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Open finance helps lenders use real-time data to improve small business underwriting, expand credit access and support financial inclusion.

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Experts at Mastercard’s Small Business Summit share practical tips for small businesses on AI, cybersecurity, resilience and managing growth in 2026.

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Chef Hiroki Odo is bringing the precision, seasonality and artistry of Japanese kaiseki dining to New York through an intimate, immersive experience.

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In Kenya’s Rift Valley, digital tools means less guesswork, more ground gained for farmers

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One mother, three hustles: How a Pakistani entrepreneur spun thread, worms and chickens into gold

Babra Zafar packages mealworks with her daughter.

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Bottling the creative process: A woman founder’s AI-powered approach to innovation

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Six generations in the sugarbush

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Decoding digital transformation for small businesses

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From risk to resilience: How AI is helping entrepreneurs unlock credit in Colombia

A jewelry entrepreneur clasps a bracelet on Mercedes Bidart's wrist.

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A store of one’s own: Women athletes score a shopping nirvana in London

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The gift card that’s fueling Main Street

Kristin Morron smiles next to a clothing display in Attic Salt.

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Cashing out: How big consumer goods brands can be key to digitizing small businesses

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Mastercard unveils Small Business Navigator to empower U.S. entrepreneurs with smarter, safer growth

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How to get small businesses organized so they can focus on work, not the business of work

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Remote access: For rural entrepreneurs, it’s a struggle to click into the digital economy

Kenesha Lewis prepares a smoothie in her business.

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Five years in the baking: How a Czech business is thriving post-pandemic

Oksana Kulyachek hugs an extra-large croissant in front of a rack of baked goods.

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Griddle me this: Lessons from a waffle truck entrepreneur

Chris Mullen and his wife Sara take a selfie in front of their waffle truck.

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Welcome to the AI party: How entrepreneurs can use automation to bolster sales

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The 7 questions small business owners always ask me — and the 1 question I wish they would

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Too small to be ignored? Not anymore. Why shoring up cyber defenses for small businesses is crucial

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From cheesehead to creator: How this digital native built a marketing business out of his passion

Creator Tyler Webb speaks to Mastercard's Rustom Dastoor at the Mastercard Creator Studio desk.

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Alner's reusable packaging fights Indonesia’s plastic waste

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Access to capital — and childcare: How this program for Ukrainian women entrepreneurs helped them thrive in Poland

Polina Khlibanovska, who fled Ukraine for Poland, hugs one of her charges at the kindergarten she opened in Warsaw.

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How loans, networking and a motorbike ignited this Pakistani woman's entrepreneurial dreams

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Inside the mind of an entrepreneur

Michael Prevor, Babka Bailout

The pandemic devastated the restaurant industry, but it also gave rise to a new generation of food entrepreneurs harnessing the power of digitization and social media. Michal Prevor started Babka Bailout as a fundraiser but it soon bloomed into a full-time business.

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Karen Beeler, Life in Bloom

Karen Beeler transformed her passion for floristry into a thriving brick-and-mortar business, Life in Bloom. Embracing digitization, Karen's journey from a single room in her home during the pandemic to a bustling floral studio highlights the power of technology in expanding opportunities.

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Dan Morano, Annie's Tap House

In Great Falls, Montana, tap house owner Dan Morano explains the benefits of embracing digital: “We've always said, ‘We're not trying to put other bars out of business. We're trying to be a tap house, and the most important thing is that our audience understands who we are and that we are different. And data does that.”

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Small business

Latest stories

Small biz resilience

Access to credit

Going viral

Small biz summit

Transforming tradition

Stories, videos, blogs and more

In Kenya’s Rift Valley, digital tools means less guesswork, more ground gained for farmers

One mother, three hustles: How a Pakistani entrepreneur spun thread, worms and chickens into gold

Bottling the creative process: A woman founder’s AI-powered approach to innovation

Six generations in the sugarbush

Decoding digital transformation for small businesses

From risk to resilience: How AI is helping entrepreneurs unlock credit in Colombia

A store of one’s own: Women athletes score a shopping nirvana in London

The gift card that’s fueling Main Street

Cashing out: How big consumer goods brands can be key to digitizing small businesses

Mastercard unveils Small Business Navigator to empower U.S. entrepreneurs with smarter, safer growth

How to get small businesses organized so they can focus on work, not the business of work

Remote access: For rural entrepreneurs, it’s a struggle to click into the digital economy

Five years in the baking: How a Czech business is thriving post-pandemic

Griddle me this: Lessons from a waffle truck entrepreneur

Welcome to the AI party: How entrepreneurs can use automation to bolster sales

The 7 questions small business owners always ask me — and the 1 question I wish they would

Too small to be ignored? Not anymore. Why shoring up cyber defenses for small businesses is crucial

From cheesehead to creator: How this digital native built a marketing business out of his passion

Alner's reusable packaging fights Indonesia’s plastic waste

Access to capital — and childcare: How this program for Ukrainian women entrepreneurs helped them thrive in Poland

How loans, networking and a motorbike ignited this Pakistani woman's entrepreneurial dreams

Inside the mind of an entrepreneur

Michael Prevor, Babka Bailout

Karen Beeler, Life in Bloom

Dan Morano, Annie's Tap House

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