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.

Stripe and Lloyds Debut Payments Suite for UK Small Businesses
Stripe and Lloyds Debut Payments Suite for UK Small Businesses
June 09, 2026  |  SMBs

Stripe and Lloyds Bank launched a partnership aimed at small businesses in the United Kingdom. The collaboration will see the lender use Stripe to power...

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Small Businesses Outgrow Domestic Payments as Global Sourcing Spreads
Small Businesses Outgrow Domestic Payments as Global Sourcing Spreads
June 09, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

An entire generation of American small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have been conducting multinational operations without multinational infrastructure. Findings in “The Cross-Border Opportunity: What Global...

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Cross-Border Payments Become a Loyalty Test for SMB Providers
Cross-Border Payments Become a Loyalty Test for SMB Providers
June 08, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

For banks and payment providers, the headline numbers surrounding cross-border payments appear encouraging. The PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Cross-Border Opportunity: What Global Sourcing by US...

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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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