May 04, 2024
Dave & Buster’s Launches Arcade Betting as Wagers Gain Popularity
With the proliferation of betting apps bringing gambling into more parts of consumers’ lives, now even Skee-Ball is getting the Las Vegas treatment. Restaurant and entertainment center chain Dave &...
May 02, 2024
Expedia’s B2B Segment Thrives While B2C Struggles for Momentum
Expedia Group’s first-quarter results, released on Thursday (May 2), indicate a healthy yet more stabilized global travel market, albeit with slightly subdued gross bookings. On a call with analysts and investors, outgoing...
May 02, 2024
Big Innovations Powering Small Business Growth Dominate This Week in...
It is National Small Business Week in the U.S., and the spotlight is on business-to-business (B2B) innovation. That’s why PYMNTS spent Monday (April 29) unpacking how small businesses with big ambitions are turning...
May 02, 2024
Chase’s New SMB Offerings Point to Appeal of Ad Hoc...
In B2B interactions, faster payments — especially ad hoc payments — may prove to be a competitive advantage. PYMNTS Intelligence found that non-recurring payments represent roughly a quarter of total accounts payable volume. One-third...
May 02, 2024
Banyan to Add Item-Level Data Capabilities to WEX Virtual Payments
Banyan has announced a new partnership with WEX. “As a B2B FinTech whose purpose is to simplify the business of running a business, WEX helps solve operational complexities and streamline...
May 02, 2024
Chase Debuts Tools for Small Business Payment Pain Points
Chase introduced a series of payments-oriented tools aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new tools include offerings to help SMB owners electronically create and send invoices and gain better insight into customers, the banking...
May 02, 2024
Checkout.com and Mastercard Offer Virtual Cards for Travel Agents
Checkout.com has teamed with Mastercard to offer virtual cards to online travel agents. “As part of the Mastercard Wholesale Program, which reduces costs for travel businesses through virtual card technology and an innovative pricing model,...
May 02, 2024
Competing With Giants: How Small Businesses Can Optimize Their eCommerce...
This National Small Business Week, merchants are increasingly moving beyond Main Street — and into eCommerce. And with the news that the post-pandemic growth for most Main Street small and...
May 02, 2024
Visa Stresses Education as Small Businesses Confront Fraud Vulnerabilities
Most crimes, as the saying goes, are crimes of opportunity. And that’s bad news for small businesses, whose lack of resources and challenges when accessing financing often leaves them ill-prepared...
Business cards offer numerous benefits to small businesses over other financing, including easier qualification, significantly higher credit limits, and perks such as cash back, travel and mileage-earning rewards. The latest “B2B and Digital Payments Tracker®” explores why 63% of small business owners using cards as their primary startup funding attribute their success to this method of financing.
