The mobile device is now a mainstay for many professionals, but for higher-level executives, the smartphone can often be a lifeline. Document processing and cloud automation company Esker has just rolled out a mobile app targeted to an aspect of business operations that often can’t...
Yoke Payments is a startup that wants to help sellers take back their storefront popularity as eCommerce continues to disrupt physical retail. The company has developed point-of-sale technology that allows consumers to scan a product barcode and pay for a product with a smartphone — a...
In the United Kingdom, tremors over late payments may be spilling over into a seismic event. As reported by various news outlets, the Groceries Code Adjudicator said Tuesday (Jan. 26) that Tesco, the supermarket giant, had “knowingly delayed paying money to suppliers in order to...
Businesses today can no longer ignore events across the globe, even when on the other side of the planet. That’s because today’s supply chain means sourcing and procuring from suppliers offering less risk and lower costs, and those suppliers aren’t always close by. Reducing risk...
Payments company CSI globalVCard specializes in helping businesses go electronic in their payments practices, offering virtual and mobile payment solutions, as well as commercial and fleet cards, to corporates looking to make their accounts payable processes more efficient. In CSI’s latest move, the company can...
India is building its reputation as the next major alternative small business lending market. Last year saw venture capital investment in SME lending innovators, government legislation to encourage market entrance of these players and involvement from major companies, like Alibaba, in bringing working capital to...
Payments company Moneris, based in Canada, has traditionally focused on B2C transactions. So, when it announced last week that it would be launching operations in the world of B2B payments, the firm opened itself up to a whole new world of obstacles and clients not...
Cloud-based financial reporting tool BlackLine has just introduced a new capability into its service, and the company is calling it an industry first. An announcement made Monday (Jan. 25) said BlackLine, which specializes in helping larger corporations automate their financial reporting processes, has launched its...
When Microsoft decided to link its Azure enterprise platform into the toolsets offered by ConsenSys, it meant business users of Azure could build their own applications using Ethereum technology. Microsoft has also been fueling financial institutions’ use of the blockchain by supporting the R3 consortium,...
