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American Express Survey Finds Small Businesses Seek to Consolidate Cash Flow Management Tools

50% of small businesses believe cash flow management tool consolidation positively impacts profitability.

By Brett Sussman
Cash Flow Management
May 11, 2023

Our new American Express survey of 1,100 U.S. small business leaders shows that small businesses are seeking consolidated cash flow management tools to foster greater efficiency, profitability, and business growth.

Small businesses are starved for time and need business-designed tools that can make their lives easier. The data shows streamlined management from integrated, seamless cash flow tools has become critical for them.

The Current State of Cash Flow Management

This latest survey stresses the importance of product integration in cash flow management. According to the survey results, 60% of small businesses use between two to three cash flow management products to run their business with 62% spending at least five hours a week on various platforms and 18% spending 10-20 hours a week. With productivity in mind, 73% of all small businesses are considering changing cash flow management providers to consolidate their data and products into one platform.

Notably, this survey showed that 78% of all small business owners agree that having all their business cash flow management products and data in one platform would help grow their confidence as a small business owner. It also found that 84% of small business owners also say consolidating their cash flow management tools would save them time each week, with around half saying the savings would be between 3-8 hours.

A Need for Greater Ease & Cost

Amidst economic headwinds, tailwinds, dips, and growth — cash flow management is a constant when running a business. Our latest survey data shows that ease of use (43%) and price (36%) are the top two features that small businesses believe their cash flow management tools could improve. 71% of small business owners report that consolidation of these tools would have a positive impact on efficiency for their business and 50% report that it would have a positive impact on profitability.

Time also continues to be top of mind. 68% of small business owners agree that they would like to spend less time managing their business’ cash flow – giving them more time to spend doing what they love, working on their actual business.

The Broader Benefits of Streamlined Management

The data also shows that consolidated cash flow management tools can help boost productivity and simplify running a business. Respondents said they would feel better prepared to manage inventory (37%), solve cash-flow gaps in advance (37%) and expand their business (36%) if given the opportunity to analyze their cash flow management data all in one place.

Streamlined cash flow management can have a wide array of benefits for the small business sector, and the data indicates the importance of it to help unlock additional profit, efficiency and time for small businesses.

Brett Sussman is Vice President Head of Sales & Marketing, American Express Business Blueprint & Banking, a digital cash flow management hub designed exclusively for small businesses, which features cash flow insights, digital financial products, and an easy way to reach and manage their Business Cards.

For more information on American Express, click here.

KEYWORDS: consumer trends financial insights market reports small business technology

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Brett Sussman is Vice President Head of Sales & Marketing, American Express Business Blueprint & Banking, a digital cash flow management hub designed exclusively for small businesses, which features cash flow insights, digital financial products, and an easy way to reach and manage their Business Cards.

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