Small Business News
Running a small business comes with its own unique challenges and opportunities. Our small business news category delivers the latest intelligence to help you stay competitive and informed. Discover trending topics, emerging best practices, policy changes, and success stories from fellow entrepreneurs navigating the small business landscape. Whether you’re launching a startup or growing an established venture, this is your source for the news and insights you need to thrive.
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Plastiq Introduces Plastiq Pay, New Features for Small Businesses
As businesses continue to navigate a quickly-changing landscape, a number of startups are looking to meet the moment and provide tools that can assist entrepreneurs in building their businesses. Case in point: this week, Plastiq announced the launch of Plastiq Pay to help small business owners improve their cash flow. With the new platform, businesses…
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Apple Opens Business Essentials to All U.S. Small Businesses
When it comes to managing a small business, the list of technologies and devices being employed has grown tremendously over the past several years. In addition to all-in-one business ecosystems such as Square, many operations also use their fair share of computers, tablets, and cell phones for a wide variety of uses. With that in…
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Bank of America Introduces New Secured Credit Offerings
Just like many Americans, small business owners may find that their credit could use some improvement. Unfortunately, establishing positive credit can be a bit of a Catch 22. Additionally, by not using credit cards, entrepreneurs could be missing out on rewards that could then be used to reinvest in their businesses. With that in mind,…
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Small Business Accounting Platform Named Finally Raises $95 Million
For small business owners, managing finances can be one of the most challenging and confusing tasks. Between worrying about cash flow, taxes, invoicing, and bookkeeping, there’s plenty for entrepreneurs to concern themselves with — often taking them away from other business tasks. That’s a big reason why a growing number of FinTechs have worked to…
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Barclays Awarding $255k in Latest “Small Business Big Wins” Promotion
Throughout the past couple of years, several larger companies have stepped up to help smaller businesses in a number of different ways. This includes banks and credit card issuers, such as American Express, who have held sweepstakes and contests for entrepreneurs. On that note, Barclays is readying for another round of its “Small Business Big…
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Funding Circle, Nationwide Launch Partnership to Assist Small Businesses
Small business lender Funding Circle and popular insurance company Nationwide are teaming up. Billed as the first collaboration between an online lender and leading property and casualty insurer, the two companies are aiming to increase access to financing and resources for small business owners. As a result of the partnership, business owners will be able…
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Freelance Finance Tool Lili Introduces “Tax Optimizer” Toolkit
For small business owners, taxes can be a real headache. This can be especially true for freelancers and self-employed workers who might not even consider themselves business owners but need to for the sake of their filings. Because of this, some business owners might overlook deductions they qualify for, fail to set money aside for…
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Chase Survey Finds Optimism Among Small Business Leaders
At the start of 2021, there were plenty of reasons for Americans to be optimistic about the year ahead following a challenging 2020. Unfortunately, the year brought its own obstacles — which were only exacerbated as we headed into 2022. Despite this, JPMorgan Chase’s 2022 Business Leaders Outlook Survey finds that the vast majority of…
