The secret of getting ahead is getting started. After all, an object — or a business — in motion tends to stay in motion. But for the small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that power the U.S. economy, just getting started is becoming harder than ever...
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) haven’t been able to catch a break in recent years. But tough times make tough companies. Still, after emerging straight from the pandemic years into a record inflationary environment juxtaposed against rising interest rates and ongoing macro and geopolitical hostility,...
Main Street small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) that have struggled to keep their doors open amid pandemic-related upheaval and survived are looking to solidify their finances amidst an inflationary market environment. PYMNTS finds that 40% of SMBs remain more worried about inflation than one year...
For Main Street’s small businesses, the jury’s still out as to whether — or when — a recession will hit. A spate of recent economic reports underscores a slowdown, while costs are increasing for the firms that power the U.S. economy. S&P Global said in a...
SAP Fioneer has launched a banking solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new Fioneer SME Banking Edition enables banks and neobanks to offer digital-first banking capabilities that are tailored to the needs of SMBs, SAP Fioneer said in a Thursday (June 22) press...
Novo has added a debit card to its financial platform for small businesses. The new Novo Debit Card features transaction monitoring, fraud alerts and in-app controls designed to help small business owners keep track of their transaction activity, the company said in a Thursday (June 22) press release....
Cross River Bank and Fintainium have partnered to deliver payment services to small businesses. The collaboration will allow Fintainium to offer its business customers access to automated clearing house (ACH), push-to-card and check processing with positive pay fraud prevention enabled by Cross River Bank, the companies said in a Wednesday...
Swedish FinTech Froda has launched a card-based embedded lending solution in Denmark. Developed in partnership with digital challenger bank Lunar and Visa, this offering was successfully tested in Denmark during the spring and became available to all Lunar customers in the country Tuesday (June 20), Froda said in a Tuesday press release....
Small businesses in Times Square are reportedly struggling in the post-pandemic environment. While crowds have returned to the New York City neighborhood, they are smaller than they were before the pandemic, and they include a notable reduction in the numbers of office workers and tourists, The Wall...