SMBs

Small and Medium businesses are privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships which have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation.

Small Businesses Push Overseas as Payment Friction Threatens Cash Flow

Small Businesses Push Overseas as Payment Friction Threatens Cash Flow
Small Businesses Push Overseas as Payment Friction Threatens Cash Flow
June 04, 2026  |  SMBs

Watch more: Fireside Chat With Mastercard’s Mike Kresse As small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United States extend purchasing beyond domestic markets and assemble...

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Every Instant Payout Is a New Customer Waiting to Happen
Every Instant Payout Is a New Customer Waiting to Happen
June 04, 2026  |  Disbursements

Financial institutions have long treated disbursements as back-office logistics. Move the money, book the revenue and support the commercial client. However, the PYMNTS Intelligence report...

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Small Businesses Face Big Business M&A Rules
Small Businesses Face Big Business M&A Rules
June 02, 2026  |  SMBs

Small businesses should think big when preparing for a sale. Like a big business, that is. Across the United States, Main Street is entering one...

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63% of SMBs See Cards as Their Best Refund Protection
63% of SMBs See Cards as Their Best Refund Protection
June 02, 2026  |  SMBs

For many small businesses, the move away from cash will depend less on digital enthusiasm than on whether new payment tools can feel as simple,...

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Bank Loans to UK Businesses Hit 28-Year Low
Bank Loans to UK Businesses Hit 28-Year Low
May 25, 2026  |  Banking

Lending by banks to businesses in the U.K. has reportedly reached a 28-year low. That’s according to a report Monday (May 25) from the Financial...

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Main Street Merchants Run More of Their Business by Phone
Main Street Merchants Run More of Their Business by Phone
May 22, 2026  |  SMBs

Retail has evolved from a brick-and-mortar storefront to an anywhere, anytime experience. PYMNTS Intelligence‘s “2025 Global Digital Shopping Index” found that 48% consumers across the...

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57% of US Small Businesses Source Overseas as Payment Gaps Widen
57% of US Small Businesses Source Overseas as Payment Gaps Widen
May 21, 2026  |  SMBs

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...

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Small-Business Banking Has a Segmentation Problem
Small-Business Banking Has a Segmentation Problem
May 18, 2026  |  Banking

The term “small business” has traditionally functioned as a sort of economic shorthand. Banks, payment companies, FinTech firms, and even policymakers spoke about small-and-medium-sized businesses...

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