Small business-focused, artificial intelligence-native benefits brokerage Corridor launched with $25 million in funding, according to a Monday (Sept. 21) press release. The funding is aimed at remedying what Corridor described in the release as a persistent problem for small business employees, who pay high deductibles...
For small businesses, knowing where a customer came from appears to be nearly as valuable as winning the customer in the first place. That’s the clearest takeaway from “The SMB Growth Gap: What Leaders Track That Others Miss,” an installment of the SMB Growth Monitor...
Small businesses that rely heavily on cash could offer banks a receptive audience for business credit cards, provided those cards solve everyday problems with costs and cash flow. That’s the opportunity identified in “Ready for Change: Why Nearly Half of SMBs Want to Ditch Cash...
Labor Day finds Main Street approaching the fourth quarter with more ways to sell, get paid and source goods than it had four years ago. It also finds a substantial gap between the financial position of the smallest businesses and their larger SMB counterparts. Our...
Digital channels gave small and medium-sized businesses more than reach in 2025. They gave those companies a measurable growth edge: Digital-led SMBs were 14 percentage points more likely than store-led peers to increase revenue. “The SMB Growth Engine: How Digital Sales and Customer Tracking Drive...
A handful of small businesses have begun using prediction market platforms to hedge risks, Reuters reported Friday (Aug. 28). Companies of this size can’t get help from Wall Street banks in hedging risks that in some cases could kill their business, according to the report....
A small business can grow itself out of federal lending eligibility long before it becomes a large company. The Small Business Administration is proposing to give some of those firms more room to grow. Its proposed standards would raise revenue and employee limits across dozens...
Small businesses increasingly see growth coming from the digital channels that extend their reach without requiring another storefront. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “Why Main Street’s Digital Survivors Are Pulling Ahead: Four Years of Small Business Data” draws on 23 surveys conducted from July 2022 through...
Helcim, a payments company focused on Canadian small and medium-sized businesses, has raised $38 million in new funding. The Calgary startup’s Series C round will help Helcim invest in its platform at a time when many of Canada’s biggest banks are selling or outsourcing their merchant...