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small businesses

Small businesses are privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships that have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation.

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Small Businesses Delay Purchases and Hiring Due to High Interest Rates
Small Businesses Delay Purchases and Hiring Due to High Interest Rates
November 14, 2023  |  Economy

 High interest rates are leading smaller businesses to lower their expectations.  As the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) noted in a report Tuesday (Nov. 14), some...

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Xero Adds Bill Payments and eInvoicing to Small Business Platform 
Xero Adds Bill Payments and eInvoicing to Small Business Platform 
November 13, 2023  |  B2B Payments

Global small business platform Xero has launched two new payments features aimed at assisting U.K. small businesses in managing their cash flow more effectively.  These features, backed...

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Priority CEO Says Businesses Expect a Unified Commerce Experience
Priority CEO Says Businesses Expect a Unified Commerce Experience
November 09, 2023  |  B2B Payments

B2B payments are increasingly finding themselves in the spotlight, and for good reason.  The complex and massive space is increasingly benefitting from the trickledown consumerization of...

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This Week in AI: Regulatory Ramp Up and Industry Innovations 
This Week in AI: Regulatory Ramp Up and Industry Innovations 
November 03, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

Another week, another explosion of news generated by generative artificial intelligence (AI). Technological innovations form the core of cultural transformations that have immediate and startling...

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PublicSquare Debuts ‘Woke-Free’ eCommerce Marketplace
PublicSquare Debuts ‘Woke-Free’ eCommerce Marketplace
November 01, 2023  |  eCommerce

PublicSquare, a self-described marketplace for “patriotic businesses and consumers,” has launched an eCommerce site.  The site, which rolled out Wednesday (Nov. 1), is aimed at...

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Intuit Adds New eCommerce Management Features to QuickBooks Online
Intuit Adds New eCommerce Management Features to QuickBooks Online
November 01, 2023  |  SMBs

Intuit has added new eCommerce management features to its QuickBooks Online accounting software. These innovations aim to help small businesses manage their inventory across multiple sales...

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Wheels Up Creates SMB Private Jet Membership in Bid for Recurring Revenue
Wheels Up Creates SMB Private Jet Membership in Bid for Recurring Revenue
October 31, 2023  |  Subscriptions

As more businesses take on a monthly subscription model to offer their services, even private jets are getting the membership treatment, with Wheels Up bringing...

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Bundling Services With Payments Helps Processors Win With Small Businesses
Bundling Services With Payments Helps Processors Win With Small Businesses
October 30, 2023  |  SMBs

The world of payment processing plays a crucial role in the operations of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). That payment processor landscape, particularly for Main...

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Fiserv and Melio Partner to Help Banks Serve Small Businesses
Fiserv and Melio Partner to Help Banks Serve Small Businesses
October 23, 2023  |  Commercial Payments

Fiserv, a global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, has partnered with Melio, a B2B payments platform, to help financial institutions streamline accounts payable...

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