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Mastercard Dreamonomics Report Finds Smaller Businesses Prioritizing Stability

Mastercard Dreamonomics Report Finds Smaller Businesses Prioritizing Stability
Mastercard Dreamonomics Report Finds Smaller Businesses Prioritizing Stability
September 15, 2026  |  Payment Methods

Small businesses are putting a premium on predictability. Across more than 6,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) surveyed in 18 countries for Mastercard’s inaugural Dreamonomics...

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SMBs Swap Pricey SaaS Contracts for AI-Built Apps
SMBs Swap Pricey SaaS Contracts for AI-Built Apps
July 08, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

For two decades, buying enterprise software meant accepting a vendor’s feature set, paying per seat and hiring specialists to manage the platform. For small businesses,...

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Amex Sees ‘Tremendous Growth’ in Virtual Cards for B2B Payments
Amex Sees ‘Tremendous Growth’ in Virtual Cards for B2B Payments
December 18, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Complexities breed inefficiency, as business-to-business (B2B) payments throughout their history have proven. But B2B payments should be simple, easy and secure. In an era when...

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Docyt Adds ‘AI Bookkeeper’ to Small Business Financial Management Platform
Docyt Adds ‘AI Bookkeeper’ to Small Business Financial Management Platform
July 16, 2024  |  Back-office

Docyt has added an “AI bookkeeper” called GARY to its digital back-office solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). GARY is built on the Docyt...

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Corporations Follow Small Businesses in Returning to Travel
Corporations Follow Small Businesses in Returning to Travel
June 04, 2024  |  Travel Payments

Large corporations are reportedly catching up with small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in returning to business travel. While SMBs led the post-pandemic rebound in business...

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Visa Says 10 Billion Tokenized Payments Are Just the Beginning
Visa Says 10 Billion Tokenized Payments Are Just the Beginning
June 04, 2024  |  Payment Methods

The modern consumer more and more demands convenience and seamlessness across their daily lives. This simple, singular fact has served as a benchmark for much...

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Small Businesses Confront Card Fraud Vulnerabilities
Small Businesses Confront Card Fraud Vulnerabilities
May 29, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

Large enterprises continue to fight all kinds of fraud, from insider threats to payments fraud to social engineering. But small businesses are often overlooked as...

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Enova Reports Record Lending Volume Driven by Jobs, Consumer Spending
Enova Reports Record Lending Volume Driven by Jobs, Consumer Spending
April 23, 2024  |  Earnings

Online lender Enova International reported growing lending volume and solid credit performance for the first quarter. During the quarter ended March 31, Enova’s combined loans and finance...

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