Small Business

Digital payments platform WorldFirst has debuted a solution to help small businesses speed cross-border payments. WorldTrade, announced Thursday (April 18), is aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that procure products from suppliers based in ...

Nonrecurring or ad hoc payments remain a significant part of the monthly revenues of small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs). One way that SMBs streamline the accounts receivable (AR) process is ...

An unavoidable truth in business is that it frequently takes money to make money.  And in today’s world, where small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often find themselves struggling to secure the ...

Business need to fight fraud with day, says Bryan Lewis, CEO of intellicheck. He breaks it down in PYMNTS’s new eBook, “The Implications of Uncertainty.”   Data breaches and mail theft have ...

Flatpay has raised 45 million euros (about $48 million) in a Series B funding round to expand its offering of point-of-sale (POS) systems and payment solutions designed for small and ...

Finmid has emerged from stealth and announced it has raised 35 million euros (about $37 million) to expand its embedded financing solution to businesses across Europe. The company’s solution enables B2B ...

Lendica and EBizCharge have partnered to launch an embedded business credit solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United States. This collaboration brings together Lendica’s embedded artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Main Street businesses represent the backbone of both the American economy and their local communities. And with the news on Tuesday (April 16) that Rapid Finance has teamed up with Galileo Financial Technologies on ...

Rapid Finance has teamed up with Galileo Financial Technologies on a small business financing solution. This collaboration has created Rapid Finance’s Rapid Access Mastercard program, which is managed by Galileo and sponsored by Galileo’s ...

Satago and mmob have partnered to make it easier for lenders and corporates to add embedded finance capabilities. This partnership will enable these businesses to use the integration capabilities of mmob, ...

There’s no business like a B2B business.  And successful business-to-business (B2B) strategies — and the companies deploying them — are characterized by agility, innovation, and a focus on delivering value to ...

As small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) on Main Street, USA increasingly make their offerings available online, many are looking to digital channels to expand to new areas, PYMNTS Intelligence findings ...

Mimo raised 15.5 million pounds (about $19.4 million) to launch its financial management platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and accountants. The platform helps these businesses simplify global payments, cash flow ...

Nav has added a new “credit health experience” to its financial health platform for small businesses. The new Nav Credit Health helps small business owners understand their business and personal credit, learn ...

In the recently-released “2024 Global Digital Shopping Index: SMB Edition,” PYMNTS Intelligence found most consumers today expect digital innovations when they shop. This expectation in practice often translates into a preference ...

Behind every business is a group of individual employees. And, in most cases — and for most firms — those individuals use their work, or even personal, email accounts to ...

Inflation is top of mind for the small businesses that power Main Street and the U.S. economy at large. Small business optimism hit its lowest level in more than a decade, ...

From time to time, most small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) find themselves having to borrow money to meet short-term needs or unexpected expenses. But as PYMNTS Intelligence recently reported, many ...

The Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024, a proposed bill set to impact data collection and online privacy, successfully passed both the Senate and House of Delegates and now awaits ...

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and their owners are the backbone of local economies worldwide. And they haven’t had it easy, not recently. That’s because they have to big needs: ...

Many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) adhere to lean business practices where decisions to borrow money must be weighed against an array of factors including objectives, revenue levels, cash flow ...

The Clearing House’s RTP® Network has seen growth in both transaction volume and value in 19 out of the last 20 quarters, dating back to 2019. Both metrics are growing 15% per quarter, ...

If you’re the proprietor of one of the 33 million small businesses in the U.S., odds are you have two pressing needs: Working capital and data. And those 33 million ...

Payroll infrastructure company Check has teamed with Wave, a money management platform for small businesses. The collaboration, announced Wednesday (April 3), will let the more than 300,000 small businesses using Wave ...

This week, Mastercard and Visa reached a multi-billion dollar settlement that may bring an end to 20-year legal battle between the two financial giants and merchants. Merchants have long complained that the ...

Coro has secured $100 million in Series D funding to grow its cybersecurity platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The company will use the new funding to invest in its ...

Intuit QuickBooks has added a line of credit offering to the small business lending options available through its platform. The new QuickBooks Line of Credit enables small businesses to access funding ...

Consumers increasingly want digital innovation no matter where they shop. Industry giants typically hold an edge in providing more digital shopping features because of their size and scale. However, savvy ...

Bank of America launched an online platform that connects small business owners with community development financial institutions (CDFIs). The new Access to Capital Connector enables small business applicants to answer questions to become pre-qualified ...

Gigi Beyene, senior vice president of integrated payments at Nuvei, told PYMNTS that the role of the independent software vendor (ISV) has evolved through the years, and more change is ...

Qonto has added its first in-house financing offer, “Pay later,” to the business finance solutions it offers small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and freelancers. The new Pay later is a short-term financing, ...

ZayZoon has raised $15 million in an extension of its Series B financing, bringing its total Series B funding round to $49.5 million. The company will use the new financing to continue ...

Many eCommerce merchants in the United States want to expand their businesses through cross-border sales, but cross-border transactions are not without pain points. As PYMNTS Intelligence’s “Cross-Border Sales and the Challenge ...

Retailers around the world are seeing their investments in embedded finance offerings boost their revenue. By integrating financial services directly into the shopping experience — offering payment, lending, insurance and other ...

Banks — the stalwarts of traditional lending — are finding new channels and conduits to getting capital to borrowers, across alternative channels, and with FinTech collaborations forged and expanded. Alternative lending ...

On the face of it, eCommerce has all the hallmarks of magic, especially for small to medium-sized businesses. Imagine: You’re out to lunch with a circle of friends. One of them ...

JustPaid has added several accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) reporting features to its platform that helps small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) manage their finances. These new features join the ...

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) represent a puzzle that banks have long struggled to solve. SMBs need fast, flexible and digital-first solutions that help rather than hinder growth. However, their needs ...

The digitization of the B2B space, from payments to marketplaces, is well-trodden ground by now. But that doesn’t mean that the increasingly online modus operandi for B2B businesses can’t throw companies a ...

With the news that inflation climbed upward last month, many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may find themselves walking a tightrope with even fewer safety nets in place than normal. In ...

Amazon Business says it is bringing its procurement services to Mexico. The launch, announced Wednesday (March 13), makes Mexico the 10th country where Amazon Business is available, joining the U.S., Canada, ...

Tide will launch its business financial platform in Germany, aiming to serve small businesses in Europe’s largest economy.  Already available in the United Kingdom and India, the platform provides connected finance ...

This week in artificial intelligence (AI) news, more companies are pushing for an ethical use of the technology, while a new partnership aims to develop computer chips that will accelerate ...

The traditional spigots of credit continue to tighten for small businesses. Blame higher rates, the continued fallout of the Silicon Valley Bank collapse last year, and skittishness on the part of lenders. The impact ...

European business finance solution firm Qonto plans to acquire French FinTech company Regate. The deal is expected to close within weeks, Qonto said in a Thursday (March 7) press release. The planned acquisition ...