Small Business

Rob Frohwein, CEO of Kabbage Adam Jeffery | CNBC In late March, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing mom-and-pop shops across the country to shut down indefinitely, small business lender Kabbage furloughed a “significant number” of employees and paused its lending operation, anticipating the contraction in its customer base. But CEO Rob Frohwein, who co-founded the

U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin announces new sanctions on Iran in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, January 10, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday he will talk with the Senate and others on a “bipartisan basis” about striking a balance between protecting the privacy of

Founders: Rob Frohwein (CEO), Kathryn Petralia, Marc GorlinLaunched: 2009Headquarters: AtlantaFunding: $489 millionValuation: $1.1 billion (PitchBook)Key technologies: Artificial intelligence, machine learningIndustry: Credit, financial services, lendingPrevious appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 2 (No. 14 in 2019) George Kavallines Among the biggest headaches any small business faces is cash flow. Kabbage, headquartered in Atlanta, is a data and technology company providing small businesses with

As retail sales pick up again, National Retail Federation CEO Matthew Shay said he wants to make sure small and mid-sized stores and restaurants can make a comeback, too. “They get hit harder and they get hit first and so we need to bring them back quickly,” he said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” Retail sales

Jamie Dimon, CEO, JP Morgan Chase, speaking at the Business Roundtable CEO Innovation Summit, December 6, 2018. Janhvi Bhojwani | CNBC House Democrats on Monday wrote to the chief executives of some of the country’s largest banks demanding they disclose documents pertaining to their handling of the federal government’s small business bailout loan program.  In