Amazon is introducing a series of AI-powered solutions to help business clients. These new offerings, announced Wednesday (Nov. 11), include the new Amazon Business Assistant which is available to Amazon Business at no added cost. “The assistant combines Amazon’s deep understanding of purchasing with smart...
For small business owners, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is about to become less affordable. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Nov. 11), small business owners and their employees, as well as self-employed workers, make up almost half of the enrollees in ACA plans. Premiums for...
Optimism among America’s small businesses fell last month amid labor and profit headaches. That’s according to the October edition of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index, released Tuesday (Nov. 11), and showing a 0.6 point decline in October to 98.2....
PayPal has introduced a way for its small business customers to launch retail media networks. The company on Tuesday (Oct. 7) announced the launch of PayPal Ads Manager, designed to help small businesses “create billions of new advertising impressions for brands of all sizes” using...
June 20, 2025
Faster payments are fundamentally changing how commercial banks and credit unions deliver value and differentiate themselves. This shift extends beyond mere transaction speed; it’s about aligning payment capabilities with the evolving needs of all customers, from individual consumers to large enterprises. Notably, a strategic focus is sharpening on the business sector, with mid-sized institutions increasingly […]
June 05, 2025
As tariffs loomed this spring, PYMNTS Intelligence found that obtaining financing was (and is) a difficult endeavor for smaller firms, which power the U.S. economy. Our surveys of small to...
May 27, 2025
To thrive in today’s fragmented retail landscape, small and medium-sized businesses must close the digital divide and embrace unified commerce strategies. It’s a good summary of PYMNTS’ new 2025 Global...
April 16, 2025
The pandemic sent us all online to get the goods and services we needed — and if we weren’t comfortable using a mobile device to scroll and click through to...
November 21, 2025
Extend now enables businesses to connect “virtually any” bank credit card to its spend and expense management platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). This capability gives SMBs’ finance teams a centralized view of all their company cards as well as an app that streamlines expense tracking, reporting and reconciliation, the company said in a […]
November 12, 2025
Amazon is introducing a series of AI-powered solutions to help business clients. These new offerings, announced Wednesday (Nov. 11), include the new Amazon Business Assistant which is available to Amazon...
November 11, 2025
For small business owners, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is about to become less affordable. As Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Nov. 11), small business owners and their employees, as well...
November 11, 2025
Optimism among America’s small businesses fell last month amid labor and profit headaches. That’s according to the October edition of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism...