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SMBs Account For 50+ Percent Of Items Sold On Amazon

SMBs Account For 50+ Percent Of Items Sold On Amazon
SMBs Account For 50+ Percent Of Items Sold On Amazon
December 28, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Amazon says most of the items sold on its platform come from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), leading to big business for the retail giant....

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Canada Economic Growth Slows, SMB Lending Cools
Canada Economic Growth Slows, SMB Lending Cools
December 20, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Data is expected to show slower economic growth across Canada for the second half of 2017 and, along with it, a slowdown in small- and...

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Holiday Cheer Isn’t Enough To Aid SMBs Through Cash Flow Issues
Holiday Cheer Isn’t Enough To Aid SMBs Through Cash Flow Issues
December 19, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Between Small Business Saturday and the gift-giving holidays, this time of year is one many assume to be lucrative for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)....

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Australia SMB Ombudsman Wants Data On Businesses’ B2B Payments Times
Australia SMB Ombudsman Wants Data On Businesses’ B2B Payments Times
December 18, 2017  |  B2B Payments

As Australian regulators inquire about the speed with which businesses pay their small- and medium-sized business (SMB) suppliers, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise...

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Integrated Payments: The Way To An SMB’s Heart
Integrated Payments: The Way To An SMB’s Heart
December 15, 2017  |  SMBs

“Small business” (SMB) is a term that could describe any number of ventures — from an individual Uber driver to a micro-merchant selling handmade jam...

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No Easy Fix For Freelancers’ FinServ Needs — Even With PSD2
No Easy Fix For Freelancers’ FinServ Needs — Even With PSD2
December 13, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A few bank scandals and research highlighting smaller companies’ frustrations with traditional financial institutions (FIs) have ushered in a wave of challenger banks in the...

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Challenger Banks Penta, Arro Debut Small Business Accounts
Challenger Banks Penta, Arro Debut Small Business Accounts
December 13, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Two challenger banks in the European Union — U.K.-based Arro and Germany-based Penta — both announced Tuesday (Dec. 12) that their small- and medium-sized business (SMB)...

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