February 20, 2015
Are Bitcoins Funding ISIS?
2015 has been a tough year for bitcoin’s public image. To start, the Silk Road trial wrapped up with a federal conviction for the creator of the bitcoin-run illegal drug marketplace. The...
February 20, 2015
Small Businesses Get $420M From Big Investment Backer
Lending marketplace Funding Circle is getting a lot more money to loan to small businesses. The U.K.-based company will get as much as $420 million to lend over the next...
February 19, 2015
Mitek Launches Digital Deposit Tech for B2B Invoices, Checks
Consumers were delighted when technology emerged that let them deposit checks into bank accounts simply by taking a photo of it. As a prominent player in the mobile imaging space,...
February 19, 2015
EU Sings Praises for Philippines’ E-Invoice Adoption
As the Philippines continues plans to mandate e-procurement practices in efforts to attract foreign investment, EU officials have spoken out in favor of the new rules. At the Fair Competition,...
February 19, 2015
Beehive Dives Into UAE’s Small Business Lending Gap
The United Arab Emirates is positioned on the cusp of a digital B2B boom. The nation has secured more than half of the Middle East’s e-commerce market, according to recent...
February 19, 2015
MCA, Factoring an Oasis in SMB ‘Credit Deserts’
In a post-recession world, small businesses are still struggling to find funding, particularly in areas hardest hit by recent bank failures. Many are turning to alternative methods—merchant cash advance and factoring,...
February 19, 2015
Top Image Systems, Hanse Orga Automate AR Payments
Digital business solutions provider Top Image Systems announced a global partnership with independent B2B software firm Hanse Orga to automate payments within accounts receivable, often a point of significant friction....
February 19, 2015
The U.S. EMV Journey: Migrating Last, Benefiting The Most?
Nearly 95 percent of payment terminals in Western Europe accept EMV cards. In the U.S., however, just 14 percent of the 11.8 million operating terminals are EMV compatible, putting the...
February 18, 2015
SaaS Gets Its Business Groove On
In the course of a few years, cloud computing has moved from the fringe to the norm for businesses looking to make their operations more efficient. IDG Enterprise’s 2014 Cloud...
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.