A collaboration between PYMNTS Intelligence and Mastercard, “The Cross-Border Opportunity: What Global Sourcing by US SMBs Means for Payment Providers” examines how U.S. small- to medium-sized businesses are becoming more global in the way they buy goods, materials and supplies. The report finds that 57% of...
Amazon Business has launched a credit card in tandem with Mastercard and U.S. Bank. The Prime Business Card and Amazon Business Card, announced Wednesday (May 13), are issued by U.S. Bank on the Mastercard network, with a focus on small business customers. “U.S. Bank has...
Four years after the pandemic pushed millions of small businesses into emergency digital adoption, a new reality is taking shape across Main Street. The businesses that successfully digitized are increasingly pulling away from those that did not. Findings in the May 2026 Small Business Week...
Mastercard has launched a program designed to help small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region navigate the trade disruptions, rising energy and logistics costs, and other strains caused by the current regional conflict. Dubbed “Built Small. Moving Strong.,”...
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American Express is introducing new artificial intelligence (AI) training and education programs for small businesses. The programs, announced Wednesday (May 6) in partnership with nonprofits Generation and Scholarship America, are designed to help small businesses embed “practical” AI skills into their day-to-day operations. “AI can be a powerful tool for small...
Intuit introduced a human capital management (HCM) system for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a Wednesday (May 6) press release. QuickBooks Workforce is designed to let businesses combine multiple workforce tasks into one ecosystem, helped along by a mix of human experts and...
Small businesses may be more ready for payment change than their habits suggest. That is the hopeful read from “Ready for Change: Why Nearly Half of SMBs Want to Ditch Cash and Checks,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report produced in collaboration with Mastercard. The report finds that many...
For small businesses, the next credit story may not be about getting approved. It may be about finding a card that finally works the way the business does. That is the takeaway from “SMB Growth Monitor: Small Businesses, Big Credit Needs,” a PYMNTS Intelligence collaboration...