May 18, 2015
China’s Economic Plan Ignores The Biggest Problem: Corporate Debt

China’s new debt refinancing program completely ignores the largest problem: businesses in the nation account for 61 percent of the debt in the nation. The Chinese government announced a major...

April 29, 2015
US Businesses Hoarding Their Cash

It’s not that they’re necessarily strapped for cash, it’s that they don’t have a reason to spend it. That’s the conclusion of a recent report by the Association for Financial...

April 20, 2015
Are Late Payments Western Europe’s New Normal?

Late payments are costly. Extending payments beyond invoice terms increases both the financing and administrative costs associated with trade debt. Finding a way to manage these rising costs is the...

April 20, 2015
Freelancer.com Goes Local

In a world where it seems every service is attempting to cash into the local services market – Amazon and Google most notably – an online marketplace for freelance workers...

April 10, 2015
Dimon: JPMorgan “Aggressive” On Expanding Payments Business

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon kept up his critical tone toward regulators and their potential role in preventing the next financial crisis in his annual letter to shareholders sent April 8....

April 02, 2015
China’s Interest Rate Cuts Ignore Small Businesses

Chinese officials have made efforts in recent months to boost economic growth in the nation, in part by introducing two loan interest rate cuts in the last four months. Despite...

March 31, 2015
Fundtech Facing $1.2B Takeover Bid From D+H

It looks like Canadian firm D+H is on its way to acquiring Fundtech in a $1.2 billion cash deal. “I’m very proud of the company and culture that we have...

March 25, 2015
Nasdaq Powers Bitcoin Marketplace Trading Tech

Nasdaq’s X-stream trading technology system is finding a new use: Powering a forthcoming New York-based digital currency marketplace aimed at Wall Street traders. Noble Markets, whose founder headed up development...

March 19, 2015
Alt-Lenders See Sunny Skies in Deloitte’s 2015 Forecast

One of the “Big Four” leading auditing firms has released the latest data on the state of alternative lending and its position in the world’s SME funding market. Deloitte’s newest...