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The Blueprint For Rethinking Main Street

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For the small shops and independently owned restaurants that line America’s Main Streets from coast to coast, the past eight weeks have been a difficult time leading toward an incredibly uncertain future. The MSBIA is an advocacy group that represents Main Street businesses in Santa Monica, California.

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New Data: Inside Main Street SMB’s Digital Shift

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Confronted with the option, most SMBs chose to innovate. In Main Street On Lockdown: Business Recovery edition, we surveyed 431 SMB owners from across the U.S. Forty-two percent of them say they plan to not only keep the innovations they have adopted since the pandemic began, but also to expand them as their areas slowly reopen.

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Saving Main Street From Its Downward Pandemic Spiral

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And as much as people may complain about the crowds in the stores or on Main Streets, they like being part of the hustle and bustle – and the energy it brings. More consumers mean more sales – and more sales means growth, expansion, jobs and prosperity for the business, its workforce and the local economy in which it operates.

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The Road To Recovery: Main Street SMBs And Closing The Cash Flow Gap

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To gauge the economic health and vitality of local economies, one need look no further than the financial stability of the small and medium-sized businesses that line the main streets and side streets of communities across the nation. One of the digital tools in which Main Street SMBs show great interest is real-time merchant fund settlement.

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The Many Faces Of Main Street SMB Recovery

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A glimmering bright spot in the daily bad news cycle is PYMNTS’ finding that businesses of every type – especially small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) – are using the pandemic as an impetus to make needed operational changes and bring SMBs’ online presences firmly up to date. percent plan to maintain all of their operational shifts.”.

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Boost efficiency through operational innovation in financial services

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Operational innovation is vital in a highly competitive financial services sector, with a new community of digital banks and other firms vying for market share. Drivers for Operational Innovation. These terms look good on paper, but what do they mean in practice for operational innovation?

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Main Street?s Digital Shift, ATM Innovation, PPP Loans Top This Week?s News

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We have deep dives on Main Street’s digital shift, ATM innovation and PPP loans. The pandemic has sped up the digital roadmap for everyone in financial services, providing for more innovation in the last few months than had been seen during several years. NEW DATA: Inside Main Street SMBs’ Digital Shift.

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