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BILL Says Financial Operations Platform Helps Businesses Navigate Uncertain Environment

August 22, 2024
Intuit Says Small Businesses Adopt Digital Solutions to Improve Cash Flow
Earnings // August 22, 2024

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are increasingly adopting digital solutions to help them improve their cash flow, Intuit executives said Thursday (Aug. 22). The company, which owns TurboTax, Credit Karma, QuickBooks and Mailchimp, saw the revenue growth in its SMB unit outpace that of its...

Visa’s Koenigsberg Says Small Businesses Are Ready to Embrace BNPL
Buy Now Pay Later // August 19, 2024

In the global view, small businesses aren’t so small. They represent 90% of all businesses and more than 50% of employment globally. And in emerging markets, they are contributing 40% of GDP. Those stats from the World Bank underscore the need for these smaller companies...

Citi and IFC Partner on Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Program
Supply Chain // August 06, 2024

Citi and International Finance Corp. (IFC), a global development institution that is a member of the World Bank Group, have partnered on a $2 billion sustainable supply chain finance program focused on emerging markets. The first project under the umbrella of this agreement is a...

8 in 10 Execs Have Lost Business Due to Payment Errors
B2B Payments // August 06, 2024

The business-to-business (B2B) payments sector is undergoing a transformation as traditional manual processes strain business relationships. Lengthy payment cycles, inefficient communication, and error-prone methods are particularly challenging for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that rely on timely payments. The demand for efficiency and trust necessitates...

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8 in 10 Execs Have Lost Business Due to Payment Errors

August 06, 2024
The business-to-business (B2B) payments sector is undergoing a transformation as traditional manual processes strain business relationships. Lengthy payment cycles, inefficient communication, and error-prone methods are particularly challenging for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that rely on timely payments. The demand for efficiency and trust necessitates adopting automated and digital solutions. In response, businesses are adopting […]

Mastercard Sees Embedded Finance as Revolutionizing Digital Payments

July 31, 2024
The future of payments and commerce gets closer every day. So close, in fact, that they are becoming intertwined — and embedded. In an era where technology integrates with daily...

61% of Small Businesses Use AI to Automate Daily Tasks

June 12, 2024
PYMNTS Intelligence’s recently-released “New Report: SMBs Race to Critical Mass on AI Usage found there is a sharp divide in how small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) tackle growth strategies. SMBs...

Pipe Aims $100 Million at Embedding Working Capital Solutions Into Business Software

June 11, 2024
The most valuable solution is the one that is there when you need it. And for America’s millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), they mostly share one common problem:...

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BILL Says Financial Operations Platform Helps Businesses Navigate Uncertain Environment

August 22, 2024
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are adopting financial operations platforms to improve their visibility and control of cash flow as they deal with an uncertain economic environment, BILL CEO René Lacerte said Thursday (Aug. 22). Speaking during the company’s quarterly earnings call, Lacerte said BILL, a financial operations platform for SMBs, is growing its own […]

Intuit Says Small Businesses Adopt Digital Solutions to Improve Cash Flow

August 22, 2024
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are increasingly adopting digital solutions to help them improve their cash flow, Intuit executives said Thursday (Aug. 22). The company, which owns TurboTax, Credit Karma,...

Citi and IFC Partner on Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Program

August 06, 2024
Citi and International Finance Corp. (IFC), a global development institution that is a member of the World Bank Group, have partnered on a $2 billion sustainable supply chain finance program...

Small Business-Focused FinTech Wamo Raises $5 Million

July 18, 2024
London-based FinTech wamo has raised $5 million to develop small to medium-sized business (SMB)-focused banking solutions. In addition to the growth investment, CEO and founder Yanki Onen said on the company blog Thursday (July 18), wamo...