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.
NFIB: Small Business Optimism Grows Amid ‘Plague’ of Cost Pressures
NFIB: Small Business Optimism Grows Amid ‘Plague’ of Cost Pressures
August 13, 2024  |  SMBs

Small businesses in the United States are pessimistic about their prospects, but less pessimistic than two years ago. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)...

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Centime Adds High-Yield Bank Account to AP Automation Solution
Centime Adds High-Yield Bank Account to AP Automation Solution
August 13, 2024  |  Accounts Payable

Centime added a fully liquid, high-yield bank account to its accounts payable (AP) automation solution. With the new offering, businesses can earn interest on AP...

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Lili Teams With Dun & Bradstreet on Business Banking
Lili Teams With Dun & Bradstreet on Business Banking
August 13, 2024  |  Partnerships

Lili, a small business-focused financial platform, launched a business banking collaboration with Dun & Bradstreet. “More than three-quarters of small business owners are concerned about...

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Coupang Prioritizes Deepening Customer Engagement Over Acquisition
Coupang Prioritizes Deepening Customer Engagement Over Acquisition
August 07, 2024  |  Earnings

Around the world, eCommerce companies look to grow their share of consumers’ overall retail spending. For Coupang, the real opportunity lies in boosting current customers’...

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Payoneer Pays $61 Million for HR/Payroll Platform Skuad
Payoneer Pays $61 Million for HR/Payroll Platform Skuad
August 07, 2024  |  Acquisitions

Small-business-focused FinTech Payoneer has acquired Singapore-based payroll/HR platform Skuad for $61 million. The deal is designed to bolster Payoneer’s efforts to serve as a “business-grade financial stack” for small...

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Citi and IFC Partner on Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Program
Citi and IFC Partner on Sustainable Supply Chain Finance Program
August 06, 2024  |  Supply Chain

Citi and International Finance Corp. (IFC), a global development institution that is a member of the World Bank Group, have partnered on a $2 billion...

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Delta, CrowdStrike Fallout Highlights Why Firms Need a Recovery Plan
Delta, CrowdStrike Fallout Highlights Why Firms Need a Recovery Plan
August 06, 2024  |  B2B Payments

No one is an island. And in our interconnected and digital world, no company is, either — meaning that the cost of a single facet’s...

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8 in 10 Execs Have Lost Business Due to Payment Errors
8 in 10 Execs Have Lost Business Due to Payment Errors
August 06, 2024  |  B2B Payments

The business-to-business (B2B) payments sector is undergoing a transformation as traditional manual processes strain business relationships. Lengthy payment cycles, inefficient communication, and error-prone methods are...

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COE Distributing CEO: Soaring Shipping Costs Hit Small Businesses Hard
COE Distributing CEO: Soaring Shipping Costs Hit Small Businesses Hard
August 05, 2024  |  SMBs

In his testimony last month before the House Small Business Committee, COE Distributing Chairman and CEO J.D. Ewing highlighted the issue of soaring shipping costs...

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