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SMBs

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

Centime and Fyle Team to Bolster Small Business Spend Management
Centime and Fyle Team to Bolster Small Business Spend Management
October 30, 2024  |  Partnerships

Small-business-focused cash management solutions provider Centime has teamed with expense management firm Fyle. The collaboration expands Centime’s platform to give finance teams fuller control over...

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Chase Expands Availability of Business Intelligence Platform
Chase Expands Availability of Business Intelligence Platform
October 30, 2024  |  SMBs

Chase for Business expanded the availability of a business intelligence platform to all Chase business checking accounts at no additional cost. The Customer Insights platform...

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Airwallex Reportedly Targets $6 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
Airwallex Reportedly Targets $6 Billion Valuation in New Funding Round
October 30, 2024  |  Investments

Payments platform Airwallex is reportedly in discussions to raise $200 million. The Singapore-based company aims to close the funding round at the end of the...

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UK’s CybaVerse Raises $1.4 Million to Expand Cybersecurity Team
UK’s CybaVerse Raises $1.4 Million to Expand Cybersecurity Team
October 29, 2024  |  Investments

U.K. cybersecurity firm CybaVerse is expanding its team after raising $1.4 million. The company announced the fundraise on its website Monday (Oct. 28), saying it...

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How B2B Firms Can Capitalize on the $7 Billion Embedded Finance Opportunity
How B2B Firms Can Capitalize on the $7 Billion Embedded Finance Opportunity
October 29, 2024  |  B2B Payments

There’s a multitrillion-dollar opportunity that’s rewriting the B2B playbook, and it starts with two words: embedded finance. The consumer payments buzzword is steadily making headway...

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New Data: Instant Payments for Enterprise: Ad Hoc Transactions Go Real-Time
New Data: Instant Payments for Enterprise: Ad Hoc Transactions Go Real-Time
October 29, 2024  |  Money Mobility

Enterprises regularly make ad hoc payments to consumers and small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). In the last year, the share of accounts payable (AP) comprised...

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Markaaz CEO: Two-Sided Platform Plugs the ‘Data Gap’ on Small Businesses
Markaaz CEO: Two-Sided Platform Plugs the ‘Data Gap’ on Small Businesses
October 29, 2024  |  SMBs

There’s a data gap that exists for small businesses — a lack of information about them that makes banks shy away from extending credit or...

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Pipe CEO Says Business Card Product Shifts Small Business Capital From Banks to Software Platforms
Pipe CEO Says Business Card Product Shifts Small Business Capital From Banks to Software Platforms
October 28, 2024  |  Digital Banking

Banks used to be the only game in town for small businesses looking to set up an account, get credit and hear advice about managing...

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Tiny AI Models Could Give Retailers Big Cost Edge
Tiny AI Models Could Give Retailers Big Cost Edge
October 27, 2024  |  Artificial Intelligence

Companies from corner stores to retail giants are discovering that pocket-sized artificial intelligence (AI) can ring up big savings, as nimble new language models match...

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