News (2421)
Protect Your Data
As the holiday shopping season swings into high gear small businesses need to increase their data security, reports Small Business Computing. The point-of-sale system is one of the easiest targets for data thieves, but there are things a small business can do to protect their systems.
Read more...
Tagged under
Small Business Owners Not Ready To Accept Contactless Payments
Newtek Business Services, Inc.has announced the findings of its SB Authority Market Sentiment Survey, a monthly window into the concerns of independent business owners. Based on a poll of over 1,000 respondents, the key finding from the October survey is 82% of business owners do not currently have a POS terminal or method of taking credit and debit cards ready to accept near field communication (NFC) contactless payments, such as Apple Pay. Additionally, 93% of business owners are not planning on upgrading their existing terminals to be able to accept contactless NFC payment options.
Read more...
Tagged under
Data Breach Prevention Guide for Small Businesses
TechInsurance, has announced the publication of The Small-Business Owner's Guide to Identity Theft Prevention and Data Security, an eBook that offers small-business data security tips.
Read more...
Tagged under
Women Owned Business Program Needs Oversight
Investigators for the General Accounting Office have recommended oversight for the Women-owned small business program, reports True New Jersey. The program, which began in 2012, is under investigation for failing to certify that only eligible businesses have received funds.
Read more...
New Mexico Receives Small Business Grant
New Mexico’s Economic Development Department and the New Mexico Finance Authority have received a grant from the US Treasury Department’s State Small Business Credit Initiative, reports Albuquerque Business First. The grant totals $4 million and will be used to grow small business.
Read more...
Tagged under
Small Business Saturday Continues to Grow
According to Indy Channel, Small business Saturday, which started five years ago, now rivals Black Friday and Cyber Monday as a key shopping day for holiday shoppers.
Read more...
Affordable Web-Based Inventory Management for Sellers and Merchants
Intrakr (intrakr.com), a web-based inventory management solution, today announced its availability to Square sellers. More merchants now have an indispensable tool at their fingertips, with the ability to keep track of their products in a convenient, accurate, and affordable way.
Read more...
Tagged under
GlobalCollect Partners with BlueSnap to Serve Small Businesses
Global payment gateway BlueSnap announced that GlobalCollect, part of Ingenico Group and the world's most knowledgeable payment service provider, has partnered with BlueSnap to further serve the small & mid-size business (SMB) market. BlueSnap focuses on SMB markets delivering ease with onboarding and providing dynamic hosted checkout pages, APIs, a subscription-billing engine and other managed front-end services. SMBs will be able to take advantage of BlueSnap and GlobalCollect's combined cross-border revenue growth capabilities, which allow merchants to accept payments in 180 countries, 150 localized payment methods and 150 currencies.
Read more...
Tagged under
Crowd-funding for Small Businesses
A New York start up wants to bring crowd-funding to small businesses, reports the New York Times. Start-up Lendoor is developing a way for local small business to borrow money from their customers and other individuals online.
Read more...
Tagged under
Business Lending Continues to Grow
According to CNBC News, small business borrowing has pushed the Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index to its highest level in seven years. The index is 125.4, which is up from August’s 118.5.
Read more...
Tagged under
Most Read
-
-
Feb 08 2012
-
Written by SBN Editors
If you own a business, you should get fleet vehicles.…
-
-
-
Sep 08 2011
-
Written by Editor
ADP®, a leading provider of human resource outsourcing, payroll services,…
-
-
-
Jun 18 2013
-
Written by News
NETGEAR®, Inc. has shipped the NETGEARProSAFE(TM) Single-Band Wireless-N Access Point…
-
-
-
Nov 14 2012
-
Written by SBN Editors
Today we are going to focus on a few of…
-