Small Businesses news and trends

Dojo and American Express Partner to Streamline Payments in UK
Credit Cards // December 06, 2024

Payments technology provider Dojo reportedly has signed a new agreement with American Express that will help Dojo’s small business customers in the United Kingdom accept American Express payments with one unified contract. With this agreement, the small businesses will see a consolidated statement for transaction...

PragmaGO to Expand B2B Embedded Finance Services After Omnicredit Acquisition
Acquisitions // December 06, 2024

Polish FinTech PragmaGO has completed its acquisition of Romanian FinTech Telecredit IFN (Omnicredit), saying this move will help the company enter more markets in Central, Eastern and Western Europe in the coming years. This acquisition adds Omnicredit’s digital financial solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)...

Adyen and Intuit Team to Speed Payments for UK Small Businesses
B2B Payments // December 04, 2024

QuickBooks maker Intuit has launched a collaboration with Dutch payments firm Adyen. The partnership is designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in the U.K. more easily manage electronic payments, Adyen said in a Wednesday (Dec. 4) news release. The companies plan to initially integrate Adyen’s...

Lloyds and PayPoint Launch Payments Partnership for Small Businesses
SMBs // 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...

Interviews & Exclusives
Nearly Three-Quarters of Small Businesses Using Embedded Lending Access Bigger Credit Lines

November 14, 2024
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face challenges when securing credit, especially in an uncertain economy. Embedded lending, which integrates credit options directly into purchase platforms, offers a fast and convenient solution. But a key element of embedded lending is the need for SMBs to share their financial data in real time — something many businesses […]

Panel: Small Businesses Want Control, Automation Gives It to Them

November 13, 2024
Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have historically faced outsized challenges relative to their own footprint. From managing ever-growing tech stacks to optimizing cash flow amidst economic volatility, SMBs already have...

Amount: Digital Innovations Provide Right Small Business Products at Right Time

October 01, 2024
Small businesses have a big problem: access to capital. And this big problem is an equally big opportunity for the lenders that can get it right. But for decades, banks...

Embedded Lending Bridges Gap Between Consumers, Businesses and Credit

September 27, 2024
Embedded lending is growing in popularity around the world. It promises convenient, streamlined access to financing for specific expenses from within merchant, business and other platforms. This proves impactful for...

Quick Reads
Goldman Sachs: Just 6.1% of American Companies Using AI 

December 15, 2024
New research from Goldman Sachs shows muted artificial intelligence (AI) use at American companies. Just 6.1% of businesses are using AI to produce their products or services, according to research by the banking giant cited in a Seeking Alpha report Sunday (Dec. 15). That’s up from 5.9% during the third quarter. Finance and insurance companies […]

Dojo and American Express Partner to Streamline Payments in UK

December 06, 2024
Payments technology provider Dojo reportedly has signed a new agreement with American Express that will help Dojo’s small business customers in the United Kingdom accept American Express payments with one...

PragmaGO to Expand B2B Embedded Finance Services After Omnicredit Acquisition

December 06, 2024
Polish FinTech PragmaGO has completed its acquisition of Romanian FinTech Telecredit IFN (Omnicredit), saying this move will help the company enter more markets in Central, Eastern and Western Europe in the...

Adyen and Intuit Team to Speed Payments for UK Small Businesses

December 04, 2024
QuickBooks maker Intuit has launched a collaboration with Dutch payments firm Adyen. The partnership is designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in the U.K. more easily manage electronic payments, Adyen...