Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes the increasing importance of loyalty programs to...
England gets its fair share of late payments coverage, with recent headlines tied to the fallout from Carillion’s collapse. The fact remains that some progress...
The U.K. has another challenger bank in operation. BFC Bank has launched in the market to provide cross-border payments and account services for small businesses...
In Europe, Brexit may be setting up to have an outsized effect on small and mid-sized firms, hitting them in the form of higher costs...
RBS, one of the U.K.’s top banks, is required allocate to more than $1 billion to help small businesses switch to its competitors. Reports Thursday...
One U.S. lawmaker has begun to inquire about SMB alternative lending practices, according to JD Supra news reports. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.) has reportedly sent letters...
Sizzle: PayPal: Two hundred and ten million of anything is a big number. But especially so when it comes in the form of active user accounts,...
An Indonesia-based alternative lender is turning to the mobile device to attract small business investors. Reports Friday (July 21) said Mitrausahua Indonesia Group, which operates...
U.K. regulators may be working to improve payment terms and times to small suppliers, but new data from Crossflow Payments suggests terms have actually gotten...