Small Business (SMB) stories - Page 6
Swift banks back scheme for faster cross-border pay
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Swift enlists over 50 banks to launch common rules for faster, clearer cross-border retail payments, with first flows live by June.
Wise predicts agentic AI shift in business by 2026
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uc
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data protection
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data analytics
Wise forecasts that by 2026 agentic AI will run core business tasks, pushing firms to embed tools, tighten oversight and rethink outsourcing.
Airwallex Yield tops USD $1bn as treasury product expands
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Airwallex hits USD $1bn in assets for its Yield product as it launches in the US, targeting SMEs seeking returns on operational cash.
NE2NE expands PDFFlex AI to speed payroll onboarding
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partner programmes
NE2NE rolls out expanded PDFFlex AI to turn complex payroll PDFs into structured data, cutting onboarding time and manual processing.
Women in tech call for daily, sustained workplace backing
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e-learning
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hcm
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erp
Women in tech urge daily, visible backing over token gestures, saying sustained support boosts careers.
Origami launches chat-based AI tool for sales leads
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cx
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martech
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rpa
Origami unveils a chat-based AI that builds sales lead lists from plain-English prompts, starting at USD $80 a month on flat pricing.
Mercury's bid to become a US bank after rapid growth
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blockchain
Fast-growing fintech Mercury seeks a US national bank charter to hold deposits and lend directly after scaling to 200,000 business customers.
Ramp bets on self-driving finance tools for US firms
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saas
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digital transformation
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fintech
New York fintech Ramp is betting on 'self-driving' finance, using AI and Visa cards to automate spend, bills and cash for US firms.
Five red flags that suggest your AI content is actually hurting your rankings
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martech
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genai
Unedited AI content could soon tank your Google rankings; here are five warning signs your pages are hurting rather than helping.
'He/Him Salary' & hidden barriers still hold women back
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'He/Him Salary', hidden networks and biased hiring still block women's careers and pay, business leaders warn ahead of International Women's Day.
From side hustles to scalable brands: How marketplaces are paving the way for female entrepreneurs
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digital transformation
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Digital marketplaces are empowering UK women to turn side hustles into scalable brands, bypassing traditional funding bottlenecks.
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
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digital transformation
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crypto
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Women in fintech say inclusion tech is advancing faster than culture, warning against hollow celebration while pushing for real structural change.
Smarsh unveils AI tool to cut compliance alert noise
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risk & compliance
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Smarsh launches AI-powered Noise Reduction Agent to suppress low-risk messages, promising 60% fewer false positives for smaller firms.
Women in tech call for systemic change beyond quotas
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supply chain
Women in tech mark International Women's Day by urging systemic fixes to finance, culture and leadership, saying quotas alone fall short.
MSPs warned as cyber criminals weaponise trusted access
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firewalls
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ransomware
Cyber criminals are hijacking MSP trust relationships, abusing valid credentials and VPNs as AI turbocharges phishing and ransomware.
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
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cx
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e-commerce
Ahead of IWD 2026, Craft Club's Nakisah Williams champions slow, sustainable growth over blitzscaling as a new model of female leadership.
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
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cx
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martech
Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
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partner programmes
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clean technologies
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marketing
From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.
Slow patching leaves SMB endpoints exposed for weeks
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it automation
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risk & compliance
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edr
Acronis finds SMBs patch Microsoft flaws in about eight days, but the slowest endpoints stay exposed to known bugs for over five weeks.
QuSecure wins USD $3.9m AFWERX deal for quantum security
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firewalls
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encryption
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network security
QuSecure lands a USD $3.9m AFWERX contract to mature quantum-resilient encryption for sensitive US Air Force Global Strike missions.