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.
Open banking and digital transformation are reshaping the financial industry, so learning to partner well is becoming a key activity for both banks and fintechs.
Learn about how you can rise to the challenges of fintech partnerships and the future of customer-centric banking by partnering better.
The headline-grabber was the resurgence of trading and investment banking among Wall Street's banks in Q3 — a clear bright spot in an otherwise challenging landscape.
Technology and digital banking continue to be pivotal focuses for various institutions, as evidenced by discussions during Q3 earnings conference calls. As digital banking takes off, which institution will wear the crown?
In recent years, Discover has leveraged a key growth strategy that focuses on engaging niche consumer segments and enhancing customer loyalty, among other initiatives.
The secret sauce of this approach can be seen in the firm's strategic moves: a concentrated focus on a niche yet widely recognized customer base carried out through a measured approach.
