Small And Medium Sized Businesses news and trends

Sage Debuts AI Tools for Small Business Accounting Teams
B2B Payments // December 03, 2024

Accounting/payroll technology firm Sage is rolling out its AI tool, Sage Copilot. Announced Tuesday (Dec. 3) for early adopters in the U.S. and U.K., Copilot is designed to help accounting and finance teams at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) tackle daily challenges such as highlighting...

White House Raises Cap on Small Business Loans
SMBs // December 01, 2024

The White House says it is making it easier for underserved small businesses to get capital. The Biden administration announced in a news release Friday (Nov. 29) that the Small Business Administration (SBA) had increased the maximum loan amount backed by its Community Advantage Small...

Celero Commerce Bolsters Retail Presence With Precision Payments Purchase
Acquisitions // November 24, 2024

Tennessee-based financial services firm Celero Commerce has acquired electronic payments technology provider Precision Payments. With the deal, announced in a news release earlier this month, Celero’s annual card processing volume in North America is expected to surpass $28 billion. Based in Sarasota, Florida, and founded...

Unlimit and Pagaloop Form Small Business Expense Management Pact
B2B Payments // November 14, 2024

FinTech company Unlimit has launched a collaboration with Latin American B2B payments platform Pagaloop. The partnership is designed to bolster the Pagaloop app’s credit and debit card processing capabilities, while ensuring high approval rates to bolster the company’s ongoing expansion in the region, according to a Thursday (Nov....

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Lloyds and PayPoint Launch Payments Partnership for Small Businesses

December 04, 2024
British payments technology firm PayPoint is expanding its partnership with U.K. bank Lloyds. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (Dec. 4), is designed to provide banking and payments services to roughly 60,000 U.K. small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), combining PayPoint and Handepay’s merchant network, and Lloyds’ merchant services. “With this enhanced service range in place, PayPoint and […]

Sage Debuts AI Tools for Small Business Accounting Teams

December 03, 2024
Accounting/payroll technology firm Sage is rolling out its AI tool, Sage Copilot. Announced Tuesday (Dec. 3) for early adopters in the U.S. and U.K., Copilot is designed to help accounting...

White House Raises Cap on Small Business Loans

December 01, 2024
The White House says it is making it easier for underserved small businesses to get capital. The Biden administration announced in a news release Friday (Nov. 29) that the Small...

Celero Commerce Bolsters Retail Presence With Precision Payments Purchase

November 24, 2024
Tennessee-based financial services firm Celero Commerce has acquired electronic payments technology provider Precision Payments. With the deal, announced in a news release earlier this month, Celero’s annual card processing volume...