When it comes to investment plans in mobile order-ahead features, touchless payments at the brick-and-mortar point of sale (POS) and in-store kiosk pickup options for eCommerce purchases, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are top of the list. Their shopping...
The Neat Company, which develops bookkeeping automation and document management tools for small businesses, has upgraded it financial management platform, a Neat press release said. The press release said the new capabilities include more mobile features, simplifying the creation and management of invoices, giving a...
Digital platforms play a key role in the increasingly connected global economy, enabling businesses across all sectors to reach more potential customers both at home and abroad. For small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) which generate a greater portion of their sales on digital platforms than...
Pandemic recovery is real and making its way quantifiably across America’s cities and regions. According to The Main Street Index: How America’s Small To Mid-Sized Businesses Are Rebuilding For A Post-Pandemic Economy, powered by Melio, our quarterly measure of business health on Main Street USA...
Financial health of Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has improved for four consecutive quarters, according to the latest edition of “The Main Street Index,” a PYMNTS and Melio collaboration based on a survey of 532 owners of Main Street SMBs. Get the report:...
With 130,000 permanent closures in 2020, small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) suffered economic impacts early on in the pandemic. Today, the SMBs that typically drive economic growth in small towns and cities across the United States continue to face headwinds such as emergent inflationary pressures,...
For millions of small business owners during the pandemic, it was the credit unions (CUs) and community banks that came to the rescue, through always-on customer service, as well as new products and services tailored to help small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) not just survive...
For small business owners who use vehicles to do their work, GPS fleet tracking tells them more than just where their vehicles are. It also tells them whether the vehicles are being driven safely, whether they’re being properly maintained, and whether they’re being routed in...
An all-in-one payments platform is beneficial to businesses, but many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have reservations about adopting the technology, according to “The Future of Business Payables Innovation,” a PYMNTS and Plastiq collaboration based on a survey of 500 SMBs. Get the report: The...