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5 accounting tips to better understand your holiday profits
Business Resources

5 accounting tips to better understand your holiday profits

Accounting may not be your favorite part of owning or managing a business, but everyone running a business should embrace it. Looking at your bookkeeping and accounting results, you can find key insights that will help you grow revenue, cut costs, and steadily increase profitability. During the busy holiday season, ...

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How your bank makes payments easier for you and your customers this holiday season
Business Resources

How your bank makes payments easier for you and your customers this holiday season

Payments are an important part of the transaction when you're running a business. To ensure you get paid and get your funds as quickly as possible, savvy business owners go out of their way to make payments as easy as possible for their clients and customers. After all, it would ...

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What businesses need to know before committing to a payment platform
Business Resources

What businesses need to know before committing to a payment platform

Not every payment platform is the same: some offer many features and flexibility but may come at a higher cost. Others may have more competitive pricing, but do so at the expense of features. Business owners must do their homework to find the best deal for the right features with ...

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Should you use buy now pay later?
Business Resources

Should you use buy now pay later?

Buy-now-pay-later makes it easier to purchase expensive items, essentially lending you the money to make a purchase in exchange for recurring repayments. Many consumers may not understand the finer details of how BNPL providers work. In fact, BNPL works differently than other common forms of credit, such as credit cards ...

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Should you swipe or tap? Why new payment methods may be safer than cash or card
Managing Your Money

Should you swipe or tap? Why new payment methods may be safer than cash or card

Goodbye, cash; hello, mobile wallet. If you haven’t yet swiped or tapped to complete a purchase, chances are you will soon as the use of cash falls and alternative payment methods rise.1 In fact, one study finds total spend from mobile wallets2 will grow at a compound annual growth rate ...

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Payment challenges facing cannabis businesses today
Commercial Insight

Payment challenges facing cannabis businesses today

The legal cannabis industry is experiencing rapid growth in the US, employing over 300,000 people and with anticipated sales of nearly $30 billion by 2025. Cannabis is now only fully illegal in eight states – the remaining states either decriminalized it, legalized it for medical use, or legalized it additionally ...

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