SMBs

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

Study: Small Businesses Emerge as Prime Candidates for Embedded Lending Products
Study: Small Businesses Emerge as Prime Candidates for Embedded Lending Products
June 12, 2024  |  Consumer Finance

Lenders across major global economies offer embedded lending. However, data suggests that the typical lender that serves consumers or small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) has...

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Forwardly Adds ‘Pay by Credit Card’ to B2B Payments Platform
Forwardly Adds ‘Pay by Credit Card’ to B2B Payments Platform
June 11, 2024  |  B2B Payments

Forwardly has added a “pay by credit card” option to its business-to-business (B2B) payments platform. With this feature, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can both...

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Visa: Embedded Lending Is Big Hit With Consumer Lenders, a Work in Progress With Small Business
Visa: Embedded Lending Is Big Hit With Consumer Lenders, a Work in Progress With Small...
June 11, 2024  |  SMBs

Embedded lending — the burgeoning category of payments in which borrowers apply directly within the merchant or provider’s platform — is finding traction with consumers....

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Ad Hoc Payments Reach 30% of AP Dollar Volume for Enterprise SMBs
Ad Hoc Payments Reach 30% of AP Dollar Volume for Enterprise SMBs
June 11, 2024  |  Accounts Payable

Thanks in part to the influx of gig workers and demands of key industries, enterprise small- to medium-sized business (SMB) payers are sending 28% more...

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Small Business Owners’ Optimism Rises, but Inflation Remains a Problem
Small Business Owners’ Optimism Rises, but Inflation Remains a Problem
June 11, 2024  |  Economy

Small business owners are more optimistic than they’ve been throughout 2024 but they remain less optimistic than they have been historically. The NFIB Small Business...

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Pipe Aims $100 Million at Embedding Working Capital Solutions Into Business Software
Pipe Aims $100 Million at Embedding Working Capital Solutions Into Business Software
June 11, 2024  |  SMBs

The most valuable solution is the one that is there when you need it. And for America’s millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), they...

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66% of Healthcare SMBs Sent Real-Time Payments Last Year
66% of Healthcare SMBs Sent Real-Time Payments Last Year
June 10, 2024  |  Real-Time Payments

More small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) operating in the healthcare sector issued payments via real-time methodologies last year than via traditional methods like credit cards...

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Scammers Pose as Small Business to Sell Knockoff Goods
Scammers Pose as Small Business to Sell Knockoff Goods
June 10, 2024  |  Fraud Attack

Scammers are reportedly using technology such as AI to up their attacks on smaller merchants. As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (June 10),...

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Oscar Health Aims to More Than Double Membership by 2027
Oscar Health Aims to More Than Double Membership by 2027
June 07, 2024  |  Healthcare

Oscar Health reportedly aims to expand its presence in the employer market by providing more affordable health plans for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Using...

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