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Study: 67 Percent Of Main Street SMBs Say They’ll Do More Business Online Post-Pandemic
Wednesday 16th December - 4:00 am
The first round of COVID-19 vaccinations are underway in the United States, and businesses are growing more optimistic about the future than they have been in months. The average small- ...PayPal’s One-Day Coupons Drive Traffic To Local SMBs
Thursday 26th November - 1:28 am
When we think about holidays on Main Street, there is a certain mental image we all flash to, nurtured by decades of singing Christmas carols. We all know the picture ...Settlements And Digital Experience Come Up Big For SMB Holiday Season
Monday 23rd November - 5:39 pm
The holiday shopping rush is always critical for Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. — a reality more starkly drawn in 2020 as some of those ...Who’s Starting An SMB Amid The COVID Crisis?
Tuesday 10th November - 3:02 pm
The late Roy Ash, financial adviser to U.S. presidents and instrumental in establishing the government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quoted as saying, “An entrepreneur tends to bite off ...Fed Adjusts Main Street Lending Terms To Help Small Businesses
Friday 30th October - 4:00 pm
The Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) to make it more obtainable for smaller businesses, according to a Fed statement on Friday ...Saving Main Street From Its Downward Pandemic Spiral
Monday 19th October - 7:00 am
Consumers crave certainty, and they work pretty hard to minimize the risk of making a bad choice. That’s why once consumers find something that works, they stick with it. And ...Why Main Street SMBS Are Optimistic – And Why They Should Be
Monday 28th September - 5:33 pm
Perhaps the greatest indicator of optimism is the willingness to put one’s money where one’s mouth is.
That’s especially true for small businesses, where optimism is showing up across any number ...Looking At The Payroll Pressures SMBs Face — And What’s To Come
Monday 21st September - 12:59 pm
What will the 42 percent solution be?
Recent PYMNTS data show that 42 percent of Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have reduced payroll to help mitigate the financial impact ...Exile On Main Street: Six Months Into COVID, SMBs Signal Optimism
Wednesday 16th September - 10:00 am
America is reopening, with consumers and businesses popping out like the buds of May, only five months late. As the COVID-19 summer turns to fall, a seasonal checkup is in ...Main Street, Disbursements And QR Codes Top This Week's News
Friday 11th September - 4:00 pm
It’s the end of another work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to catch you up on the latest news. We have deep dives on Main Street, disbursements and ...Today In Payments: Razer Eyes Banking Licenses In US, Europe; Square CEO Jack Dorsey Bullish On Bitcoin
Friday 11th September - 3:00 pm
In today’s top news, gaming hardware firm Razer eyes expanding into banking operations in the U.S. and Europe, and Square CEO Jack Dorsey is all in for bitcoin. Plus, real-time ...Six Months Into Pandemic, Taking The Pulse Of Main Street SMBs
Monday 7th September - 4:00 am
Summer wanes, Labor Day is here, and — as prodded by the name of the holiday — thoughts turn to work.
The latest round of employment data, released Friday (Sept. 4), shows ...Jobless Claims Fall, But SMBs (And Jobs) Still Walk A Pandemic Tightrope
Thursday 3rd September - 11:43 am
Trend — or more tightrope walking?
The latest data on weekly jobless claims show a bit of improvement, but we’re not out of the woods yet.
As the small and medium-sized businesses ...SMB Financing, eLearning Platform Payments, Rise Of Auto-Refill Economy Tops This Week’s News
Friday 21st August - 4:15 pm
It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news. We have ...The Main Street Rescue That Wasn’t (And Still Isn’t)
Thursday 20th August - 12:32 pm
What happens if Main Street becomes less a proving ground for smaller businesses — born of, and serving, local communities — and more a collection of larger firms, well-capitalized, but ...Main Street's SMBs' Most Interesting Pandemic Pivots
Monday 17th August - 12:13 pm
Pivoting into the restaurant business might seem like an unusual choice for a small business owner trying to stay afloat during a global health pandemic. But for Hallie Kuperman, owner ...The 5 Things That Will Help Main Street SMBs Get Back On Their Feet
Wednesday 5th August - 5:23 pm
Since all hell broke loose in March, PYMNTS tracking of COVID-19’s impact on small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) — and consumer spending that favored them over category killers like Amazon and Walmart ...The State Of Main Street In 2020's Second Half
Tuesday 4th August - 3:11 pm
The first half of 2020 was a tough time to run a small business on Main Street as stay-at-home orders closed down restaurants and retailers for much or all of ...PayPal’s Plan For Seamless, Touch-Free QR Code Commerce
Friday 31st July - 4:00 am
From complex biopharma work on a vaccine to a galaxy of cloud solution providers harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the commercial response to COVID-19 is decidedly high-tech. Lately, ...New Report: Why Real-Time Settlement Can Make or Break Main Street Businesses
Monday 27th July - 4:00 am
It’s been long said that small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are the backbone of the American economy.
That’s hard to argue with considering more than 99 percent of American firms are ...The Main Street Cash Crunch, Quantified
Monday 20th July - 9:30 am
Cash flow is the lifeblood of Main Street small business. Under COVID-19 cash flow dried up almost overnight, triggering what’s starting to look like a kind of mass extinction of ...Today In Payments: BigCommerce Eyes IPO; Biggest Banks Brace For Loan Losses
Wednesday 15th July - 3:00 pm
In today’s top news, BigCommerce filed for an IPO, and the country’s largest banks have set aside almost $30 billion to cover COVID-19-related losses. Plus, Afterpay has partnered with Google ...NEW REPORT: Helping Main Street SMBs Close The Cash Flow Gap
Wednesday 15th July - 4:00 am
Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are a barometer for the economic vitality and the health of the broader U.S. economy.
