Small And Medium Sized Businesses news and trends

Visa and Mastercard Earnings Shine Spotlight on B2B Innovations
B2B Payments // November 01, 2024

For the payment networks, the continued shift beyond consumer cards has trillions of dollars’ worth of B2B transactions firmly in sight. And, as spotlighted in Visa and Mastercard’s most recent earnings calls, cross-border payments, small and medium-sized business (SMB) transactions, virtual cards and even the...

This Week in B2B: Smokestack Upgrades, CFO Intelligence, SMB Innovation
B2B Payments // October 31, 2024

The B2B innovation landscape has never been more exciting than right now. Ongoing technological advances are driving a paradigm shift, allowing B2B firms to streamline and digitize nearly every element of their operations — particularly the workflows and processes surrounding B2B payments. As businesses seek...

Square Card Enters UK Amid Small Businesses Cash Flow Worries
Payment Methods // October 31, 2024

Square is expanding its card offering into the U.K. for merchants seeking quicker funding access. An executive from the company — an arm of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Block — told CNBC Thursday (Oct. 31) that it had opened registration for Square Card in Great Britain. This marks the first...

Visa and littlefish Team to Help Africa’s MSMEs Go Digital
Digital Payments // October 17, 2024

Visa is teaming with littlefish, an omnichannel platform that helps financial institutions serve small businesses. The  partnership will support micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) across Africa by streamlining their in-store and online digital experiences, the companies said Thursday (Oct. 17) in a news release...

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Unlimit and Pagaloop Form Small Business Expense Management Pact

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. 14) press release. “We are excited to support Pagaloop in […]

Square Card Enters UK Amid Small Businesses Cash Flow Worries

October 31, 2024
Square is expanding its card offering into the U.K. for merchants seeking quicker funding access. An executive from the company — an arm of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Block — told CNBC Thursday...

Visa and littlefish Team to Help Africa’s MSMEs Go Digital

October 17, 2024
Visa is teaming with littlefish, an omnichannel platform that helps financial institutions serve small businesses. The  partnership will support micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) across Africa by streamlining their...

Monzo Business Customer Base Exceeds 500K

October 16, 2024
British neo-bank Monzo says it now has more than 500,000 business customers. And with that milestone, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 16) a new plan for “bigger small businesses” called...