small business

Private Credit Booms as Main Street Firms Seek Capital Access 
Private Credit Booms as Main Street Firms Seek Capital Access 
January 15, 2024  |  SMBs

For corporates, especially smaller Main Street businesses, private credit (aka private debt) appears as an avenue through which they can get the capital they need....

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Intuit Integrates TurboTax Into Credit Karma and QuickBooks
Intuit Integrates TurboTax Into Credit Karma and QuickBooks
January 08, 2024  |  Taxes

Intuit has integrated TurboTax into two of its other products: Credit Karma and QuickBooks. These integrations will streamline the tax preparation and filing process for...

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Main Street Merchants Find Their 2024 Footing Online
Main Street Merchants Find Their 2024 Footing Online
December 29, 2023  |  Omnicommerce

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...

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Nearly 1 in 3 Hospitality SMBs Rely on National Banks for Credit
Nearly 1 in 3 Hospitality SMBs Rely on National Banks for Credit
December 27, 2023  |  SMBs

Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), which faced challenges during the pandemic and managed to stay afloat, are aiming to stabilize their finances in...

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Xero Adds Quadient’s AP Capabilities to Cloud-Based Accounting Software
Xero Adds Quadient’s AP Capabilities to Cloud-Based Accounting Software
December 19, 2023  |  Accounts Payable

Xero has integrated with Quadient’s accounts payable (AP) capabilities to add intelligent AP automation to its cloud-based accounting software. With the companies’ new strategic partnership in North America and...

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Young SMBs Can’t Find Enough Business Financing
Young SMBs Can’t Find Enough Business Financing
December 15, 2023  |  SMBs

Working capital is the lifeblood of businesses of all sizes, and to those companies just starting, access to financing can mean the difference between stagnation...

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Trustly Says Merchants’ Desire for Instant Payouts Drives RTP Demand
Trustly Says Merchants’ Desire for Instant Payouts Drives RTP Demand
December 13, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Trustly has found that merchants’ desire to provide instant payouts to their customers is driving demand for its Real-Time Payments (RTP) service. Due in part to...

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Fed: Smaller Banks Report Pressure on Commercial Loan Demand
Fed: Smaller Banks Report Pressure on Commercial Loan Demand
November 30, 2023  |  Economy

The Federal Reserve’s Beige Book — released eight times a year — collects qualitative observations about current economic conditions across the central bank’s dozen districts....

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Funding Circle and Enfuce Launch UK Small Business Credit Card
Funding Circle and Enfuce Launch UK Small Business Credit Card
November 16, 2023  |  SMBs

Funding Circle, a U.K. small business lending platform, has partnered with Enfuce, a provider of embedded finance solutions. This partnership aims to launch a small business...

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