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.

Sources Say Amazon Is Planning Investment In India Alt Lender
Sources Say Amazon Is Planning Investment In India Alt Lender
December 19, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Reports Monday (Dec. 18) said unnamed sources suggest Amazon is planning to invest in alternative lender Capital Float, based in India. According to The Economic Times,...

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Developers Enter The World Of Banking
Developers Enter The World Of Banking
December 18, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Following the global financial crisis and a pullback among banks from small business (SMB) lending, some jurisdictions have recently begun introducing new initiatives to entice...

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Today In Data: Alt FIs Raise Funding, SMBs In The US And AI Gets Backing
Today In Data: Alt FIs Raise Funding, SMBs In The US And AI Gets Backing
December 15, 2017  |  Today In Data

Today in PYMNTS’ data, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have won the alternative financial venture capital (VC) funding rounds, millions of SMBs are in operation...

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Investec Breaks New Ground In Bank/FinTech Collaborations With MarketInvoice Deal
Investec Breaks New Ground In Bank/FinTech Collaborations With MarketInvoice Deal
December 15, 2017  |  B2B Payments

MarketInvoice is the latest alternative lender to launch a partnership with a traditional financial institution (FI), with reports on Thursday (Dec. 14) noting the U.K....

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Investors Haven’t Forgotten About Alternative SMB Finance
Investors Haven’t Forgotten About Alternative SMB Finance
December 15, 2017  |  B2B Payments

By now, the alternative lending market is hardly new, and investor appetite for startups in the space seems to have waned. But every few weeks,...

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The Growing Demand For International Invoicing
The Growing Demand For International Invoicing
December 15, 2017  |  Cross Border Commerce

Life is full of complexity. Life for a small- to mid-sized business (SMB) scaling operations into new countries? Complex on so many levels, especially when it...

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Today In Data: VC For Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin Records And Virtual ID Verification
Today In Data: VC For Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin Records And Virtual ID Verification
December 13, 2017  |  Today In Data

Today in PYMNTS’ data, venture capital (VC) funding is backing digital currency operations, bitcoin is edging up on record highs, identity (ID) verification solutions providers...

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Accountants Find Their Place In SMB FinTech Disruption
Accountants Find Their Place In SMB FinTech Disruption
December 12, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Paper checks for domestic suppliers, wire transfers for international ones. That’s the status quo in corporate payments, and it’s not only creating friction for the...

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FinTech Startup Nanopay Is For Banks, Not Against Them
FinTech Startup Nanopay Is For Banks, Not Against Them
December 11, 2017  |  Startup Check-In

Whether bank customers are consumers or businesses, chances are good that they do at least some of their banking online. This month, startup nanopay is...

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