Lately, we’ve been doing things differently. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone to change their approach to shopping, traveling, working, and even spending time with loved ones. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like life will be returning to normal any time soon.
As the 2020 holiday season approaches, small businesses in your community need your support more than ever. In this post, we’ll share some of the reasons why shopping local is important and how you can show your support this season (with or without using your wallet).
Credit card statements can be confusing. The conglomerate of numbers and unfamiliar terms may tempt you to ball up your statement and throw it in the nearest waste basket each month. But what if we told you that this monthly document could help your business grow? Would you still toss it aside, unopened?
That’s a harsh first sentence of this narrative, but now’s not the time to dance around the point. According to the National Restaurant Association, “nearly 1 in 6 restaurants (representing nearly 100,000 restaurants) have closed either permanently or long-term” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The unfortunate reality is winter will likely bring more closures.
As the payments industry continues to advance and develop, small business owners have more options for financial services and assistance than ever before. Non-traditional financial service providers are breaking into the industry, creating fierce competition for community banks and credit unions like yours. To put yourself ahead of the competition, you need to offer complete merchant services solutions.
If you simply type this question into your Google search bar, you’ll see hundreds of results on defining a company mission statement, why all companies need a mission statement, the importance of mission statements for employees, and much more. For the purposes of this post, we’ll reference a simple definition from Indeed.
The technology we use today has advanced so rapidly, it’s astounding. In fact, some of the technology we rely on every day is less than 25 years old! For instance:
