News - Part 19

  • Payment players PayPal and Square strike gold in financing small businesses

    San Francisco Business Times | May 15, 2015 Payment companies, including PayPal and Square, are finding it quite lucrative to leverage the data they collect on clients’ sales and related information to extend financing to small businesses. PayPal Working Capital — a unit of eBay’s (NASDAQ: EBAY) PayPal, which is in the process of splitting…

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  • Technology 2015: 5 Things that Every Small Business Needs

    Huffington Post Google “small business technology” and you’ll very quickly be overwhelmed: There are more than 807 million articles on the search engine about it. But cut through all the clutter and I believe that the lessons of 2014 mean that there are five technologies that all small businesses must embrace in the New Year:…

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  • CMUSA Salutes Our Members in Honor of Small Business Week

    Owning a small business isn’t easy. It takes courage, hard work and perseverance. That’s why during National Small Business Week – an American tradition dating back to 1963 – we take the opportunity to recognize small business owners like you who are so important in moving this country forward. You have an often challenging job…

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  • 10 Tips to Help Prevent a Data Breach

    Small businesses are increasingly at risk for data theft, also known as data breach.  According to a Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), organizations with fewer than 100 employees comprised 31% of data breach incidents investigated in 2012.  You can minimize your business’s risk of data breach by taking these essential steps: Secure sensitive…

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