Despite years of new policies and plans to increase diversity at banks and financial firms, the lack of ethnic minorities, women and other underrepresented groups on boards and in management positions remains a major issue for the industry. The finance industry is, in fact, one of the least diverse in the country. A recent report…
QUESTION: I want to start a business of my own. I have heard it is quite difficult to obtain bank financing for a start-up operation. What advice can you offer? ANSWER: To begin, certain types of businesses will meet resistance from lenders, due to their failure rate. Restaurants and specialty stores, such as book shops,…
Small business owners wear many hats, often serving as an accountant, marketer and service provider, all rolled into one. Fortunately, they don’t have to look much further than their smartphones for effective tools to manage these tasks. “If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that we need to be able to work anywhere,” says Shanna Tingom,…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. & NASHVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mar 24, 2022– Oxford Finance LLC (“Oxford”), a leading specialty finance firm focused on healthcare services and life sciences companies worldwide, today announced the closing of a $660 million senior credit facility to Specialty Dental Brands (“SDB” or “the Company”), a dental services organization focused on pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, and…
Business & Finance will release the annual CEO 100 Index 2022, recognising the top chief executives leading companies in Ireland at a webinar on Tuesday 15th April. Themed, ‘Leading the Way: New Era, No Limits’, the webinar will explore how business leaders adapted to expanded leadership standards during the pandemic. Titled “Leading the Way: New…
Co-Founder / Partner at Lendzi. getty Financing is the lifeblood of any business. But almost as important as having access to capital is the ability to get financing at low interest rates. With inflation jumping 7.5% over the past year, the Fed is likely to get even more aggressive in terms of raising interest rates…
Our Small Business Finance Markets 2021/22 report provides a timely and comprehensive review of finance markets for smaller businesses. This year the report focuses on the role of finance in sustainable growth in addition to the detailed analysis of market developments and individual finance markets that we provide each year.There are five key findings in the 2021/22…
SHERIDAN — “At the end of the day it is not about what you accomplished, it is about who you have lifted up, who you have made better. It is about what you have given back,” Denzel Washington once said. This is Libby Gardner’s mantra, what she lives by. Gardner, a senior at Sheridan High…
By Jack Perkins, founder at CFO Hub, which provides on-demand CFO, controller, accounting and HR services. getty Digitalism and evolving consumer behavior have dramatically changed the finance department’s contribution toward business growth and transformation. Once primarily viewed as the company coffers’ stewards, their role’s scope and complexity have broadened. While bookkeeping and cash flow management…
Text size Young business students are growing more concerned with upholding their values and ethics while navigating their careers. Dreamstime About the author: JC de Swaan is the author of Seeking Virtue in Finance: Contributing to Society in a Conflicted Industry (Cambridge University Press). He is a lecturer in the economics department at Princeton University, where he…