Micro Business news and trends

Radius Bank, Treasury Prime Launch Banking Tool For Micro-Firms
B2B Payments // June 13, 2018

Small businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. now have a new option when opening a bank account. Digital bank Radius Bank is collaborating with Treasury Prime to develop the Tailored Checking Account geared toward entrepreneurs in need of accelerated services, the businesses announced in a press...

Mastercard: Micro Businesses Can Move Financial Inclusion’s Largest Roadblocks
B2B Payments // September 22, 2017

Promoting financial inclusion — a lofty ambition targeting two billion people around the world who currently live without the ability to securely send and receive money — is about more than taking cash away, handing those consumers an electronic payments solution and opening up bank accounts for...

ezyCollect Targets Micro Firms With Unpaid Invoice Services
B2B Payments // July 25, 2017

Small business accounting platform MYOB is helping some clients chase down unpaid invoices through a new partnership with ezyCollect. The companies revealed their collaboration Monday (July 24), announcing plans for MYOB Essentials to offer ezyCollect services to users. “Small business owners are busy and stressed...

UK Micro-Businesses Say Late Payment Enforcer Will Fail
B2B Payments // February 28, 2017

The U.K. is in the midst of a search for a late payments enforcer as the nation continues to struggle with late B2B payments to small suppliers. But new research from FreeAgent suggests companies — at least, some of the smallest ones — aren’t sure such an...

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Mastercard: Micro Businesses Can Move Financial Inclusion’s Largest Roadblocks

September 22, 2017
Promoting financial inclusion — a lofty ambition targeting two billion people around the world who currently live without the ability to securely send and receive money — is about more than taking cash away, handing those consumers an electronic payments solution and opening up bank accounts for them. Even with solutions like that in place, reliance on […]

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Visa Foundation Pledges $100 Million to Advance Digital Financial Inclusion

November 15, 2023
Visa and Visa Foundation have announced initiatives to support small and micro businesses across the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies and the world. These initiatives are aimed at promoting digital financial inclusion, stimulating job creation and increasing access to capital, with the ultimate goal of fostering economic mobility and growth, the organizations said in a Wednesday (Nov. […]