Small business

It usually costs small businesses a lot of time and money to calculate their own value. TD Bank is offering them a free digital tool that performs the task quickly.

Businesses are accustomed to on-demand processes and easy digital transactions in the consumer app economy, and now expect the same experience in their business supply chains, according to Jamshed Khan, tech chief at LeaseQ.

The two companies have worked together for 22 years, with the pending card designed to streamline experience to keep more B2B commerce in-house.

In a new initiative announced Friday, Bank of America said that it will work with several nonprofits to source a pipeline of local talent in its markets.

California lawmakers have voted to authorize the establishment of state-chartered banks for the limited purpose of serving the marijuana industry.

Watermark Bank would focus on business banking and entrepreneurs, with technology and concierge services designed to target those customers.

Fresh off landing JPMorgan Chase as a client, the digital payments firm is counting on tech veterans Yael Zheng and Vinay Pai to help accelerate its growth through additional partnerships with banks and accounting firms.

The Boston bank said Monday it received a "satisfactory" Community Reinvestment Act rating after being downgraded on its last exam.

During an appearance on the CBS "Evening News" Wednesday, CEO Jamie Dimon unveiled new details about the first leg of the New York company's recently announced, multicity branch expansion.

Banks may need to do more to help small businesses after a hurricane, flood or other calamity as those firms tend to favor nonbank lenders after an emergency for a number of reasons, according to research by four regional Federal Reserve banks.

New Resource Bank and P2Bi are splitting the risk and revenue associated with asset-based loans.

The acting director wants to gut the agency, which would harm both consumers and entrepreneurs.

The bank on Monday launched a loyalty and rewards program aimed at small businesses.

Localized industries that provide local services are a great fit for the blockchain model, argues F. Mark Kosierowski, finance and insurance adviser at the Dentacoin Foundation.

Fundbox is testing a payments and credit network for small businesses and their business clients that may offer an alternative to traditional lenders, credit card issuers and supplier financing.

An unprecedented, industrywide survey of sexual harassment in the professional workplace reveals industries with the highest prevalence of unwanted sexual behavior, the differences between large and small companies, and blind spots that may be preventing corrections. Fortunately, the data also lights a path forward.

The founders of Seed are hoping to bring to small-business banking what their previous company, Simple, brought to personal financial management: much-easier-to-use technology.

Seacoast Commerce is San Diego is already one of the biggest Small Business Administration lenders — half the loans on its books are tied to SBA programs. But will its underwriting hold up outside its traditional markets?

Attorney General Jeff Sessions did not keep the rest of Washington apprised of his plan to rescind an Obama-era memo on pot. Now Fincen and other federal banking agencies are dealing with the backlash from that decision.

Endeavor Bank, which raised nearly $27 million, will become the second new bank to open in California in the past year when it debuts next week.