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.

Why Real-Time Payments Are Less About Timing and More About Trust
Why Real-Time Payments Are Less About Timing and More About Trust
May 01, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

For banks seeking to lure and keep small- to medium-sized business (SMB) clients, real-time payments can become big business. If traditional financial institutions (FIs) lag...

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Square Updates Banking Offering to Bolster Business Cash Management
Square Updates Banking Offering to Bolster Business Cash Management
April 30, 2025  |  Banking

Square has debuted banking tools designed to help sellers gain instant access to their funds. The expansion of the platform’s banking service lets business owners sign...

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UPS Shifts Strategy With Amazon Exit, SMB Push Amid Cost Cuts
UPS Shifts Strategy With Amazon Exit, SMB Push Amid Cost Cuts
April 29, 2025  |  Earnings

United Parcel Service (UPS) entered 2025 navigating the currents of a rapidly evolving logistics landscape. “We are focusing on controlling what we can control and...

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Update: Credit Unions Challenge the Challenger Banks for Gen Z Wallet Share
Update: Credit Unions Challenge the Challenger Banks for Gen Z Wallet Share
April 29, 2025  |  Credit Unions

The last decade has seen a dizzying acceleration in digital banking innovation. From slick mobile-first challenger banks to the sprawling networks of national giants, competition...

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Survival or Surrender: Will Tariffs Force Small Businesses Off the Global Stage?
Survival or Surrender: Will Tariffs Force Small Businesses Off the Global Stage?
April 28, 2025  |  SMBs

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can be squeezed from a new direction each day. Some of those squeezes are starting to hurt, particularly the U.S....

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Merchants Demand Value at Every Touchpoint From Their Payments Processors
Merchants Demand Value at Every Touchpoint From Their Payments Processors
April 28, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

Competition is reshaping payments, and transactions are no longer the main event. They’re just the opening act. As commoditization drives down margins and disruptors reset...

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This Week in B2B: SMB Innovation, Trade Disruptions Shape New Digital Economy
This Week in B2B: SMB Innovation, Trade Disruptions Shape New Digital Economy
April 24, 2025  |  SMBs

Across boardrooms and tech hubs alike, digital innovation, shifting global trade policies, and the relentless drive of small businesses are colliding, creating new imperatives for...

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Fiserv’s Shares Fall as Clover Growth Slows and Merchant Payments Processing Revenues Dip
Fiserv’s Shares Fall as Clover Growth Slows and Merchant Payments Processing Revenues Dip
April 24, 2025  |  Earnings

Shares of Fiserv plummeted in intraday trading Thursday (April 24) in the wake of its first-quarter earnings report, which showed slowing growth in its Clover...

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Small Businesses Turn to Instant Payments as Ad Hoc Transactions Surge
Small Businesses Turn to Instant Payments as Ad Hoc Transactions Surge
April 24, 2025  |  Real-Time Payments

Cash is king, and cash flow rules the day, especially for small businesses that might not have the wherewithal to weather macroeconomic shocks. The PYMNTS...

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