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Thryv Adds Reporting Capabilities to Small Business Software Platform
Friday 27th December - 1:53 pmThryv added new reporting capabilities to its small business software platform. The new Thryv Reporting Center ...Gen Z Drives Enthusiasm for Embedded Finance Usage
Thursday 26th December - 4:02 amEmbedded lending is already reshaping how consumers and smaller businesses access credit through its convenience ...Mid-Market Companies Rewrote Rules of Working Capital in 2024
Thursday 26th December - 4:01 amA defining trend of the past quarter-century has been digital innovation’s impact in moving business ...10 Ways SMBs Accessed and Used Credit in 2024
Thursday 26th December - 4:00 amSMBs can have wildly different experiences accessing credit, PYMNTS Intelligence data reveals. This disparity is ...Update: Middle-Market Execs Predict a Brighter 2025 Despite This Year’s Challenges
Monday 23rd December - 4:02 amUncertainty reshaped middle-market firms’ operations in 2024, and a consistent theme emerged this year: Firms ...UAE-Based CredibleX Raises $55 Million to Expand Embedded Finance Solutions
Friday 20th December - 7:17 pmUAE-based startup CredibleX has raised $55 million in a seed round to grow and broaden its ...The Payments Problem Small Businesses Don’t Know They Have
Friday 20th December - 4:03 amThe circle of trust and the issues around risk management explored in PYMNTS’ recent “What’s ...Small Businesses Captured Outsized Gains From 2024’s Payments Innovations
Thursday 19th December - 11:48 amPayments innovations impacted small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in 2024. For years, SMBs lagged behind larger ...12 Ways Instant Payments Delivers Value Across the Financial Ecosystem
Wednesday 18th December - 4:03 amInstant payments are rapidly becoming a preferred method for disbursements, revolutionizing how consumers, SMBs and ...Amex Sees ‘Tremendous Growth’ in Virtual Cards for B2B Payments
Wednesday 18th December - 4:01 amComplexities breed inefficiency, as business-to-business (B2B) payments throughout their history have proven. But B2B payments ...81% of SMBs Are Open to Adopting Integrated Payments
Wednesday 18th December - 4:00 amSmall to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) across the U.S. face struggles due to fragmented and inefficient ...Parafin Raises $100 Million to Grow Embedded Finance Infrastructure for Platforms
Tuesday 17th December - 6:30 pmParafin has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to grow its embedded ...Small Business Loans Decreased in 2023 as Lending Standards Tightened
Monday 16th December - 7:53 pmSmall business and small farm loans decreased in 2023 as interest rates rose and lending ...Goldman Sachs: Just 6.1% of American Companies Using AI
Sunday 15th December - 7:42 pmNew research from Goldman Sachs shows muted artificial intelligence (AI) use at American companies. Just 6.1% ...Bridging the Gap: Connecting Small Businesses to the Broader Business Ecosystem
Friday 13th December - 4:03 amNo business wants to get paid slower. No one wants to park their financial operations ...Currency Matching Innovations Unlock Competitive Advantages in Cross-Border B2B Payments
Thursday 12th December - 11:51 amIn cross-border payments, getting paid isn’t just a matter of when — it’s a matter ...Payments Choice Will Help Surging Retail Startups Thrive, Not Just Survive
Wednesday 11th December - 9:48 pmStarting a new business is an exercise in optimism. Entrepreneurs see an opportunity, often a ...Loop Launches Multicurrency Corporate Credit Card for Canadian Small Businesses
Wednesday 11th December - 11:27 amGlobal financial platform Loop launched a corporate credit card solution for Canadian small- to medium-sized ...Mynt Raises $23 Million to Expand Spend Management Solution in Europe
Wednesday 11th December - 10:34 amMynt, a spend management solution focused on Nordic small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), raised 22 ...BILL to Add 1099 Filing Solution to Financial Operations Platform
Tuesday 10th December - 3:20 pmBILL is adding a 1099 form filing solution to its financial operations platform for small- ...Lawsuit Alleges UK’s FCA Unfairly Excluded Some Businesses From Compensation
Tuesday 10th December - 10:47 amA lawsuit in the United Kingdom alleges that the country’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) unfairly ...NFIB: Small Business Optimism Sees Post-Election Rebound
Tuesday 10th December - 9:40 amSmall business owners in the United States are more optimistic following an almost three-year stretch ...30% of Small Businesses Have Filed Beneficial Ownership Information Reports
Monday 9th December - 11:21 amAs of Dec. 1, one month before the Jan. 1 deadline, about 30% of small ...Dojo and American Express Partner to Streamline Payments in UK
Friday 6th December - 5:26 pmPayments technology provider Dojo reportedly has signed a new agreement with American Express that will ...PragmaGO to Expand B2B Embedded Finance Services After Omnicredit Acquisition
Friday 6th December - 3:57 pmPolish FinTech PragmaGO has completed its acquisition of Romanian FinTech Telecredit IFN (Omnicredit), saying this move ...Can Community Banks Out-Innovate Big Banks? The Tech Says Yes
