Most companies are now getting used to having some or most of their staffs work from home in a bid to keep everyone as safe as possible; most of the fintech community has already been working from home for quite some time, the bigger question is there a safety net for companies who are risking it all; most fintech companies are operating on a short runway, 6 to 9 months of capital, as most Americans operate on small amount of savings; not having a plan to potentially help many of these vital businesses will only exacerbate the larger economic problem; as Lawrence Wintermeyer writes in Forbes, “Fintechs, innovators, entrepreneurs, early stage startups, the gig economy, and mom and pop shops are the lifeblood of the today and tomorrow’s economy.” Forbes
