Archive for December 2020
How Finch turns everyday digital banking into a growth investment
Rather than opening a checking account with a major bank, users can open one with Finch, receive a debit card, then go about spending like normal. But unlike traditional banking apps, the Finch app takes digital banking one step further by investing money sitting in the account. Read More
Read MoreCorinthian Events: ‘We’re only thinking one season ahead’
"We are definitely tempering our expectations. We are typically pessimistic in our forecast, while optimistic in thought, if that makes sense." Read More
Read MoreEXCLUSIVE: Meet the startups in MassChallenge’s HealthTech and FinTech programs
MassChallenge, the 11-year-old nonprofit, no-equity accelerator, has welcomed 30 startups into its 2021 FinTech program and another 30 into its 2021 HealthTech program. Read More
Read MoreCaffe Paradiso: ‘You need to love what you’re doing’
"I will remember 2020 as I had a dream, a bad dream. It was a nightmare for the whole world." Read More
Read MoreTreading onward: Here are local small business leaders in their own words
Our final installment of Small Business: Big Mission, a collection of stories about a select group of small businesses, features the business leaders in their own words on how they are coping with the economic fallout of 2020. Read More
Read MoreT.J. Maxx inks deal for 205,000-square-foot warehouse in Maryland
The lease is the latest signing for the warehouse development, which is 92% leased. Read More
Read MoreTwo accounting firms to combine, creating one of largest in Mass.
Blum Shapiro & Co. PC’s 500-plus employees plan to join CliftonLarsonAllen LLP on Jan. 1, the firms said Thursday. Read More
Read MoreA significant number of eligible health care workers may decline vaccine
As slots opened up for health care workers to receive the vaccine starting Wednesday, employees logged on to websites and phoned into call centers to book an appointment. But hospitals say up to a fourth of the workforce remains hesitant despite the early access. Read More
Read MoreCollege disclosures highlight worsening debt burdens for families, trigger calls for reform
Families wrestling with the rising costs of higher education, take notice: New disclosures from the U.S. Department of Education show just how badly households — and not just students — are being burdened with college debt. Read More
Read MoreAmetros fills ‘a glaring need’ in the field of personal injury
Originally founded as a compliance company when it comes to personal-injury settlements, Wilmington-based Ametros decided a few years ago that it could provide much more to those injured on the job. Read More
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