PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Facebook is collaborating with a Mexico-based alternative small business lender with plans to launch a new program in the country aimed at strengthening local SMBs’ finances. Those events will focus on a range of topics, including talent attraction, funding, technology adoption, sales and marketing. Reports in Contxto Thursday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This week’s B2B Data Digest breaks down the biggest news stories on the topic and examines key data points behind the world’s ongoing saga to combat late B2B payments. Why can’t Rio and Telstra pay all [small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)] in 30 days?” Intros New Late Payments Bill. Aussie Giants’ Reverse Factoring Controversy.

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AUGUST 18, 2023

The company has aligned with the voluntary Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2016 Standards Core, which gives an overview of the information needed to understand the nature of the organisation, its material topics and related impacts, and how these are managed.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Small business (SMB) adoption of technology can be a process filled with growing pains and friction points, thanks to the cost and disruption associated with integrating a new technology. At a recent industry panel, Carmichael recalled, one CEO participant said the topic of adopting technology was one of his top-five priorities.

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JULY 30, 2020

For [small- to medium-sized businesses] SMBs, we are proud that so many are taking advantage of new features, including smart campaigns to reach new online audiences and promoted pins on Google Maps to let customers know that their businesses are open,” Pichai also noted. percent year on year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Minimum wage, climate change, workplace diversity, immigration, and more were among the topics outlined. Dubbed the Intellectual Property Accelerator, it helps small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) connect with law firms that deal with intellectual property (IP) and trademarks. The blog post didn’t touch on antitrust issues.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2016

That’s hardly financially sound and shows the fragility of SMBs, among the more important drivers of the United States economy and job creation, as they, in essence, live paycheck to paycheck (albeit as a corporation, not an individual or family).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

It’s a popular hotbed of innovation for FinTechs and, according to the September 2017 Asian Development Bank (ADB) report on the topic, FinTech investment in trade finance saw more than $13 billion in venture capital in 2016 alone. trillion trade finance gap which disproportionately impacts small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

But how are SMBs faring on a global scale? ” It’s good news for entrepreneurs, and a welcomingly different conclusion than one drawn by the Asian Development Bank, whose 2017 report on the topic concluded that FinTech has not made a meaningful impact on access to trade finance globally. . Interestingly, in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

millennial small business owners expect revenue to increase in 2018 , a whopping 30 percent greater than the national average of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) overall, according to Bank of America’s latest Business Advantage Small Business Owner Report , released last week. small business optimism is on the rise.

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APRIL 27, 2023

It advises the FASB on broad topics on the FASB’s agenda, emerging trends, and other areas of interest to investors. The IAC works closely with the FASB to ensure that investor perspectives are effectively communicated during the development of accounting standards.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2016

Helping SMBs succeed. “More than half of all Americans either own or work for a small business, so this is a huge segment of the population,” Michele Herron, head of SMB strategy at Vantiv, said in a press release. The end goal?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

A commentary period (with input from various financial services stakeholders) would gather positions on open banking’s cost/benefits of consumer data access and security, among other topics. A few recent examples profiled in these digital pages centered on private market activities: U.K.-based

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

However, many SMB owners still remain unaware of them, as the IRS isn’t obliged to inform SMBs about possible tax breaks. Below you’ll find a list of tax deductions that can apply to SMBs. Separate personal and business expenses It’s one of the most painful topics in tax deductions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Easier said than done, of course, especially for smaller businesses (SMBs) — the PYMNTS-AEVI report surveyed more than 400 retailers across nine different sectors to gauge innovation readiness. Innovation Divide. There is still an innovation divide that is based on company size.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

Vantiv said the BizBuz interactive community will stand as a way for small business owners to connect and share insights and resources, while also gaining exclusive access to content and events, such as webinars, discounts from sponsors and a series of blogs covering key topics of interest to SMBs.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

According to the latest figures from Dun & Bradstreet, small businesses (SMBs) in the U.K. explores how to approach the topic, there is another jurisdiction in which the late payments fight is heating up: Australia. are owed an average of more than $88.6 million each from their corporate customers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2016

In a wide-ranging conversation between MPD’s Karen Webster and Sage Payment Solutions’ Paul Bridgewater, chief executive, topics ran the gamut from fears to opportunities, and the use of technology that helps navigate those two opposite poles. While both Webster and Bridgewater pointed to the critical importance of SMBs to the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

And to make sure that everyone starts off 2016, Part II on the same footing, we thought we would bring you a few of the top trending stories, as well as hot data/research topics, that will give you a head start on that all-important planning for 2016 and beyond. million, accounting for nearly 37 percent of all SMBs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

