March 09, 2015
With Google’s Entry, Competition Within Comparative Insurance Sites Spikes
The introduction of online comparative sites for insurance policy purchases is already disrupting the insurance market. The launch of CompareNow.com and, last year, Overstock.com’s insurance e-commerce operations revealed the potential...
March 09, 2015
Tab: Is The Future Of Payments Social?
In 1640, the English poet John Donne famously wrote in meditation 17 “No man is island.” Given the contemporary limitations of travel and communications in the 17th century, that...
March 06, 2015
B2B Payments Investment Tracker, February 27 – March 6
Software software software. That’s where the money was at in the B2B world this past week as venture capitalists secured millions for Software-as-a-Service startups looking to make all aspects of...
March 06, 2015
Why B2B Should Quit Ignoring The Benefits of E-Invoicing
Although still underutilized industry-wide, attitudes toward electronic invoicing and billing are changing. Out of the estimated 170 billion invoices exchanged by the global business and government sectors in 2014, a...
March 06, 2015
Obama Budget Proposal Reveals Healthier SME Loan Program
For the first time since before the recession, the federal Small Business Administration will not have to seek taxpayer dollars to make up for funds it loaned to small businesses...
March 06, 2015
Cloud Procurement Solutions Providers SciQuest, Transcepta Team Up
The cloud B2B procurement services of SciQuest and Transcepta are merging into a new product that facilitates even global purchasing actions. The companies announced their partnership Wednesday (March 4) and...
March 05, 2015
Tungsten Reveals Clearance to Operate Across EU
With new approval from federal authorities, alternative financer Tungsten Bank is now cleared to facilitate e-invoicing measures across Europe. According to a company announcement made Wednesday (March 4), Tungsten Bank...
March 05, 2015
Data Finds SME Lending Dropped Again
The roller coaster ride of small business lending has changed course again. According to PayNet data released Tuesday (March 3), SMEs slowed their lending down in January compared with the...
March 05, 2015
B2B Innovation: Worth the Challenge
Business-to-business suppliers feel pressured to overhaul their sales approach and facilitate a technology-advanced, streamlined purchasing process for procurement officials. But not everyone is heeding this call. A new report released...
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.