May 21, 2015
No Credit Score, No Problem: Alternatives To A Number
Millions of Americans are invisible to the three major credit reporting agencies in the United States. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), millions more Americans have credit histories...
May 21, 2015
Alibaba Builds Confidence In Cross-Border Buying
China’s eCommerce golden child, Alibaba, has made major moves in recent months to strengthen the position of the nation’s small suppliers. Last March, the company struck a partnership with two...
May 21, 2015
Worldpay Grows Global Footprint
In a move to enter one of the fastest growing eCommerce marketplaces in the Asia-Pacific region, Worldpay, a global leading payment processing company, announced in a press release that it...
May 20, 2015
Tracking Business Travel Down To The Mile
Travel and expense reporting is entering the digital age in a big way, with solutions that link to wearable and mobile devices on the assumption that a business traveler is...
May 20, 2015
Putting A Price Tag On The Buyer/Supplier Relationship
The results of the North American Automotive – Tier 1 Suppler Working Relations Index Study, the 15th of its kind, reveals just how crucial it is for auto makers to...
May 20, 2015
Canada’s SME Lending – And Delinquencies – Spike
Markets in the U.S., Europe and U.K. have generally gotten most of the attention when it comes to developments in small business lending, most notably for their robust alternative financing...
May 20, 2015
Fleet Management Gets Smart
Big Data has arrived in the trucking sector. Last year, less than half of the 12 major global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) were developing Big Data strategies. Before the end...
May 20, 2015
NACHA Members Support Same Day ACH
“Faster payments” are about to become a reality in the U.S. NACHA’s membership, which consists of most financial institutions in this country directly or through regional associations, voted in favor...
May 20, 2015
Alt-Lender’s $100M Funding A Game-Changer
Venture capitalists have once again placed their confidence into alternative lenders. FinTech provider and alternative lending platform eProdigy revealed Tuesday (May 19) that it has secured a massive backing in...
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.