
Small Businesses Embrace Instant Payments: Benefits Beyond Speed
Small Business Real-time Payments Barometer: Instant Payments Across Four Sectors
Around 4 in 10 small businesses across sectors prefer instant when sending payments. And they cite several benefits beyond speed. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest report, “Small Business Real-Time Payments Barometer: Instant Payments Across Four Sectors,” a collaboration with The Clearing House, explores what payment providers need to know to become market leaders.
Inside the August Data Brief
- 83%: Share of hospitality SMBs that used instant payments in the last year
- 28%: Share of healthcare SMBs that identify speed as the top reason to use instant payments
- 48%: Share of transportation SMBs that use instant payments as their primary payment method