That, of course, is bad news for suppliers, especially small businesses (SMBs) that struggle with delayed and late payments that interrupt a healthy cash flow. This could be an area in which non-payment FinTechs play a vital role. Rather, Hansson explained, the company collaborates with third parties via its partner network.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

The “out-of-the-box” version, designed for smaller businesses (SMBs) that don’t have large and developed IT departments, allows for businesses to, more or less, access a plug-and-play version of the AgeChecker offering, with a little bit of starting help from the AgeChecker team. That is the problem AgeChecker hopes to fix. How It Works.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

Clearly, there’s still a long way for SMEs to go before they fully embrace FinTech – and the latest research on the topic reinforces the notion that small businesses aren’t using technology the way some may have hoped. Only 13 percent say they’re willing to jump on the innovation bandwagon.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2017

In the latest Topic TBD, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster posed that very question about bad luck to Lisa Fugate, vice president of product management at i2c. “I In credit, she noted that agile processing can be useful in the case where an FI is offering a revolving credit program, with SMBs in focus, using information that is already on hand.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

How well that IPO does will likely be the topic of another Sizzle/Fizzle edition in 2019. India SMBs: See a rebound in the wake of demonetization, says an Amex and Oxford Economics report, as they continue to “demand enhanced financial services” tied to digital payments, feel confident about revenue growth and the economy overall.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

One quote in the book that is particularly relevant to one of the hottest topics in payments today goes like this: “ Comfort is the enemy of progress.”. There, existing rails and new flows are giving people and SMBs access to funds faster with an obvious ROI for the business. In business, comfort is commonly referred to as inertia.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

But we will know how Square is raising the in-store payments game for SMBs, how Samsung is changing the topic and how Google is (finally) proudly welcoming Gmail to the year 2010 with mobile upgrades. And lucky for those readers, we have the Data Dive, where no tea leaves will need to be read.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Moreover, SMBs that used these funds to keep their employees at work during the whole payroll-covered period were eligible for loan forgiveness (We’ll delve into loan forgiveness rules a bit further). The PPP loan forgiveness has been a hotly discussed topic on Capitol Hill since the CARES Act came into action. The short answer is YES.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2018

And talk about them we have — every Monday for the last year we’ve been joined by a range of payments and commerce luminaries for conversations that dig deep into tough topics. Tide is a mobile-first digital banking service for small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) in the U.K. It will involve making trade-offs.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

It’s not that PPP is a bad program, Speight noted, quite to the contrary from where he sits, it’s a very well done program: it’s simple, it’s direct and it will put the money in the hands of the SMBs who genuinely need it in the right way — if it is carried out correctly.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

Treasury, the banks approved to process PPP loans and the small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) clamoring for those funds was to get as many applications completed, approved and funds distributed as possible — and as quickly as possible. Instead, Edwards noted, it has largely relocated them to the SMBs who took the funds.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In order to build out holistic services successfully, however, these apps must meet a growing list of requirements, with needs around cash management intensifying for many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) as a result of the pandemic. All About Cash Flow. Everything contributes to speeding up the payment flow.".

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

And then there are other SMBs that are delaying their reopenings, waiting for a market that is friendlier to their offerings – in an era of social distancing, McCarthy noted, nail salons, restaurants and even hairdressers fail to see a profitable way to render their services while following social distancing rules.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The PYMNTS Disbursements Tracker® explores the topic. Thirty-seven percent of SMBs claimed that cash flow was their top concern in 2019, according to one recent report, but the pandemic is rapidly shifting companies’ views and priorities,” per the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

percent of the American labor force — are employed by a small to medium-size business (SMB). About 20 percent of SMBs fail within their first year, according to the U.S. But, he said, Practical Business solutions is also designed, at base, to be a dynamic program with content that is expanding over time, in response to SMB needs. “I

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Yet, even in a big week, there are standouts — Visa bought Plaid , Goldman Sachs ’ Marcus hit $60 billion in deposits and 75 percent of small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) said that slow settlements create cash-flow crises for them. SMBs’ Need For Receivables Speed. Billion Plaid Purchase. That, of course, remains to be seen.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2017

What about small businesses (SMBs) and their approach to the cloud? That’s the topic of Right Networks’ latest survey , which asked 364 small- and medium-sized businesses about their use of the technology and how it impacts their operations overall. Take a look at the key data points from Right Networks’ SMB Cloud Impact survey. —76

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

When it comes to the topic of future proofing, WePay Co-founder Rich Aberman told Karen Webster for this week’s edition of Unscripted Podcast, one should take all claims with an appropriate grain of salt. Keeping Up With the SMBs . And, Aberman noted, the $30 SMB version probably works a bit better. “We

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