Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Scott O’Malia, stated in a speech earlier this week that U.S. and European regulators must unite immediately to harmonize international derivatives trading rules before market fragmentation and low liquidity become lasting fixtures of the swaps and futures...
Outsourced billing services provider Billtrust made a huge move today in the B2B world that will significantly help businesses in the billing and payment areas. Billtrust announced that it acquired cash application software development company Open Scan Technologies, Inc. While the two firms were already...
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that it is going to implement new, more inclusive bundled outpatient codes akin to inpatient diagnosis-related groups. The move is happening because CMS wants to better align Medicare’s payment systems, according to a recent...
With the mobile payments trend sweeping across the B2B world, it seems surprising there might still be some holdouts. But there are and they are in the enterprise space. A recent study found that travel managers could care less about using mobile payments, contactless cards...
Electronics distributor Tech Data Corp. announced this week that it launched an eCommerce site specifically for small-to-medium-sized businesses. Called SMB.TechData.com, the new site is designed as a login-only site for corporate purchasing managers. As explained by Internet Retailer, visitors can browse among the company’s more...
The general merchandise retailer ATWOODS announced this week that it was adding a new store to its 55-brick-and-mortar locations – and it’s a digital one. ATWOODS is partnering with ShopVisible to launch its first transactional eCommerce website. According to a company press release, the eCommerce...
Software-as-a-Service firm Captricity announced this week that it had raised $10 million Series B round of financing. According to a company release, this round of funding included Atlas Venture and Social+Capital. Chris Lynch, who is a partner at Atlas, will join Captricity’s board. “One of...
Aerospace manufacturing company Brazil Nota Fiscal announced earlier this week that it had selected Invoiceware International to manage its eInvoicing processes in Brazil. The aerospace firm is a Fortune 50 multinational company, according to E-Invoicing Platform. The move is expected to help Brazil Nota Fiscal...
DocuSign, a digital transaction management firm, announced earlier this week that Visa, Inc. made a strategic investment in the company. According to a DocuSign statement, the goal of the two companies is to help customers prepare, execute and manage digital transactions and integrate payments safely...
