Business Growth news and trends

Consumers and Smaller Businesses Form an Untapped Embedded Lending Market in Germany
SMBs // September 26, 2024

Embedded lending is growing in popularity around the world. It promises convenient, streamlined access to financing for specific expenses from within merchant, business and other platforms. This is true for individuals and microbusinesses and small businesses (MSBs) that want to align their cash flow and...

Update: UK Adoption of Embedded Lending Falls Short of Potential
SMBs // September 23, 2024

Embedded lending promises convenient, streamlined access to financing within merchant and business platforms. This proves especially impactful for individuals and microbusinesses and small businesses (MSBs) wanting to align their cash flow and expenses. Despite most lenders in the U.K. offering this type of lending, use...

New Data: Embedded Lending Favored by India’s 473M Consumer Class Economy
SMBs // September 16, 2024

Embedded lending offers convenient, streamlined access to financing for specific expenses from within merchant, business and other platforms. This proves impactful for individuals and microbusinesses and small businesses (MSBs) that want to align their cash flow and expenses. In India, 15% of consumers and 37%...

Application Frictions Slow Australians From Adopting Embedded Lending
SMBs // September 03, 2024

Embedded lending is growing in popularity around the world. It offers convenient, streamlined access to financing for specific expenses from within merchant, business and other platforms. This proves especially impactful for individuals and microbusinesses and small businesses (MSBs) that want to better align cash flow...

Interviews & Exclusives
Embedded Lending Bridges Gap Between Consumers, Businesses and Credit

September 27, 2024
Embedded lending is growing in popularity around the world. It promises convenient, streamlined access to financing for specific expenses from within merchant, business and other platforms. This proves impactful for individuals and microbusinesses and small businesses (MSBs) that want to align their cash flow and expenses. Across six major world markets, 15% of consumers and […]

Consumers and Smaller Businesses Form an Untapped Embedded Lending Market in Germany

September 26, 2024
Embedded lending is growing in popularity around the world. It promises convenient, streamlined access to financing for specific expenses from within merchant, business and other platforms. This is true for...

Application Frictions Slow Australians From Adopting Embedded Lending

September 03, 2024
Embedded lending is growing in popularity around the world. It offers convenient, streamlined access to financing for specific expenses from within merchant, business and other platforms. This proves especially impactful...

New Report Highlights Impact of Embedded Lending Options on Small Business Banking Preferences

July 11, 2024
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 few microbusinesses and small businesses...

Quick Reads
Services Sector Drives US Business Growth; Europe Loses Momentum

January 26, 2020
Breaking trends in the rest of the world, the U.S.’ business activity is on the upswing so far in 2020. In other major countries, that hasn’t been the case, as their economies have been performing weaker, The Wall Street Journal reported. Data company IHS Markit reported earlier this week that its composite purchasing managers index […]

SoftBank CEO Not Satisfied With Firm’s Growth

October 08, 2019
So far, the CEO of SoftBank Group Corp. isn’t impressed with his accomplishments at his company. “The results still have a long way to go, and that makes me embarrassed and...

Sift: Fraud Prevention Hinders Biz Growth

January 29, 2019
A new report has revealed a “critical disconnect” between fraud prevention and business growth. Sift‘s report, “Digital Trust & Safety: Aligning Security and Growth Strategies,” showed that while 69 percent...