Thursday 5th December - 4:00 amIf banks can’t give their customers the financial services they want or the experiences they ...Adyen and Intuit Team to Speed Payments for UK Small Businesses
Wednesday 4th December - 4:49 pmQuickBooks maker Intuit has launched a collaboration with Dutch payments firm Adyen. The partnership is designed to help ...Lloyds and PayPoint Launch Payments Partnership for Small Businesses
Wednesday 4th December - 11:53 amBritish payments technology firm PayPoint is expanding its partnership with U.K. bank Lloyds. The collaboration, announced ...Sage Debuts AI Tools for Small Business Accounting Teams
Tuesday 3rd December - 4:59 pmAccounting/payroll technology firm Sage is rolling out its AI tool, Sage Copilot. Announced Tuesday (Dec. 3) ...Data-Driven Funding Fuels Restaurant Growth and Fills Tables
Tuesday 3rd December - 4:01 amFor restaurants, there’s a funding gap, a chasm between gaining access to the capital they ...CEO Interview: Squire Creates New ‘Operating System’ for Neighborhood Barbershops
Monday 2nd December - 4:03 amThere’s no shortage of business model innovation enabled by SaaS technology. It makes entering new ...White House Raises Cap on Small Business Loans
Sunday 1st December - 6:21 pmThe White House says it is making it easier for underserved small businesses to get ...Spendesk Launches Payment Institution to Expand Spend Management Platform Capabilities
Wednesday 27th November - 4:56 pmSpendesk launched a payment institution that enables it to offer payment solutions to its clients ...Cardless Raises $30 Million to Continue Developing Co-Branded Credit Cards
Tuesday 26th November - 10:48 amCardless has raised $30 million in a funding round to support its continued development of ...Mastercard Debuts Shopping Experiences Supporting Small Businesses
Monday 25th November - 4:03 pmMastercard will launch an immersive shopping experience in Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada, that aims ...Celero Commerce Bolsters Retail Presence With Precision Payments Purchase
Sunday 24th November - 6:06 pmTennessee-based financial services firm Celero Commerce has acquired electronic payments technology provider Precision Payments. With the ...Pandemic’s Main Street Lending Program Borrowers Still Struggle With High Interest Rates
Friday 22nd November - 5:08 pmThe Federal Reserve’s pandemic-era Main Street Lending Program reportedly had $1.23 billion in interest and ...Intuit Sees AI Driving Big Changes for Small Businesses
Thursday 21st November - 7:01 pmAll artificial intelligence (AI) systems are software, but not all software is AI. At least, not ...Intuit Adds Generative AI-Powered Financial Assistant to QuickBooks
Thursday 21st November - 3:17 pmIntuit has added a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered financial assistant to QuickBooks. The new Intuit Assist ...This Week in B2B: Simplicity, Automation and Blockchain (Yes, Blockchain)
Thursday 21st November - 2:50 pmThe contemporary B2B landscape is being reshaped by a seismic shift toward automation and simplification. Companies ...LendingTree and Coverdash Team to Insure Small Businesses
Wednesday 20th November - 3:52 pmLendingTree has teamed with Coverdash to offer insurance coverage to its small business and startup customers. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Nov. ...TreviPay Adds Automated Buyer Onboarding to Order-to-Cash Offering
Wednesday 20th November - 11:09 amTreviPay added automated buyer onboarding to its order-to-cash (O2C) offering. With the new feature, business buyers ...Fiserv and ADP Partner to Build Small Business Management Platform
Tuesday 19th November - 8:51 pmFiserv and ADP have partnered to offer U.S.-based small businesses a management system with capabilities ...Enigma and Databricks Partner to Deliver Financial Health Intelligence
Monday 18th November - 7:11 pmEnigma and Databricks are collaborating to deliver data on small- to medium-sized business (SMB) financial health ...EverCommerce Adds AI Tools for Compiling Data to Small Business Platform
Monday 18th November - 2:40 pmEverCommerce has expanded the capabilities of its platform for service-based small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) ...Making Sense of FinCEN’s Jan. 1 Business Ownership Reporting Requirements
Friday 15th November - 5:33 pmThere’s an upcoming deadline for companies in the United States. Many firms and corporations created or ...The Mantra This Week in B2B: Integrate, Automate and Secure
Thursday 14th November - 5:13 pmToday’s B2B businesses want digital solutions to deliver efficiency without compromising on security. While that may ...Unlimit and Pagaloop Form Small Business Expense Management Pact
Thursday 14th November - 5:04 pmFinTech company Unlimit has launched a collaboration with Latin American B2B payments platform Pagaloop. The partnership is designed to ...Nearly Three-Quarters of Small Businesses Using Embedded Lending Access Bigger Credit Lines
Thursday 14th November - 4:00 amSmall and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face challenges when securing credit, especially in an uncertain economy. ...Banks Target Account Opening Tech to Avoid Deposit Drift’s ‘Death by 1,000 Cuts’
Wednesday 13th November - 4:02 amThe average consumer has 5.3 bank accounts. Now that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued ...Panel: Small Businesses Want Control, Automation Gives It to Them
