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SME Optimism Teeters — Should The U.S. Be Worried?
 

Despite an overall wave of optimism among U.S. SMEs, the latest data shows that positivity could be faltering thanks to expectations of yet another federal interest rate hike, stagnant big bank loan approval rates and limited plans for new hiring. Craig R. Everett, PhD, director, Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project at the Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management, offers PYMNTS his take on whether SMEs should be concerned.
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Data Digest

Supplier Payment Delays Inch Up Across Western Europe
 

Despite geopolitical uncertainties like Brexit, China’s economy slowdown and U.S. protectionist measures, European businesses have no plans to change their cash management behavior. According to new data from Atradius, that holds true even as supplier payments continue to take longer. PYMNTS breaks down the latest data Atradius released regarding B2B payments delays across Europe.
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Squaring The Circle That Is Square
 

Whatever else might be written about Square, it will likely never be said that the firm is boring. Billions in payments volume and hundreds of mPOS imitators later — Square is a much different company than it was eight years ago, when its founders almost named the company Squirrel. What’s Square all about now — and what's next?

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