December is a time to look back at the year and to look ahead at incoming trends and market shifts. Procure-to-pay and eInvoicing firm Basware is doing just that with its latest input regarding what the market can expect in 2016. The company released its...
The European Commission has been making moves to simplify and ease access to funding for its small and medium-sized enterprises. Part of this venture, naturally, means lessening the restrictions of cross-border investment throughout the EU. Earlier this year, EU policymakers passed a resolution as part of...
In B2B deals, there are multiple points of risk. Buyers have to assess supplier risk; suppliers, meanwhile, have to assess risk when it comes to getting paid. And for the institutions that finance many of these deals, of course, there is a complex risk mitigation...
Small business owners may be making some mistakes when it comes to their company’s credit health. Often, they may not even be aware of it. A new tool from Biz2Credit is looking to help SME owners assess the credit performance of their businesses and more...
For some banks, working with small business customers can be a challenge. SMEs need sophisticated, digital banking solutions like other customers, but they can often be considered high-risk among lenders, making them a less lucrative customer base for the banks. Digital Insight revealed Tuesday (Dec....
Venture capitalists have placed their confidence in yet another alternative lender. Reports emerged Tuesday (Dec. 15) that Bizfi secured $65 million from investors at Metropolitan Equity Partners. [bctt tweet=”Bizfi secured $65 million from investors.”] According to the announcement, Bizfi will use the cash to expand...
Within commercial cards, fleet card products have seen a recent resurgence in technological innovation. Card issuers and FinTech players are beginning to link fleet cards to Big Data aggregation and analysis tools and are fueling the rise in telematics, allowing fleet managers not only to...
Banks have become a bit notorious for their lack of innovative and high-tech services for corporate clients. Business payments firm CSI globalVCard wants to change that, even if helping a bank adopt electronic payment tools means working with someone other than CSI globalVCard. An announcement...
One of the greatest anxieties today among suppliers and manufacturers is that sales automation and digitization – AKA eCommerce – will negate the need for the sales representative. That, says Insite Software CEO Tony Abena, has created a bit of a riff between a supplier’s...
