February 10, 2015
SEPA Streamlines B2B Payments Process Across Europe

It’s only been about a year since the Single Euro Payments Area compliance deadline has passed, requiring companies in the Eurozone aimed at streamlining cross-border payments. Already, banks and businesses...

February 10, 2015
The Small Business E-Commerce Edge

Whether it be the “Netflix of Fashion,” the “Amazon of China,” or the “Google of Russia,” startups often sit in the shadow of their mega–company counterparts until they define their own distinct audience....

February 06, 2015
Alibaba’s Even Larger Global Stake In Mobile Payments

Ant Financial, an affiliate of the Alibaba Group, announced Feb. 5 that it will take a 25 percent stake in Indian mobile payments company One97, according to TechCrunch. This move appears...

February 06, 2015
Shazam Gives Cardholders Quicker Access To Cash

Shazam, a four-decade old financial services company, released a new feature yesterday (Feb. 5) to its Shazam Bolts app that gives debit card users access to person-to-person money transfers, as well...

February 03, 2015
What B2B Can Learn from the P2P Crowdfunding Model

Digital crowdfunding has gone viral among individuals – a World Bank-commissioned study predicted that P2P crowdfunding could hit $96 billion by 2025, with funds pouring in for ventures ranging from...

February 02, 2015
The Nuts And Bolts Of Earnings Season

We don’t know about you, but we think that the payments earnings season, so far, has given us all a ringside seat into the future of our business and how...

January 30, 2015
The Late-Payment Plague Is Getting Worse

Innovators are offering new ways to facilitate payments between buyers and suppliers, and regulators in the U.S. and EU have zeroed in on the issue of late B2B payments. Still,...

January 30, 2015
Alibaba’s Commanding Mobile Commerce Lead

To read more of our earnings coverage, check out our earnings wrap up. It’s not easy being the world’s largest commerce platform. And, now a publicly traded one, too. If...

January 28, 2015
NACHA’s CEO On The Fed’s Faster Payments Proposal  

After many months of sitting on “pins and needles,” waiting for the Fed to disclose more specifics on its plans to deliver “faster payments” here in the U.S., the world got...