SMB finance

Small minus big (SMB) is one of three factors in the Fama/French stock pricing model. Along with other factors, SMB is used to explain portfolio returns. This factor is also referred to as the "small firm effect," or the "size effect," where size is based on a company's market capitalization.

(source: investopedia.com)

SMBs Shift Their Cash Management Strategies
SMBs Shift Their Cash Management Strategies
April 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Recent data has warned that small business (SMB) optimism is beginning to drop after months of record highs. It wasn’t altogether unexpected, though: After all,...

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Manufacturing Slowdown Could Reveal Deeper Issues Among SMBs
Manufacturing Slowdown Could Reveal Deeper Issues Among SMBs
April 01, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Small businesses (SMBs) make up more than 98 percent of the U.S. manufacturing sector, according to the National Association of Manufacturers. So when small business...

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Logistics Scores Another Unicorn For B2B Startups
Logistics Scores Another Unicorn For B2B Startups
March 29, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Equity investments reigned this week, thanks to backing for accounts payable (AP) automation firm MineralTree and treasury management company Kyriba, but it was the logistics...

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Using Credit To Close The SMB ‘Funding Gap’
Using Credit To Close The SMB ‘Funding Gap’
March 28, 2019  |  SMBs

FinTech Fundbox said on Thursday (March 28) that it is expanding its partnership with Synchrony, the consumer financial services company, to make B2B credit available...

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SMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant
SMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant
March 15, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Anxieties that automation will replace humans have waned in the accounting sector, as industry players begin to realize that technology can actually help accountants play...

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Starling Debuts New Business Lending Strategy
Starling Debuts New Business Lending Strategy
March 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.K. challenger Starling Bank is moving forward with plans to introduce business lending services, reports in Specialist Banking said this week, with the bank revealing new...

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Euler Hermes, C2FO Team Up On Unpaid Invoice Protection
Euler Hermes, C2FO Team Up On Unpaid Invoice Protection
February 22, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Alternative small business (SMB) finance company C2FO is integrating a new solution from Euler Hermes to help small businesses protect against the risk of unpaid...

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Challenging The Truths Of Small Business Banking
Challenging The Truths Of Small Business Banking
February 21, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The small business (SMB) banking sector continues to endure seismic disruption from many angles. In the U.K., regulators are cracking down on big bank misconduct...

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SMBs Cross The Chasm Of Accounting Innovation
SMBs Cross The Chasm Of Accounting Innovation
February 20, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Small business (SMB) adoption of technology can be a process filled with growing pains and friction points, thanks to the cost and disruption associated with...

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