Fiserv Small Business Index Shows Small Business Sales Rise in September as Back-to-School Lifts Retail

Index rises to 146 as sales increase +2.2% year over year and +0.7% month over monthMILWAUKEE, Oct. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, today published the Fiserv Small Business Index for September 2026, showing that back-to-school demand helped lift small business sales even as consumers continued to make fewer shopping trips. September sales rose +2.2% year over year and +0.7% month over month, the s