Mastercard will be working with Meta to help digitize more small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) through a training webinar, according to a press release. The webinar will feature insights from industry experts and a masterclass on how to...
The increasing demand for touchless payment options that was accelerated by the pandemic is seeping into the corporate world as well, where a host of new contactless everyday spending options are hitting the market. Virtual cards in particular are emerging as a popular and easily deployable...
A few weeks ago, 72 employees of Figure went into an exchange and offered their stock up for sale. Two institutional buyers then came into the exchange and bid on the stock. When those bids and orders crossed, those orders were settled in real time....
Wholesale marketplace JOOR is integrating 3D and augmented reality (AR) technology into its platform through its collaboration with eCommerce technology firm Vntana, according to a Fashion United report on Tuesday (Nov. 30). The partnership means JOOR customers and retail partners can view visual assets in...
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) receive more than one-third of their sales through ad hoc payments — infrequent, one-time transactions — PYMNTS research has found. In these transactions, more than 30% of the payments are made late and often more than a month past due. SMBs traditionally...
Cloud-based freight management platform EKA Solutions Inc. on Monday (Nov. 29) debuted a wholly owned subsidiary focused on providing working capital financial services to small and medium-sized business (SMB) carriers, brokers and shippers starting in January, according to a Yahoo Finance report. “Given the rapidly...
B2B buyers are bringing some of the habits they’ve picked up as consumers into their work life too, particularly when it comes to shopping and purchasing items online. Just as they now turn to digital channels first and foremost to make convenient routine purchases as...
Automation platform Kanverse has rolled out an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered document processing product for enterprise. The San Jose company announced the launch Monday (Nov. 29) in a news release, saying the tool “intelligently automates” the insurance forms submission process (for ACCORD and supplemental forms) with...
Saudi British Bank (SABB) has unveiled a Shariah-complaint supply chain finance tool, billed as the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia. As Arab News reported, the launch aligns with the Saudi Vision 2030 program to increase small to medium-sized enterprise financing. Supply chain finance,...
