April 16, 2015
Sony’s $60M B2B Push
Technology conglomerate Sony is reportedly spending about $60 million on a new marketing campaign to raise awareness of its Xperia smart device portfolio, and a major portion of that marketing...
April 16, 2015
General Motors Continues Supplier Relations Damage Control
The problem of late payments in the U.S. is growing to worrisome levels since some of the nation’s largest corporations began extending their payment terms in 2008. Experts say the...
April 16, 2015
Turkey’s Multimillion-Dollar Savings Plan For E-Invoicing
Turkish officials have big expectations for the nation’s recent enactment of digital procurement practices. According to recent reports, the nation’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority has recorded significant spikes in...
April 16, 2015
Billtrust’s Big Fundraising Payday
Just weeks after cash flow management solution provider Billtrust released new insights into the benefits of supply chain financing solutions, the firm announced a new round of financial support from...
April 15, 2015
SMEs To Benefit From eProdigy’s PayPal Integration
Small businesses are attracted to alternative lenders largely due to their ease and speed at which they can approve SME applicants and hand over funds. One FinTech holding company hopes...
April 15, 2015
Apple, IBM Have Big Plans For Big Data
Technology giants Apple and IBM are chipping away at their goal to release 100 enterprise apps by the end of the year, a feat that would be the culmination of...
April 15, 2015
UnionPay Taps Chinese eCommerce For Cross-Border Payments
Cross-border commerce is one of the largest challenges for today’s eCommerce firms. While purchasers want greater choice – even if it means buying products from another country – foreign exchange...
April 14, 2015
Ireland’s New SME Lending Portal Goes Live
Businesses across the U.K. are struggling with late payments from their suppliers, forcing lawmakers to introduce new legislation to protect SMEs, and part of that regulation is set to include...
April 14, 2015
Staples Wants In On India’s B2B eCommerce Action
Walmart has grabbed headlines in recent months for its expansion of B2B eCommerce services in India, having opened new warehouses for the heads of its retail locations to restock inventory...
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.