Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) make up most of all U.S. businesses, and each business is as different as its owner. It stands to reason, then, that they don’t all take the same approach to attracting and retaining their customers. For long-standing SMBs, customer loyalty...
Digits has added an artificial intelligence (AI) invoicing solution to its AI accounting platform designed for startups and small businesses. The new AI Invoicing enables business owners to generate, send and track invoices in seconds, the company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 12) press release. “Our...
Thus far into 2025, the year has been an eventful one — to say the least. And the volatility of everything from tariffs (and possible supply chain turbulence) to persistent inflation to a shifting regulatory environment may have small business owners navigating stormy seas of...
Self-service commerce technology company Cantaloupe has introduced a small business financing solution. Cantaloupe Capital, announced in a news release Wednesday (Feb. 5), is being introduced in collaboration with Fundbox, a working capital platform for small businesses. The company said this offering gives small businesses streamlined...
Visa is betting that Nigerian FinTech Moniepoint will accelerate growth for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Africa. The global payments giant invested in the company to advance financial inclusion, shape the future of digital payments and foster SMB growth across the continent, according to...
The year 2024 began as a question mark for the smaller firms that are central to Main Street communities and that power the U.S. economy as a whole. Inflation, of course, remained top of mind — and, yes, that’s a key concern as 2025 takes...
Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often find themselves in a constant struggle to manage cash flow, focusing more on survival than growth. Many SMBs use outdated cash management practices, which leads to pressure from delayed payments and inefficient processes. The PYMNTS Intelligence report, “From Cash Flow Pain...
J.P. Morgan Chase President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Pinto is calling for more focus on relationships between small businesses and private credit providers. Pinto said in an interview Wednesday (Jan. 22) with Bloomberg Television that private credit’s funding of the sector requires attention as...
Conditions are improving for small businesses, at least with the uncertainty of the election behind them and a generally positive mindset about fundamentals ahead of them. However, access to credit, and in some cases the lack thereof, may determine whether these mainstays of the United...