After all, a bustling Main Street signals new business ...Saving Main Street: College Towns Deal With Economic Devastation
Thursday 2nd July - 11:00 am
Downtowns everywhere from Maine to California are dealing with varying degrees of economic and existential pain as a result of the pandemic, but nowhere is the pain as acute as ...Why Saving Main Street Will Take More Than Just More Money
Monday 22nd June - 4:00 am
The nonprofit Opportunity Fund — which makes loans to small businesses owned by low- and moderate-income immigrants, women and other underserved clientele — started 2020 fairly optimistically. The organization expected ...SMBs Look For Lawsuit-Liability Protection As They Plan Reopening
Tuesday 16th June - 2:34 pm
Main Street shops and restaurants are preparing to reopen in the safest way they can conceive of — with things like masked staff, temperature checks, gloves and frequent sanitizing sessions. ...Saving Main Street: Running Retailers Take The Baton
Friday 5th June - 11:00 am
Terry Schalow is the executive director of the Running Industry Association (RIA). In addition to working toward its general mission of moving the sport and hobby forward, the RIA functions ...Fed To Launch Main Street Lending Program For Mid-Sized Companies
Thursday 4th June - 4:14 pm
The Federal Reserve will launch the Main Street Lending Program, which is geared toward mid-sized businesses, this week. By contrast, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans were designed to help ...Pandemic Primer: How SMBs Can Embrace The Digital Shift
Monday 1st June - 11:00 am
Small to medium-sized retailers, the denizens of Main Street, are facing an existential crisis in the face of the pandemic. No news there. The situation can seem so overwhelming that ...Main Street’s Pandemic-Led Shift To Digital Innovation
Friday 29th May - 11:00 am
The lockdown of the United States economy, which was designed to slow the coronavirus’ spread, changed the way consumers browse, shop and pay for purchases. Businesses that didn’t have eCommerce channels could ...Saving Main Street: How A Business School Is Helping Toronto SMB Retailers
Friday 29th May - 4:01 am
If there’s a playbook for Main Street’s migration to digital, Toronto’s Schulich School of Business is authoring a very effective chapter.
It starts with a public-private partnership, has a great pizza ...New Data: Inside Main Street SMB’s Digital Shift
Thursday 28th May - 4:01 am
When the United States economy locked down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, it rapidly and radically altered the way consumers browsed, shopped and paid for goods and services ...The Blueprint For Rethinking Main Street
Wednesday 27th May - 4:01 am
For the small shops and independently owned restaurants that line America’s Main Streets from coast to coast, the past eight weeks have been a difficult time leading toward an incredibly ...FinTechs Help Main Street Find Its Footing
Monday 25th May - 4:00 am
Following the frantic dash among small businesses for a portion of the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding, small businesses were faced with some difficult hurdles.
Marred by regulatory confusion, claims of ...Philly Consortium Advances ‘Regenerator’ Concept For SMBs
Friday 22nd May - 11:00 am
The data painted a dark picture for Main Street retail this week, with a new Facebook & Small Business Roundtable study showing that over 30 percent of small to medium-sized ...How Big Tech And FinTech Are Trying to Save Main Street SMBs
Wednesday 20th May - 9:57 pm
Most businesses have been hit hard by the global pandemic, but perhaps no segment has been more crippled or left with a future more uncertain than the Main Street local establishments that rely ...Saving Main Street: Alliance Stands Up For SMB Policies
Friday 15th May - 11:00 am
If anyone is on the front lines of Main Street’s struggle to survive, it’s Amanda Ballantyne. As the executive director of the Main Street Alliance, she is in charge of ...The Rise And Fall Of Digital Initiatives For Toronto Retailers
Wednesday 13th May - 11:00 am
It’s one step up and one step back for the retail community in Toronto. In the same week, the city’s Digital Main Street program got a boost from academia, while ...Toronto To Launch 'Digital Main Street' To Help SMBs Get Online
Tuesday 12th May - 6:51 pm
In Toronto, a new service called DMS ShopHERE, powered by the Schulich School of Business, aims to help small companies and artists move their businesses online.
The initiative will provide small to ...The New Reality For Main Street, Freelancers Amid The Coronavirus
Monday 11th May - 11:00 amThe post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail even though the crisis is hardly over, while Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guidance issued in late April marked a major change from when ...Saving Main Street: Advocacy Groups Propose New Government Relief Programs
Friday 8th May - 11:00 am
The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. Government program subsidies and loans have been snapped up by larger companies and mid-sized chains, ...Earnings Reports from FIS to PayPal Herald Point of Sale’s ‘New Normal’
Friday 8th May - 4:01 am
For companies like Fiserv, Fidelity National Information Services (FIS), PayPal and others, selling terminals, offering payments platforms and designing checkout buttons, top and bottom lines were poised to move up ...Will PPP’s Lack Of Clarity Fail To Protect SMBs And Paychecks?
Friday 8th May - 4:00 am
During last week’s On The Agenda discussion of the many twists and turns that now characterize the PPP program, Karen Webster, Planters First Bancorp CEO Dan Speight, Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards and special guest Opportunity ...ADP’s Massive Job Loss Tally Underscores Main Street Lending Urgency
Wednesday 6th May - 12:00 pm
The pandemic has spared no one on Main Street – the fallout has touched everyone, from the smallest of storefronts to the largest of mid-sized companies.
To that end, a report ...PPP’s Banker Versus Borrower Dilemma
Friday 1st May - 4:02 am
Since the launch of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in early April, the single-minded focus of the U.S. Treasury, the banks approved to process PPP loans and the small- to medium-sized businesses ...
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