For businesses of all stripes — but particularly smaller Main Street firms — margins are in focus. Inflation has had an impact on these companies, as input costs have risen. The price of everything from lumber to wholesale goods to gasoline has been volatile. PYMNTS...
Google is offering businesses a way to schedule paid appointments through its Calendar tool. The company’s Workspace team has partnered with payments company Stripe to offer this function, according to a Monday (July 10) blog post. With this change, appointment providers can connect their Stripe account to Calendar when...
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. After all, an object — or a business — in motion tends to stay in motion. But for the small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that power the U.S. economy, just getting started is becoming harder than ever...
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) haven’t been able to catch a break in recent years. But tough times make tough companies. Still, after emerging straight from the pandemic years into a record inflationary environment juxtaposed against rising interest rates and ongoing macro and geopolitical hostility,...
Main Street small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) that have struggled to keep their doors open amid pandemic-related upheaval and survived are looking to solidify their finances amidst an inflationary market environment. PYMNTS finds that 40% of SMBs remain more worried about inflation than one year...
For Main Street’s small businesses, the jury’s still out as to whether — or when — a recession will hit. A spate of recent economic reports underscores a slowdown, while costs are increasing for the firms that power the U.S. economy. S&P Global said in a...
SAP Fioneer has launched a banking solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new Fioneer SME Banking Edition enables banks and neobanks to offer digital-first banking capabilities that are tailored to the needs of SMBs, SAP Fioneer said in a Thursday (June 22) press...
Novo has added a debit card to its financial platform for small businesses. The new Novo Debit Card features transaction monitoring, fraud alerts and in-app controls designed to help small business owners keep track of their transaction activity, the company said in a Thursday (June 22) press release....
Cross River Bank and Fintainium have partnered to deliver payment services to small businesses. The collaboration will allow Fintainium to offer its business customers access to automated clearing house (ACH), push-to-card and check processing with positive pay fraud prevention enabled by Cross River Bank, the companies said in a Wednesday...
