The integration of financial products and services into digital ecosystems is transforming commerce. “With the advancements of technology and the platforms businesses rely on to run their operations, they are looking to integrate financial products to give their customer base more value,” Ben Griefer, COO at...
With Small Business Week coming up April 29, it’s a good time to focus on the restaurant sector, because according to industry data, 90% of restaurants meet the criteria. In fact, 70% of them are single-unit operations. And when you’re dealing with the changing dining and payment preferences of...
EBay has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) enhancement that helps fashion consumers “shop the look.” This feature uses consumers’ shopping history to present them with items and outfits that match their style preferences and are available from sellers on the platform, the company said in...
If you’re the proprietor of one of the 33 million small businesses in the U.S., odds are you have two pressing needs: Working capital and data. And those 33 million businesses are part of one of the economy’s fastest-growing sectors. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,...
February 28, 2025
As goes Main Street, so goes the overall U.S. economy. By the numbers, roughly 99% of businesses in the U.S. are small businesses — and they account for about 44% of GDP. They employ half of the private sector workforce, and $1 out of every $3 spent by consumers is spent at smaller firms. And […]
July 30, 2024
The integration of financial products and services into digital ecosystems is transforming commerce. “With the advancements of technology and the platforms businesses rely on to run their operations, they are...
April 26, 2024
With Small Business Week coming up April 29, it’s a good time to focus on the restaurant sector, because according to industry data, 90% of restaurants meet the criteria. In fact, 70% of them...
April 04, 2024
If you’re the proprietor of one of the 33 million small businesses in the U.S., odds are you have two pressing needs: Working capital and data. And those 33 million...
April 09, 2024
EBay has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) enhancement that helps fashion consumers “shop the look.” This feature uses consumers’ shopping history to present them with items and outfits that match their style preferences and are available from sellers on the platform, the company said in a Tuesday (April 9) blog post. “We designed shop the look […]
August 07, 2023
Zoom is apparently using customer data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. That’s according to the videoconferencing platform’s terms of service, updated last month and reported Monday (Aug. 7) by CNBC. According...
March 29, 2023
Pinwheel has partnered with Visa to provide consumer-permissioned income and employment data to businesses. By joining the Visa Fintech Connect Program, Pinwheel can provide this data to merchants, financial institutions and FinTech companies more...
February 14, 2023
Clearbit has launched a new way for firms to control data usage across a large base of customers. The provider of real-time company intelligence said in a Tuesday (Feb. 14)...
