Small businesses aren’t just shopping for new ways to pay. They’re looking for tools that give them greater control over timing, visibility and day-to-day cash flow. That is the more interesting takeaway in “Ready for Change: Why Nearly Half of SMBs Want to Ditch Cash...
Watch more: Need to Know With Capital One’s Nat Hewett Small business spending continues to underpin broad economic activity, but the systems that support that spending have room for improvement. Many owners launch with urgency, using whatever tools are immediately available, and only later confront...
Synchrony is launching a three-part interview series aimed at a central challenge facing small businesses: how to grow sales without putting more pressure on margins or adding friction for customers. Titled “Small Business. Big Advantage,” the series will look at how flexible payment options, modern...
Watch more: Need to Know With Mastercard’s Mark Barnett Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) know best that growth doesn’t happen in a straight line. But that message hasn’t always translated into how financial solutions are designed. Too often, small business digitization is framed as a...
What started as a convenience play in consumer apps is becoming something much bigger in business: a way for platforms to turn payments, credit and cash flow tools into part of the product itself. That is the clearest message from PYMNTS Intelligence’s “The Next Frontier: Why...
The flow of credit to small businesses may loosen somewhat, but the direction of that capital will be determined by digital channels. Regulatory proposals now under consideration by federal banking agencies are designed to recalibrate capital requirements in ways that, in theory, give banks more...
Watch more: Live Roundtable With Mastercard’s Ginger Siegel, The Nourish Spot’s Dawn Kelly and Branch’s Ahmed Siddiqui A big change is happening across the small- to medium-sized business (SMB) landscape, and payments are at its center. Against a backdrop of rapid technological innovation, the payment...
France’s government is reportedly offering small business loans amid rising fuel costs. As Bloomberg News reported Saturday (April 4), the loans of up to $57,600 are for small businesses most exposed to higher fuel prices in agriculture, fishing and transportation. The 36-month loans are limited...
Proposed changes to federal banking regulators’ capital rules would encourage access to small business credit, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman said Tuesday (March 31). In remarks delivered at a Consumer Bankers Association event in San Diego, Bowman highlighted these changes proposed by the Fed and the other federal banking regulators....