Articles by Melissa Wylie
What Is a Factor Rate and How Do You Calculate It?
November 18, 2022
Factor rates are used to calculate the cost of certain business financing products, such as merchant cash advances. Factor rates are written as decimal figures... read more
Where Small Business Owners Say COVID-19 Hasn’t Hurt Business
June 30, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic pushed 45.7 million Americans to file for unemployment benefits at some point during the crisis, but some U.S. companies have not seen... read more
Demographics of Business Owners in Hardest-Hit Industries During Coronavirus Pandemic
June 17, 2020
Young entrepreneurs are disproportionately suffering in the U.S. industries hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic. LendingTree researchers found that 45% of businesses with owners younger... read more
States With the Most Essential Businesses
June 1, 2020
A swath of the U.S. from the south Atlantic into the heartland has the greatest number of businesses deemed essential during a stay-at-home order. Nonessential... read more