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.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

70% of Small Businesses Want Better Cash Management Services From Banks
70% of Small Businesses Want Better Cash Management Services From Banks
July 31, 2024  |  SMBs

Small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are contending with a perfect storm of financial difficulties: outdated payment systems, persistent inflation and delayed payments. These issues disrupt...

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Mamo Raises $4.3 Million for UAE Small Business Financing
Mamo Raises $4.3 Million for UAE Small Business Financing
July 28, 2024  |  Fintech Investments

Dubai-based financial services firm Mamo has raised $4.3 million in new funding. Founded in 2019, the company offers services such as payment collection, corporate cards...

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Cuba Bans Small Business From Using US Bank Accounts
Cuba Bans Small Business From Using US Bank Accounts
July 26, 2024  |  SMBs

Cuba has reportedly banned its small businesses from using U.S. bank accounts, just weeks after the Biden administration allowed Cubans to use the banking system....

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Sage Enhances Payment Processing for SMBs With Stripe Integration
Sage Enhances Payment Processing for SMBs With Stripe Integration
July 26, 2024  |  SMBs

Sage and Stripe have partnered to help improve cashflow management and payment processing for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Stripe’s financial infrastructure platform for businesses will be...

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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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