At the smallest end of the small business continuum are microbusinesses — from food trucks to lone photographers — typically sole proprietorships pulling in $250,000 to $1 million per year in revenues. That may not sound like much to the world of impressive deals and...
We live in an era when it is possible for a small business with a great product to go global almost overnight, thanks to the power of the internet and mobile commerce. Yet, the opportunities for growth have not resolved the age-old problem of tight...
Mastercard and global non-profit Accion have announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to transform millions of underserved micro and small businesses around the world. Micro-merchants, such as grocers and “mom and pop” stores, operate largely in cash rather than through safe, secure and swift, digitally enabled transactions....
Mastercard has several plans in the works to target half a billion people around the world who fall outside the realm of the formal financial sector, according to Carlos Menendez, president of Enterprise Partnerships at Mastercard. Its latest initiative is to partner with consumer goods giant Unilever...
March 09, 2017
Mastercard has several plans in the works to target half a billion people around the world who fall outside the realm of the formal financial sector, according to Carlos Menendez, president of Enterprise Partnerships at Mastercard. Its latest initiative is to partner with consumer goods giant Unilever and provide entrepreneurs in emerging markets with resources like digital […]
August 11, 2022
Barclaycard Payments has joined the BT partnership network to help the small U.K. businesses grow, a press release from BT said Thursday (Aug. 11). The partnership network is an effort by the British telecommunications provider to help micro-businesses with up to five employees, the release said. The idea behind the partnership is “boosting the growth […]
November 02, 2018
Mastercard and global non-profit Accion have announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to transform millions of underserved micro and small businesses around the world. Micro-merchants, such as grocers and “mom and pop”...