipated to be the fastest-growing area in technology spending, with nearly ...

Business Wire | September 17, 2020

Canadian RegTech solution providers, PortfolioAid and VigilantCS, have formed a strategic partnership to help Canada’s wealth management industry tackle client-focused reforms (CFRs) with award-winning technology. Under CFR, firms must comply with new conflict of interest provisions by June 30, 2021, and new KYP/KYC suitability obligations by Dec. 31, 2021. Both firms automate and digitize core CFR controls to support wealth management firms, decreasing cost of compliance and improving evi...