Category: Small Business

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Robinhood Introduces National Freelancer Day and Contest

The well-known (albeit controversial) investment app Robinhood has introduced a new holiday. Last week, the FinTech announced National Freelancer Day. Although the United Kingdom has established a similar celebration for June 16th, Robinhood has designated March 10th for the United States's honoring of freelance workers. Although the first annual holiday itself has now passed, a contest accompanying the celebration is still accepting applications. This contest will see 500 freelancers being...

Nextdoor Introduces New Tools for Small Businesses

Small business owners looking to promote themselves on Nexdoor and reach more of their neighbors now have more ways to do so. This week, the popular app announced a new post composer, giving businesses more post format options. These new formats include Events, Polls, and Video. First, businesses can now create and share events on the Nextdoor platform. In addition to showing up in newsfeeds for users who "Fave" a...

Amex Launches Third Annual Historic Restaurant Grant Program

For the third consecutive year, American Express is partnering with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to help small business owners. The "Backing Historic Small Restaurants" initiative will once again see the credit card company funding a total of $1 million in grants to 25 businesses, with each selected location being awarded $40,000. Additionally, the restaurants selected will be offered one complimentary year of ResyOS to help them streamline costs and...

A Look at Intuit's "Small Business Big Impact Day"

By all accounts, Intuit is not a small business. However, with platforms such as TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks, and Mailchimp all under the Intuit umbrella, there's a good chance that consumers and entrepreneurs alike are at least familiar with the company's offerings. Now, to kick off Intuit's 40th anniversary, the firm recently found a way to support worthy small businesses and non-profit organizations at the same time. On February 15th,...

Visa Introduces New Offers for Small Business Customers

For entrepreneurs, small business credit cards may have a lot to offer. What's more, beyond the specific rewards that a single card may feature, some business cards may have hidden benefits as well. Case in point: Visa has announced some new offers available to eligible small business Visa customers. First, two new promotions have been added to Visa SavingsEdge. Now, eligible Visa Small Business customers can get 50% off Yahoo's...

FedEx Announces Launch of 2023 Small Business Grant Contest

Attention small business owners: FedEx has announced the launch of its 11th annual Small Business Grant Content. This year's promotion will officially kick off on January 31st, with the entry period lasting until February 21st. As part of the contest, more than $330,000 will be granted to small business, including $30,000 going to 10 grand prize-winning businesses. After the entry deadline has closed, 100 finalists will be selected and revealed...

U.S. Bank to Launch Business Altitude Connect Credit Card

U.S. Bank is set to expand its small business credit card line-up. Recently, the bank announced the impending launch of the new Business Altitude Connect card. Applications for the new product are expected to open next month. In terms of rewards, Business Altitude Connect cardholders can earn 5x points on hotel and car rentals booked directly in the Rewards Center. Meanwhile, other travel purchases, such as airfare and hotel bookings, will...

Barclays Announces Third "Small Business Big Wins" Contest

Small businesses looking to add some bonus funds to their coffers may be interested in a newly-opened contest. Today, Barclays announced the launch of its third annual "Small Business Big Win" promotion. This time around, the company will once again be doling out a total of $255,000 in prize money to dozens of winning businesses. One grand prize winner will be awarded $60,000 followed by $40,000 for second place and $20,000...