How to Prepare an SBA Loan Package
If you’ve done any amount of research into financing options for your small business, you probably quickly learned that applying through one of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s various loan…
Randa Kriss
Randa Kriss is a small-business writer who joined NerdWallet in 2020. She previously worked as a writer at Fundera, covering a wide variety of small-business topics including banking and loan products. Her work has been featured by The Washington Post, The Associated Press and Nasdaq, among others. Randa earned a bachelor's degree in English and Spanish at Iona College. Email: [email protected].
Posts by Randa Kriss:
Plumbing Insurance: What It Is, Which Businesses Need It
Small-business insurance can help protect plumbers from claims of bodily injury and property damage, as well as other damage or accidents that occur while on the job. Employers, cities or…
Personal Trainer Insurance: What It Is, How to Get It
Business insurance can help protect personal trainers and other fitness instructors from client claims of bodily injury, property damage or professional mistakes. Here’s what you need to know about personal…
PPP Is Gone, But Government Help for Small Businesses Isn’t
The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program provided small-business owners with just under $800 billion in COVID-19 relief, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. The PPP concluded on May 31,…
Stripe vs. Shopify: Which Is Right for Your Business?
Stripe and Shopify are both popular tools for online businesses, but the products are inherently different. Stripe is a payment service provider that allows small businesses to accept and process…
Worldpay Review 2022: Pricing, Features, Alternatives
Worldpay from FIS is a merchant service provider that supplies small businesses with merchant accounts. A merchant account is a special type of bank account that’s required to accept credit…
Vend POS Review: Pricing, Features, Alternatives
Vend is one of the best point-of-sale systems for growing brick-and-mortar retail businesses with robust inventory management features, multi-store functionality and thorough reporting. It includes unlimited products and users, is…
Big Cartel vs. Shopify: Which Is Right for Your Business?
Big Cartel and Shopify are both web-based e-commerce platforms that allow you to create an online store, manage customer orders and run discounts and promotions. Although the two solutions have…
Shopify Payments Review: Pros, Cons, Alternatives
Shopify Payments is an integrated payment service that allows you to accept payments almost immediately after signing up for a Shopify subscription. With Shopify Payments, you don’t have to set…
Shopify POS Review: Pros, Cons, Alternatives
Shopify POS syncs directly with the Shopify e-commerce platform, one of the most popular e-commerce solutions on the market. Shopify POS is one of the best point-of-sale systems for multichannel…
