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PNC Bank to Expand Small Business Offerings With Embedded ADP Payroll

October 28, 2026
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Relay and Nium Handle $500 Million in Cross-Border Payments in Partnership’s First Year
Cross-border Payments // October 19, 2026

Users of Relay’s small business banking and money management platform have sent over $500 million in cross-border payments through Nium’s global money movement platform since the companies launched their partnership about a year ago, according to a Monday (Oct. 19) press release. The users sent...

AI Agents Give Main Street Businesses Big Business Muscle
Artificial Intelligence // October 12, 2026

Running a small business has always meant doing more with less. The owner takes the morning shift, answers customer emails on lunch, reconciles the books at night and handles scheduling on weekends. Every hour spent on operations is an hour not spent on the work...

Mastercard Dreamonomics Report Finds Smaller Businesses Prioritizing Stability
Payment Methods // September 15, 2026

Small businesses are putting a premium on predictability. Across more than 6,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) surveyed in 18 countries for Mastercard’s inaugural Dreamonomics report, 68% said they prioritize stability and predictability over fast growth. Fifty-four percent said they actively avoid unnecessary financial risk....

SMBs Swap Pricey SaaS Contracts for AI-Built Apps
Artificial Intelligence // July 08, 2026

For two decades, buying enterprise software meant accepting a vendor’s feature set, paying per seat and hiring specialists to manage the platform. For small businesses, that model often meant paying for capabilities they never used. AI coding tools are changing that calculation. Five startups and...

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AI Agents Give Main Street Businesses Big Business Muscle

October 12, 2026
Running a small business has always meant doing more with less. The owner takes the morning shift, answers customer emails on lunch, reconciles the books at night and handles scheduling on weekends. Every hour spent on operations is an hour not spent on the work that grows the business. Artificial intelligence agents are changing that […]

Amex Sees ‘Tremendous Growth’ in Virtual Cards for B2B Payments

December 18, 2024
Complexities breed inefficiency, as business-to-business (B2B) payments throughout their history have proven. But B2B payments should be simple, easy and secure. In an era when digital transformation is reshaping every...

Small Businesses Confront Card Fraud Vulnerabilities

May 29, 2024
Large enterprises continue to fight all kinds of fraud, from insider threats to payments fraud to social engineering. But small businesses are often overlooked as they fight the same battles....

Main Street Merchants Find Their 2024 Footing Online

December 29, 2023
2023 hasn’t been an easy environment for small and midsized businesses (SMBs). Business bankruptcy rates jumped 30% between September 2022 and September 2023, as macro factors like record-high interest rates and the...

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PNC Bank to Expand Small Business Offerings With Embedded ADP Payroll

October 28, 2026
PNC Bank and ADP have partnered to embed ADP’s payroll and human resources capabilities in PNC’s digital banking platform, ADP said in a Wednesday (Oct. 28) press release. This integration will enable PNC’s small business clients to manage payroll, HR, banking and payments through a single digital experience, according to the release. PNC Payroll by […]

Relay and Nium Handle $500 Million in Cross-Border Payments in Partnership’s First Year

October 19, 2026
Users of Relay’s small business banking and money management platform have sent over $500 million in cross-border payments through Nium’s global money movement platform since the companies launched their partnership...

Docyt Adds ‘AI Bookkeeper’ to Small Business Financial Management Platform

July 16, 2024
Docyt has added an “AI bookkeeper” called GARY to its digital back-office solutions for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). GARY is built on the Docyt AI software-as-a-service (SaaS) financial management...

Corporations Follow Small Businesses in Returning to Travel

June 04, 2024
Large corporations are reportedly catching up with small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in returning to business travel. While SMBs led the post-pandemic rebound in business travel, corporations are increasingly booking...