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Nearly half of all small-business owners — and higher percentages of minority entrepreneurs — said in a new survey that they aren’t sure they could come up with the funds to cover an emergency $5,000 business expense. But the results also suggest that the Paycheck Protection Program may have led to more trust in the Small Business Administration.

NatWest Group is considering launching a separate digital lender for small businesses in the U.K. to find a new avenue of growth for the bank.

Star Alliance — the largest of the three global airline groups — is planning to offer a co-branded credit card that will allow cardholders to redeem points across all 26 members.

On Dec. 31, 2021. Dollars in thousands.

Financial losses stemming from sanctions and the threat of cyberattacks are just some of the major concerns from across the industry.

Financial institutions need to begin sharing profiles of fraudsters posing as legitimate customers. The technology to do it securely is already available.

The Fed waited too long to address inflation. Now we can expect higher borrowing costs as well as inflation.

Banks need to advocate for the advancement of women-owned small businesses. Our economic diversity depends on it.

Whether state-sponsored or masterminded by a 16-year-old, data breaches have become a major cause for concern across the banking world.

Block, the digital-payments firm run by Jack Dorsey, is expanding its small-business loans service to Canada, bringing it into more direct competition with the country's biggest banks.