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.

Mastercard and Corpay Expand Near Real-Time Payments Partnership

Mastercard and Corpay Expand Near Real-Time Payments Partnership
Mastercard and Corpay Expand Near Real-Time Payments Partnership
September 29, 2025  |  Partnerships

Mastercard is expanding its longtime partnership with corporate payments firm Corpay. The two companies now allow corporations, small businesses and financial institutions to make near...

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Study Finds 82% of Small Businesses Bet They’ll Survive, but Higher Costs Still Bite
Study Finds 82% of Small Businesses Bet They’ll Survive, but Higher Costs Still Bite
September 29, 2025  |  SMBs

Small business owners rarely lack grit, but today their biggest threat may be too much optimism. A record share of Main Street firms say they...

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65% of SMBs Are Ready to Switch Software for Embedded Finance
65% of SMBs Are Ready to Switch Software for Embedded Finance
September 26, 2025  |  SMBs

Small businesses have long depended on management software to keep the books balanced and payroll running. But in 2025, the stakes are different. A growing...

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Swift Intros Rules to Speed Cross-Border Retail Payments
Swift Intros Rules to Speed Cross-Border Retail Payments
September 25, 2025  |  Cross-border Payments

Swift is introducing rules to speed cross-border payments for consumers and small businesses. The rules, created in partnership with more than 30 banks, enable retail...

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Triver to Expand Embedded Invoice Financing for UK Small Businesses
Triver to Expand Embedded Invoice Financing for UK Small Businesses
September 24, 2025  |  SMBs

Triver secured up to 114 million pounds (about $153 million) to expand the embedded invoice financing it offers to small businesses in the United Kingdom....

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$16 Trillion Is Up for Grabs in Embedded B2B Payments
$16 Trillion Is Up for Grabs in Embedded B2B Payments
September 24, 2025  |  B2B Payments

Today’s business environment demands new ways of thinking about B2B payments. For decades, accounts payable (AP) has been slowed by paper-based processes, siloed systems and...

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Daylit Bets $110M That Healthy Capital Beats High-Interest Loans
Daylit Bets $110M That Healthy Capital Beats High-Interest Loans
September 24, 2025  |  SMBs

The real-world economy is made up of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that make, move and install physical things. These firms don’t live in the...

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S&P Global Says Business Activity Growth Slows but Remains ‘Robust’
S&P Global Says Business Activity Growth Slows but Remains ‘Robust’
September 23, 2025  |  Economy

U.S. business activity continued growing in September, though the rate of growth slowed for the second consecutive month, S&P Global said Tuesday (Sept. 23). The...

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