Top 6 High-Rate Online Digital Bank Savings & Treasury Accounts for Small Businesses (SMB) Dec 2025
Other than a brief spike in 2018, it’s been more than 15 years since short-term rates were...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Dec 18, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Savings, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking, Startup of the week
Other than a brief spike in 2018, it’s been more than 15 years since short-term rates were...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Dec 16, 2025 | Data & Analytics, Insurance, Insurtech, Small Business Banking, Startups
At least 7 out of 10 small businesses (SMB) lack basic business insurance coverage in one...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Dec 9, 2025 | Cryptocurrency/Blockchain, DeFi, Payments, Startup of the week
Stablecoins appear to have passed from novelty to niche uses. We remain skeptical of legit use...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Nov 11, 2025 | Startups, Top Rankings (Banks), Unicorns (fintech)
At FintechLabs we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech companies worldwide valued at $1 billion...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Oct 13, 2025 | Data & Analytics, Lenders, Small Business Banking, Startups
Bank of Montreal went online with the first digital credit application in 1997. That effort, from...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Sep 16, 2025 | Payments, Small Business Banking, Small Business Payments, Startups
Money and cash flow are the lifeblood of a small business. And it’s an area often overlooked...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Sep 15, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Top Rankings (Banks)
Everyone loves a startup (aka challenger bank), especially when they have a compelling story....
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Aug 19, 2025 | Accounting/bookkeeping, Payments, Startups
Managing cash flow, invoices, bills, expenses and payments is overwhelming and costly. Digital...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | May 22, 2025 | Cryptocurrency/Blockchain, Investing, Startups
While I’m not a crypto/blockchain fanboy, I have long expected asset tokenization for retail...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | May 20, 2025 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business Banking, Startups
Since we last profiled Relay Financial (Sep 2023), the challenger bank has expanded its product...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | May 12, 2025 | Featured Startups, Startups, Top Rankings (Banks)
We are suckers for business lists (we now regularly update 27 here). One that we’ve long...
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