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.

Atlanta Fed: Small Firms Less Likely to Pass Through Cost Increases
Atlanta Fed: Small Firms Less Likely to Pass Through Cost Increases
April 23, 2025  |  SMBs

Businesses said in April that they expect their unit costs to increase by 2.8% over the next year, a figure that is 0.3 percentage points...

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Froda Raises $22 Million to Expand Embedded Financing for European SMBs
Froda Raises $22 Million to Expand Embedded Financing for European SMBs
April 23, 2025  |  Investments

It’s a rough time for FinTech startups to be asking investors nervous about tariffs for new equity funding. In a press release Wednesday (April 23)...

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Fiserv to Acquire Brazilian Financing Engine Money Money
Fiserv to Acquire Brazilian Financing Engine Money Money
April 23, 2025  |  Acquisitions

Fiserv plans to acquire Brazilian FinTech company Money Money Servicos Financeiros S.A. to expand the range of payment, management and cash flow solutions Fiserv’s Clover...

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FundThrough Acquires Ampla to Expand SMB Invoice Factoring Platform
FundThrough Acquires Ampla to Expand SMB Invoice Factoring Platform
April 22, 2025  |  Acquisitions

FundThrough, a FinTech that works with small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), acquired FinTech solutions firm Ampla, which serves consumer brands. The deal will strengthen FundThrough’s...

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Chicago Fed: Tariff-Related Panic Buying Could Precede Economic Slump
Chicago Fed: Tariff-Related Panic Buying Could Precede Economic Slump
April 20, 2025  |  Economy

“Panic buying” in the U.S. could create an “artificially high” level of economic activity. That’s according to Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee,...

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Earnings See Businesses Embrace Working Capital Flexibility as Growth Pauses
Earnings See Businesses Embrace Working Capital Flexibility as Growth Pauses
April 18, 2025  |  Earnings

U.S. reciprocal tariffs have upended global trade. Once fluid supply chains are now tangled with complexity, and the ripple effects are being felt across every...

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Retailers ‘Uncharacteristically Blunt’ in Telling Customers Tariffs Will Raise Prices
Retailers ‘Uncharacteristically Blunt’ in Telling Customers Tariffs Will Raise Prices
April 17, 2025  |  Retail

Some retailers are reportedly being “uncharacteristically blunt” in sharing with customers the impact new U.S. tariffs are having on the prices of their products. This...

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Small Businesses Embrace Simplicity as Managing Cash Flow Becomes More Complex
Small Businesses Embrace Simplicity as Managing Cash Flow Becomes More Complex
April 17, 2025  |  SMBs

The tariffs were on, then they were paused, and at the moment, the United States trade war is focused on China. Although some business owners...

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SMBs Face Pressure to Match Big Retail’s Digital Game
SMBs Face Pressure to Match Big Retail’s Digital Game
April 16, 2025  |  Payment Methods

The pandemic sent us all online to get the goods and services we needed — and if we weren’t comfortable using a mobile device to...

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