American Express has launched its first-ever business debit card, a complement to the new, fully digital business checking account designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a Thursday (Oct. 28) company announcement. The business checking account features a full-service digital banking experience that...
Stoyan Kenderov, chief product and technology officer for Plastiq, discusses how 2020 saw many manual, legacy payment and accounting practices fell by the wayside, with companies of all sizes suddenly embracing the promise of digital payments automation. Read more executives’ insights in “The Way Payments...
BrainTrust on Wednesday (Oct. 20) launched the Founders Studio, a tech-driven community platform that helps Black beauty and wellness founders continue the growth of Black businesses at a time when nine of 10 Black entrepreneurs don’t have enough investment or working capital. The Founders Studio’s...
Intuit has announced the newest addition to its suite of QuickBooks offerings, Money By QuickBooks, which will help small- to medium-sized business (SMB) owners get more control over their money, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. The mobile application will let SMBs better...
The tech stack — that conglomeration of tech, codes, software and services that build websites or apps — can be a strategic advantage, not a cost center. Brandon Gell, CEO and co-founder of Clyde, said for smaller firms, in the inexorable bid to move online,...
Small businesses fail all the time, but it’s not always because they’re bad at doing business. In fact, in many cases, it’s more bad luck than anything else, with cash flow problems causing many thousands to shut up shop — simply because they don’t have...
Website-hosting company GoDaddy has teamed up with eBay to make it easier for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that work in online retail in the United Kingdom to advertise products through the auction service, TechRadar reported. The new offering will let GoDaddy users post products...
Business payment service provider Veem is partnering with Visa to bring a virtual card program and fast, secure cross-border money transfers to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a press release. The tie-up also gives Veem’s 400,000-plus users access to digital money movement capabilities...
Main Street merchants remain resilient and are even thriving 18 months into the pandemic, but they’re not quite back to “business as usual.” That won’t happen until those merchants get their workforces back and the threat of COVID-19 dissipates. At the same time, many people...
