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...
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...
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...
November 14, 2025
JPMorganChase has reportedly reached deals in which FinTech firms will pay the bank for access to customer data. The bank reached deals with Plaid, Yodlee, Morningstar and Akoya, which are among the FinTechs that account for more than 95% of the data requests made by third-party apps connected to customer bank accounts, CNBC reported Friday […]
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...
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...