Wednesday 13th November - 4:00 amSmall- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have historically faced outsized challenges relative to their own footprint. From ...Paychex Debuts Working Capital Offering for SMBs
Tuesday 12th November - 2:46 pmHuman capital management software solutions provider Paychex has introduced a working capital offering. Paychex Funding Solutions, ...One-Third of SMBs Still Don’t Get a Choice in How They’re Paid
Tuesday 12th November - 12:16 pmYou pays your money, you makes your choice. That old idiom does not apply to many ...Mastercard Debuts Platform to Help Small Businesses Consolidate Digital Tools
Tuesday 12th November - 9:00 amMastercard has introduced a new platform designed to help financial and service providers offer their ...Visa Redefines Small Business as Millions of Global Creators Gain Access to Capital and Financial Tools
Tuesday 12th November - 6:00 amThe next generation of small businesses just might be the current generation of micro-businesses. They’re ...Report: Small Businesses Want Instant Vendor Payments but Worry About Integration Costs
Tuesday 12th November - 4:03 amMany small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) rely on non-recurring or ad hoc payments for a ...AI Turns Small Business Compliance From Cost Center to Strategic Advantage
Monday 11th November - 4:58 pmThe goal of innovation is to help businesses better tackle challenges that can feel daunting ...Palm Debuts Beneficial Owner Information Filing Tool
Monday 11th November - 12:03 pmBeginning next year, many American businesses will have to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act. This law, ...Toast Says Payments, Lending Are Digital Recipe for Retention
Friday 8th November - 11:35 amDigital transformation is serving up new efficiencies for the restaurant and hospitality sector. With razor-thin margins, ...Navigating the Future of B2B: Collaboration, Innovation and Risk Management
Friday 8th November - 4:03 amTeamwork makes the dream work, especially when that dream is better B2B payments. With FinTech innovators ...Small Businesses That Sell Online Outpace Brick-and-Mortar Store Sales
Friday 8th November - 4:00 amSmall- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that focus on online sales outperform those that rely on ...BILL Leads SMB Focus, Sends FinTech IPO Index Up 8.67% for Week
Thursday 7th November - 10:12 pmIt was a good week on Wall Street for FinTechs despite one high-profile stock price ...Lend, Don’t Break: How Mid-Size Banks Can Overcome Digital Lending Growing Pains
Thursday 7th November - 2:53 pmThroughout their history, mid-sized banks have served as a lifeline for local businesses across America. These ...Visa Invests in Four African FinTech Startups From Accelerator Program
Wednesday 6th November - 12:26 pmVisa is injecting fresh funding into four startups that graduated from the first batch of ...Earnings Spotlight FinTech Platforms’ Progress in Speeding Banking’s Digital Shift
Tuesday 5th November - 3:27 pmDigital transformation holds promise for banks, but it could also give them pause. The traditional route, ...How Small Businesses Are Leveraging Tech to Stand Out in eCommerce Crowd
Monday 4th November - 3:12 pmWith the holiday season fast approaching, small businesses are leaning into tech from targeted social ...Need for Speed: How Instant Ad Hoc Payments Future-Proof Enterprise Relationships
Monday 4th November - 10:57 amFrom vendor pay to gig workers, enterprises are merging into the fast lane for payments. And ...The Two Things That CFOs and Treasurers Want From Working Capital Solutions
Monday 4th November - 4:00 amThe economy is unpredictable, and companies are clamoring for on-demand working capital solutions that can ...Visa and Mastercard Earnings Shine Spotlight on B2B Innovations
Friday 1st November - 3:04 pmFor the payment networks, the continued shift beyond consumer cards has trillions of dollars’ worth ...Melio to Grow AP/AR Platform With $150 Million Fundraise
Friday 1st November - 12:16 pmMelio raised $150 million in a Series E funding round to fuel the growth of ...This Week in B2B: Smokestack Upgrades, CFO Intelligence, SMB Innovation
Thursday 31st October - 4:43 pmThe B2B innovation landscape has never been more exciting than right now. Ongoing technological advances are ...Fiserv and Clover Serve Up New Tools for Small Businesses
Thursday 31st October - 1:51 pmFiserv has introduced a new suite of tools for small businesses. The offering, rolled out via the ...Square Card Enters UK Amid Small Businesses Cash Flow Worries
Thursday 31st October - 10:59 amSquare is expanding its card offering into the U.K. for merchants seeking quicker funding access. An executive ...Fifth Third Bank and CRF Launch Fund for Small Businesses
Wednesday 30th October - 9:43 pmOhio-based Fifth Third Bank and Community Reinvestment Fund, USA (CRF) have partnered to expand the ...Centime and Fyle Team to Bolster Small Business Spend Management
Wednesday 30th October - 4:28 pmSmall-business-focused cash management solutions provider Centime has teamed with expense management firm Fyle. The collaboration expands ...
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