small businesses

Small businesses are privately owned corporations, partnerships, or sole proprietorships that have fewer employees and/or less annual revenue than a regular-sized business or corporation.

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Embedded Lending Finds Traction With Consumers and SMBs
Embedded Lending Finds Traction With Consumers and SMBs
July 25, 2024  |  SMBs

Embedded lending promises users convenient, streamlined access to financing for specific expenses from within merchant, business and other platforms. PYMNTS Intelligence finds that embedded lending...

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Visa and Toqio Partner on Commercial Card Solutions
Visa and Toqio Partner on Commercial Card Solutions
July 23, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Toqio and Visa have partnered to provide Visa commercial cards to businesses that don’t offer financial services. With these solutions, Toqio’s corporate clients will be able to...

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Earnings Season Shows Companies Still Spending on Corporate Cards
Earnings Season Shows Companies Still Spending on Corporate Cards
July 23, 2024  |  Earnings

As banks weighed in this month with their earnings reports, Wall Street has focused on earnings per share, investment banking revenues and the state of...

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This Week in B2B: Embedded Payments, Digital Tooling, Small-Business Success
This Week in B2B: Embedded Payments, Digital Tooling, Small-Business Success
July 18, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Innovation and competition are constantly reshaping the B2B landscape. The pace of transformation has financial institutions (FIs) and corporations increasingly seeking ways to bring their...

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9Spokes Launches Cashflow Product for Financial Institutions Serving SMBs
9Spokes Launches Cashflow Product for Financial Institutions Serving SMBs
July 16, 2024  |  SMBs

Global data platform 9Spokes has launched a new product designed to give small- medium-sized businesses (SMBs) automated, predictive cashflow management and forecasting capabilities. The new Cashflow...

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Clearco and Boundless Team to Expand Working Capital for eCommerce Merchants
Clearco and Boundless Team to Expand Working Capital for eCommerce Merchants
July 16, 2024  |  eCommerce

eCommerce invoice funding firm Clearco has teamed with small-business-focused capital marketplace Boundless. The partnership, announced Tuesday (July 16), is designed to provide working capital to...

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New Report Highlights Impact of Embedded Lending Options on Small Business Banking Preferences
New Report Highlights Impact of Embedded Lending Options on Small Business Banking Preferences
July 11, 2024  |  SMBs

Embedded lending can help microbusinesses and small businesses grow and maintain smooth operations despite unstable cash flows. However, PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study finds that relatively...

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Marriott Launches Online Travel Booking Program for Small Businesses
Marriott Launches Online Travel Booking Program for Small Businesses
July 09, 2024  |  Travel Payments

Marriott International has launched an online travel booking program designed for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new Business Access by Marriott Bonvoy combines a suite...

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Small Business Optimism Creeps up but Inflation Concerns Persist
Small Business Optimism Creeps up but Inflation Concerns Persist
July 09, 2024  |  Economy

Optimism among small business owners is climbing, though it’s hard to call them “optimistic.” That’s according to the latest edition of the National Federation of Independent...

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