June 16, 2015
Insurance Industry Urged To Embrace SaaS
The Software-as-a-Service revolution has brought a new wave of automation to businesses across sectors and has played a crucial part in the operations of a modern company, from providing easier...
June 16, 2015
LG Shows Off Its B2B Talents
Like many businesses in both the B2B and B2C worlds, LG Electronics is perhaps best known for its consumer-facing gadgets and high-tech tools — especially televisions. But in an effort to...
June 16, 2015
China’s Latest Show Of Support For P2P Lending
Chinese officials may have given the stamp of approval for the alternative lending market last week, but it’s foreign alt-financers that seem to be catching the most attention from Chinese...
June 16, 2015
To Go Where No V-Card Has Gone Before
The more complicated the B2B payments problem, the less complex its solution has to be for businesses to implement. PYMNTS sat down with WEX’s SVP and General Manager of Virtual...
June 15, 2015
Alt SME Lender To Go Public In Canada
Alternative lending in the U.S. may be on the decline, but in Canada, the market is just beginning to heat up. Foreign lending platforms like U.S.-based OnDeck are entering the...
June 15, 2015
Global Spotlight: Chile
In the world of B2B innovation, Chile is most often mentioned in the context of e-invoicing. While it’s true that the nation is among the world’s leaders for successful digital...
June 15, 2015
Amazon Closes In On Pan-India B2B Service
Amazon is strengthening its B2B eCommerce operations in India, but the digital shopping giant has yet to make its services available throughout the entire country. On Friday (June 12), Amazon...
June 15, 2015
UK Folds Under Pressure, Scraps Digital Services Framework
The U.K.’s Digital Services framework will soon be no more. In his June update released last week, program director Tony Singleton wrote that the third iteration of the digital commercial...
June 15, 2015
UK Micro SMEs Owed $26B From Corporate Buyers
The market may be sick of hearing about the U.K.’s late payments problem. The topic has been debated and examined from all angles in the media and by policymakers, especially...
Business cards offer numerous benefits to small businesses over other financing, including easier qualification, significantly higher credit limits, and perks such as cash back, travel and mileage-earning rewards. The latest “B2B and Digital Payments Tracker®” explores why 63% of small business owners using cards as their primary startup funding attribute their success to this method of financing.
Real-time payments already account for at least 15% of B2B payments volume in the insurance, manufacturing and retail industries. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 500 executives across the retail, insurance, manufacturing and real estate sectors examines how these industries are using real time payments today and their plans for the future. Read more in “The State of Real-Time Payments,” a collaboration with The Clearing House.