SME News
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2020-04-08
Mastercard Pledges $250M In Help For Small Businesses
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 ...
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2020-04-08
Facebook pledges $15M in small business grants to Bay Area companies
Facebook Inc. plans to give $15 million in small business grants to companies in the Bay Area and is launching a digital gift card discovery platform to help restaurants and businesses across the U.S., the company announced Tuesday morning. The $1...
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2020-04-08
Germany launches smartwatch app to monitor Covid-19 spread
BERLIN: Germany’s public health authority launched a smartwatch app on Tuesday in partnership with healthtech startup Thryve to help monitor the spread of Covid-19 and analyse whether measures to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic are worki...
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2020-04-07
US Fed launches program to support small business loans
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday he was satisfied with a program announced by the Federal Reserve to help facilitate the government’s massive lending program for small businesses devastated by the coronavirus shutdowns. &ldq...
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2020-04-07
Germany expects heavy demand for small business bridging loans - ministers
BERLIN, April 6 (Reuters) - Germany expects heavy demand from small and medium companies for state-backed loans of up to 800,000 euros ($863,120.00) that the government is offering to help them survive the collapse in demand caused by the coronavirus...