Payments
Articles related to flow of payments and the ever-changing technology related to how small businesses are paid.
Featured Resources for Payments
What is an Initial Coin Offering and Are They a Good Way to Raise Money?
Are initial coin offerings headed for a trainwreck — or a rocket-ride?
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An Overview of New Options for Point-of-Sale and Peer-to-Peer Payments | 2017
Big banks and Apple have announced ways they hope will help them catch-up with payment apps like PayPal’s Venmo
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Regulations Issued for U.S. Pre-paid Credit Cards and Related Apps | 2016
Consumer Finance Protection Bureau issues new rules in response to explosive growth in prepaid cards and similar digital apps.
Research
By the Numbers | How Small Businesses Are Paid | Q1 2016
Only 39 percent of small business merchants have upgraded their point-of-sale devices to accept payments from chip-embedded credit cards.
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Charge! Square Releases its Chip Card, Wireless Payment Reader
Square announced its chip card was being used in 15 states on the day of the first distribution to 100 merchants, restaurants.
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The Fastest Growing Markets for Small Business Ecommerce Aren’t the Ones You Are Guessing | 2015
Ecommerce, while still used by only a fraction of small businesses, could be seeing its biggest growth in markets outside the coastal early-adopting meccas.
Advice
How to Recognize an Employee is Hurting and How to Help
Here are a few ways a typically upbeat employee displays they are frustrated…and what you can do to help.
News
GoDaddy Upgrades, Expands its Small Business Ecommerce Service
GoDaddy is announcing today an upgrade and expansion of its small business ecommerce service, GoDaddy Online Store.