Holiday shopping got moving into high gear last week, as consumers dug deep, browsed adamantly and shopped with the fevered intensity of athletes competing in the Olympics. The strenuous shoppers event of choice? Mobile commerce. When the dust had cleared, over $3 billion was spent...
Procurement is more than just office supplies and invoices. As companies grow in breadth and complexity, technology can help make sourcing and spending more efficient, according to SciQuest’s Derrick Graham.
In an article posted on TechCrunch last weekend, Scott Maxwell, a seasoned venture capitalist, mused about the current path on which technology investment is traveling. “While tech investment and VC activity climbed to its highest levels since 2000 last year, there’s a growing sentiment that...
Mexican oil giant Petróleos Mexicanos, also known as Pemex, created a headache for its suppliers when it announced a new policy of paying them on terms of up to 180 days, a move the company justified by declining gas prices across the globe. Its procurement...
Small business owners and startups are not interested in seeking outside advice when it comes to managing their finances, according to new analysis from KPMG Small Business Accounting. The conclusion was reached through a survey, the results of which were released Thursday (Dec. 3). KPMG...
BusinessCash is adding a new type of financing service into its suite of tools to help companies access working capital. In a press release on Thursday (Dec. 3), BusinessCash announced the creation of an inventory financing program, which will use an array of credit assessment procedures....
Visa is reaching new corporate travelers with the help of its latest partner, hotel booking platform Kaligo, in an effort that will first target SMEs across the Asia-Pacific region, according to Thursday (Dec. 3) reports. The credit card giant will be working with Kaligo to form...
There is nothing quite worse than having a famous older sibling, as Janet Jackson can readily attest. Janet Jackson is independently talented and a successful musician who has sold 160 million albums. That’s slightly more than the Eagles (150 million) and slightly less than...
As 2015 draws to a close, SMEs are in the midst of planning capex – and looking for working capital funding. Here’s why the founder of Abba Equipment Leasing is sanguine about his new lending business, and the months ahead.
