What’s brewing in SMB finance in 2024?

Designing new products, SMB Finance

How US Bank is building workflow solutions for SMBs and where its offering needs to go next

• US Bank launched a spend management platform and an all-in-one Business Essentials checking account that accepts card payments with same-day fund access, building on its acquisition of Bento Technologies to create an integrated SMB banking ecosystem that consolidates multiple business tools into one platform.
• Banks need to integrate generative AI into their SMB spend management and cash flow tools to compete with fintech innovations like Lili's Accountant AI, as small business owners increasingly use AI for content creation, data analysis, and marketing strategies while seeking faster answers and more efficient business execution.

Banking, Embedded Finance, Partner, SMB Finance

How embedded payroll can help banks build stronger SMB relationships

• Gusto Embedded's research shows that 70% of SMBs use multiple providers for financial services while maintaining a primary bank for core functions.
• FIs can close this gap by offering embedded value-added services like payroll. Collaborating with providers like Gusto Embedded can enable FIs to offer an end-to-end payroll solution to their clients.

Banking, Partner, SMB Finance

The Future of Small Business Banking: Insights from Industry Leaders

• Dive into the major themes related to SMB finance that dominated the discussions at this year's The Big Bank Theory Conference held in New York.
• Executives from Mastercard, Truist, US Bank, Citizens, and Gusto explore how companies can build more powerful SMB strategies by centering communities and technology.

Banking, Podcasts, SMB Finance, TBBT Conference 2024

‘If banks are only investing in the experience layer but the foundational tech is archaic, we’re going to have a hard time creating integrated experiences’: U.S. Bank’s Scott Beyer 

• How can FIs simplify the financial challenges for SMBs, freeing them to focus on growth without getting bogged down by banking tasks?
• Scott Beyer, Head of Business Banking Digital Experiences at U.S. Bank, outlines key strategies, with technology as a foundational element, that FIs can implement to address these issues.

Banking, SMB Finance

Building for SMBs means building for communities feat. Mastercard

• SMBs face critical challenges such as lack of access to credit, barriers for women entrepreneurs, and lower levels of digital enablement, which have limited their growth and success globally.
• Mastercard's SMB strategy, through initiatives like Strive, focuses on easing credit access, providing digital tools, and building networks, with a particular emphasis on empowering women-led enterprises and fostering community-driven growth.