Banking, SMB Finance

Business model reengineering is critical to serving the $300 billion SMB market

  • Banks and fintechs will have to partner up, trade knowledge and expertise, to effectively and profitably serve SMBs.
  • Let me play the same horn for a bajilionth time: there is no SMB banking without embedded finance solutions.
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