Global events — which include the coronavirus, now stretching across more than 60 countries – make one’s mind cast toward what else might be on the universal stage. Global currency, anyone? In the age of Libra, in a new decade where at least some central...
Subscription commerce is all the rage and shows every sign that it will keep growing in the 2020s. It can be tempting to assume that what is happening now will keep happening in the future — a common fallacy. But that would be a mistake....
Any organization, small or large, private or public, must handle the pressures of compliance. Nonprofits, however, have to not only ensure they fall in line with corporate-facing regulations around processes like payroll and cross-border payments, but, explains Dan Murphy at nonprofit software firm Abila, the...
The U.S. Federal Reserve is turning heads for its attention to faster payments, but the Fed has recently announced yet another initiative in the payments innovation space. Last week, the Fed’s Secure Payments Task Force called for comment from industry stakeholders about what challenges they...
November 25, 2019
Subscription commerce is all the rage and shows every sign that it will keep growing in the 2020s. It can be tempting to assume that what is happening now will keep happening in the future — a common fallacy. But that would be a mistake. After all, ongoing success usually comes to the people and […]
August 30, 2016
The worldwide eCommerce industry is headed towards a $781 billion valuation by 2024. That figure, released earlier this month by Transparency Market Research, is driven by the increasing adoption of...
August 29, 2016
Doom and gloom: Small businesses are facing mountains of cash flow challenges, according to recent research reports. From unclear bank terms for small business customers to rising small business insolvencies...
July 27, 2016
Every good driver knows to check their blind spots — those pesky areas you may not notice are dangerous until it’s too late. Well, overcoming the challenge of checkout conversion...
June 15, 2016
Industry analysts agree that late B2B payments threaten the survival of small and medium-size enterprises. Often operating within thin margins, sometimes without easy access to working capital financing, SMEs can go defunct when an invoice remains 60, 90, 120, or more days without being paid. The U.K. has emerged as an epicenter of the late […]
June 03, 2016
There may be a few resilient, strategic entrepreneurs out there who don’t need venture capital to run a successful startup. Such was the case for several companies profiled this week...
May 30, 2016
The numbers are on the up this week! But don’t let that fool you. Rising corporate finance metrics don’t always mean good news. Find out which figures led to good...
May 17, 2016
The U.S. is a critical market for SAP. But it wasn’t until this week that SAP Anywhere, the firm’s eCommerce-as-a-Service solution, entered the U.S. market, despite having already launched in...
