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82% of Fast-Growing Firms Demand Flexible Credit

82% of Fast-Growing Firms Demand Flexible Credit
82% of Fast-Growing Firms Demand Flexible Credit
August 31, 2026  |  Working Capital

Fast-growing middle-market companies aren’t always losing opportunities because lenders said no. Many are losing them because available credit can’t move quickly enough to become useful....

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Dollar General and Dollar Tree Gain as Shoppers Trade Down
Dollar General and Dollar Tree Gain as Shoppers Trade Down
August 28, 2026  |  Economy

Dollar stores are getting more business from middle- and high-income households at the same time that their traditional low-income customers remain under pressure from the...

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Billtrust CEO Takes Aim at B2B’s Trillion-Dollar Cash Jam
Billtrust CEO Takes Aim at B2B’s Trillion-Dollar Cash Jam
August 28, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: What’s Next in Payments With Billtrust’s Grant Halloran Every market has its semi-permanent operating assumptions. For B2B payments, complexity is what has been...

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Discounts and Protection Could Shift How Digital Bank Customers Pay
Discounts and Protection Could Shift How Digital Bank Customers Pay
August 28, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Digital bank customers are not just more comfortable with new payment experiences. With the right incentives, they also appear more willing than other consumers to...

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DraftKings CCO Explains How Crown Cash Unifies Loyalty Rewards
DraftKings CCO Explains How Crown Cash Unifies Loyalty Rewards
August 27, 2026  |  Loyalty & Rewards

DraftKings customers have long had to think in different currencies depending on where they were playing. Points on the sportsbook. A separate tier system on...

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SBA Proposal Could Add 114,000 Firms to Small Business Ranks
SBA Proposal Could Add 114,000 Firms to Small Business Ranks
August 27, 2026  |  SMBs

A small business can grow itself out of federal lending eligibility long before it becomes a large company. The Small Business Administration is proposing to...

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Amazon and Walmart Test Whether Drones Can Make Rural Delivery Pay
Amazon and Walmart Test Whether Drones Can Make Rural Delivery Pay
August 27, 2026  |  Retail

Retail, since the category’s inception, has embraced the maxim that population density equals sales destiny. That calculus has largely held steady in the age of...

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How Jack Henry, FIS and nCino Put Bank Modernization to Work
How Jack Henry, FIS and nCino Put Bank Modernization to Work
August 27, 2026  |  Earnings

Earnings season is showing that bank modernization demand is landing in faster payments, cloud and digital banking, and artificial intelligence tools aimed at credit, fraud...

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