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.

60% of Small Business AI Users Do More Without Adding Staff
60% of Small Business AI Users Do More Without Adding Staff
November 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Small businesses are finding room to take on more work without adding staff, and their artificial intelligence-related staffing decisions more often involve a hire they...

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AI Agents Start Paying Invoices Inside Supplier Portals 
AI Agents Start Paying Invoices Inside Supplier Portals 
November 12, 2026  |  Back-office

Small businesses showed more interest in using artificial intelligence to keep track of their bills than in using it to pay them. In a PYMNTS...

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Small-Business Lending Shifts to Fewer, Bigger Loans
Small-Business Lending Shifts to Fewer, Bigger Loans
November 12, 2026  |  SMBs

The next big opportunity in small-business lending is the same as the last big opportunity. It is serving the smaller market and credit-thin business borrowers...

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Square Expands AI Tools to Give Sellers More Control
Square Expands AI Tools to Give Sellers More Control
November 12, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Square is expanding its agentic artificial intelligence capabilities, making its Squaremates business agent the primary entry point to Square Dashboard and introducing new tools that...

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HSBC Turns to Stripe for Small Business Tap-to-Pay Offering
HSBC Turns to Stripe for Small Business Tap-to-Pay Offering
November 10, 2026  |  SMBs

The United Kingdom arm of banking giant HSBC is turning to Stripe to power a new tap-to-pay offering, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 10) news...

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Sage Enlists Mastercard and Adyen to Bring Banking Into Accounting
Sage Enlists Mastercard and Adyen to Bring Banking Into Accounting
November 10, 2026  |  Partnerships

Business management software company Sage launched new partnerships with Mastercard and FinTech platform Adyen, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 10) press release. The collaborations are...

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Meta Forms Sales Group to Sell AI to Small Businesses
Meta Forms Sales Group to Sell AI to Small Businesses
November 09, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Meta has reportedly formed a sales organization as part of a plan to monetize its massive investments in artificial intelligence (AI). The new organization will...

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Fed Says Banks Tightened Small Business and Subprime Lending
Fed Says Banks Tightened Small Business and Subprime Lending
November 05, 2026  |  Loans

Banks reported that during the third quarter, they tightened their lending standards for small businesses, subprime mortgages and borrowers not meeting credit scoring thresholds for...

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Payoneer B2B Volume Surges 59% Ahead of Nuvei Acquisition
Payoneer B2B Volume Surges 59% Ahead of Nuvei Acquisition
November 05, 2026  |  Earnings

Cross-border payments firm Payoneer increased its revenue by 5% year over year to $222 million in the third quarter and secured payment licenses in two more countries...

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