Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) experience several problems when making payments to suppliers. The most common pain points are manual invoice review, the high cost of using credit, and the high cost of making payments. Those problems are cited by 45%, 43% and 41% of SMBs,...
Mastercard and Enterprise Nation have teamed up to launch an app designed to help micro and small enterprises (MSEs) get tools and other support from their phones. The Enterprise Nation: Make a Plan app, has been developed as part of the Strive UK program, which...
Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Inclusion and the Morgan Stanley Supplier Diversity Program have set up the inaugural class of the bank’s Small Business Academy, a press release said, which will promote equity and diverse leaders of small business. The initiative will help small businesses improve...
Payment platform dLocal has launched dLocal Go, an online platform for entrepreneurs, startups and small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to process payments and access other financial services in emerging markets, according to a company press release Thursday (May 5). dLocal Go is a self-service platform...
When it comes to investment plans in mobile order-ahead features, touchless payments at the brick-and-mortar point of sale (POS) and in-store kiosk pickup options for eCommerce purchases, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are top of the list. Their shopping...
The Neat Company, which develops bookkeeping automation and document management tools for small businesses, has upgraded it financial management platform, a Neat press release said. The press release said the new capabilities include more mobile features, simplifying the creation and management of invoices, giving a...
Digital platforms play a key role in the increasingly connected global economy, enabling businesses across all sectors to reach more potential customers both at home and abroad. For small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) which generate a greater portion of their sales on digital platforms than...
Pandemic recovery is real and making its way quantifiably across America’s cities and regions. According to The Main Street Index: How America’s Small To Mid-Sized Businesses Are Rebuilding For A Post-Pandemic Economy, powered by Melio, our quarterly measure of business health on Main Street USA...
Financial health of Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has improved for four consecutive quarters, according to the latest edition of “The Main Street Index,” a PYMNTS and Melio collaboration based on a survey of 532 owners of Main Street SMBs. Get the report:...
