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 Stop Chasing Amazon on Delivery Speed

Small Businesses Stop Chasing Amazon on Delivery Speed
Small Businesses Stop Chasing Amazon on Delivery Speed
April 21, 2026  |  Delivery

The old adage holds: Shoppers “want what they want, when they want it.” In retail, that “when” has always meant now. Conventional wisdom long ago...

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AI Finds Its Best Customer on Main Street
AI Finds Its Best Customer on Main Street
April 20, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Main Street businesses run lean and demand results. There’s no budget for experimentation and no appetite for tools that don’t pay off fast. Every automation...

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SMBs Have a Tracking Problem, Not a Spend Problem
SMBs Have a Tracking Problem, Not a Spend Problem
April 17, 2026  |  SMBs

Watch more: Need to Know With Capital One’s Nat Hewett Small business spending continues to underpin broad economic activity, but the systems that support that...

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How Payments Gaps Are Limiting Deposit Growth at Community Banks
How Payments Gaps Are Limiting Deposit Growth at Community Banks
April 16, 2026  |  Money Mobility

Community banks have made meaningful progress in digitizing account opening, but the competitive battleground for deposits is shifting. Opening and even funding accounts are no...

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Payments Alone No Longer Cut It for Small Businesses
Payments Alone No Longer Cut It for Small Businesses
April 16, 2026  |  SMBs

Synchrony is launching a three-part interview series aimed at a central challenge facing small businesses: how to grow sales without putting more pressure on margins...

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Oil Price Spike Erodes Small Business Confidence, NFIB Says
Oil Price Spike Erodes Small Business Confidence, NFIB Says
April 14, 2026  |  Economy

Small business optimism dipped below its 52-year average for the first time in a year in March, driven by the Iran war and the subsequent...

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Mastercard’s Mark Barnett Says the Real Currency for SMBs Is Payment Timing
Mastercard’s Mark Barnett Says the Real Currency for SMBs Is Payment Timing
April 14, 2026  |  SMBs

Watch more: Need to Know With Mastercard’s Mark Barnett Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) know best that growth doesn’t happen in a straight line. But...

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PayPal Lets Small Businesses Tap Into Brazil’s Pix System
PayPal Lets Small Businesses Tap Into Brazil’s Pix System
April 13, 2026  |  Payment Methods

PayPal is bringing Brazil’s Pix payment system to its small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers. “With Pix now available through PayPal Complete Payments, small businesses can...

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