August 13, 2024
NFIB: Small Business Optimism Grows Amid ‘Plague’ of Cost Pressures

Small businesses in the United States are pessimistic about their prospects, but less pessimistic than two years ago. The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Optimism Index rose...

August 13, 2024
Home Depot Looks for B2B Buffer Against Softening Consumer Spend

Home Depot currently gets around half of its sales from professional builders and contractors. According to the company’s executives on Tuesday’s (Aug. 13) second-quarter 2024 earnings call, the world’s largest...

August 13, 2024
Centime Adds High-Yield Bank Account to AP Automation Solution

Centime added a fully liquid, high-yield bank account to its accounts payable (AP) automation solution. With the new offering, businesses can earn interest on AP float, use those earnings to...

August 13, 2024
Vista Equity Partners Buys Procurement Software Firm Jaggaer

Investment firm Vista Equity Partners acquired procurement software company Jaggaer. “This new partnership with Vista underscores Jaggaer’s strong momentum and the compelling value our intelligent software delivers by helping our...

August 13, 2024
Cyber Insurers Escape Impact of CrowdStrike Outage

Last month’s worldwide tech outage disrupted organizations from airlines to banks to hospitals. However, one sector that seems to have escaped the impact of the event is the cyber insurance...

August 13, 2024
Lili Teams With Dun & Bradstreet on Business Banking

Lili, a small business-focused financial platform, launched a business banking collaboration with Dun & Bradstreet. “More than three-quarters of small business owners are concerned about their ability to access capital,...

August 13, 2024
Citi: Faster Payments Help Treasurers Extract ‘Last Drop’ of Liquidity...

Corporate treasurers once were relegated to the back office, manipulating spreadsheets, preparing audits, handing printed reports off to more senior management — the folks charting the company’s course ahead. But...

August 12, 2024
Digital B2B Payments Turn User Experience Into a Superpower

Not all B2B payments have a great user experience (UX). But all great B2B payments elevate the end-user experience. The problem with building convenience into business payments is that, while...

August 09, 2024
Report: Bridgepoint Mulled Offer for Source-to-Pay Platform Esker

British private equity firm Bridgepoint Group is reportedly considering a takeover bid for French software provider Esker. Bridgepoint Group has been working on a potential offer, though its deliberations are ongoing and may...