In B2B payments, the name of the game is automation — but not for everyone. There has been a slew of analysis on the embrace of automation in recent years. Research from Ardent Partners and Basware published last year, for instance, found that accounts payable executives are...
The CEO of the Investment Industry Association of Canada is not exactly on board with crowdfunding. Reports in Financial Post published late last week said Ian Russell has spoken out against crowdfunding, arguing that the nation’s stock exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, targeted towards early-stage companies, is...
Australian small business accounting platform Reckon is expanding. The company, reports said Saturday (Jan. 16), has reached a deal to acquire SmartVault, a document management company, also based in the cloud and also focused on SME customers. [bctt tweet=”Reckon reached a deal to acquire SmartVault.”]...
Accountancy firm KPMG has focused on forging new partnerships in the FinServ space in an effort to get closer to its small and medium-sized enterprise clients. The company announced last September that it is linking with InvestDen, a debt crowdfunding site, to provide its SME customers...
Cash is king, and while digital payments are making headway, businesses still largely deal in cash. A new corporate banking solution from U.K. bank Barclays offers clients a digital tool for physical money. Reports on Monday (Jan. 18) said Barclays is launching a cash collection...
Every year brings technological innovation more disruptive and impressive than the last. Unfortunately, every year also brings cybercriminals more sophisticated than ever before, and in today’s market, corporations are failing to stay protected. That’s according to new analysis from cybersecurity provider Radware, which has released...
Big data and analytics can help SMBs “follow the money” as it goes in and out of their coffers, and up and down the supply chain. And that helps banks too. Here’s how D3 Banking’s CMO Michael Carter explains the benefits of a one stop...
Commercial cards are going mobile and high-tech, as seen with the integration of some corporate card products with mobile wallet solutions, like Apple Pay. HSBC is upgrading its commercial card technologies, too, allowing employees and executives to make contactless payments. Reports published Friday (Jan. 15)...
The world is inching towards faster payments and fewer hurdles in the form of national borders. Some industry analysts agree that key to this progress is the widespread adoption by banks, institutions and corporates of a new payments messaging standard — ISO 20022. Doing so, experts...
