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UAE SMBs Rethink Investment To Create Seamless Cross-Channel Shopping Experience
May 04, 2022

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...

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Neat Co. Adds Features to Bookkeeping Platform for Small Business
May 04, 2022

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...

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UAE-Based SMBs Generate 46% of Sales on Digital Platforms, Lowest in 6-Country Study
May 03, 2022

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...

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Data Point: Indexing 19% Above the 2020 Crater, Main Street SMBs Roar Back in Q1...
May 03, 2022

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...

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Main Street Businesses’ Health Now 6.2% Better Than Last Pre-Pandemic Reading
April 27, 2022

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:...

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New Data Shows Main Street Businesses Rebuilding for Post-Pandemic Economy
April 21, 2022

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,...

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SMB’s Need for Digital Banking With Human Touch Gives CUs Competitive Edge vs. FinTechs
April 21, 2022

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...

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Fleet Tracking Boosts Small Business Fleets’ Efficiency, Safety, Service
April 19, 2022

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...

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Concerns About Complications Are Top Barriers to All-in-One Payments Solutions
April 15, 2022

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...