The great digital shift is bringing B2B more fully into the 21st century — and digital marketplaces are a key component of it. But even as marketplaces proliferate, an inability to offer trade credit to buyers keeps them from realizing their full potential to transform supply...
Risk is present, in some form or another, in every transaction. But nowhere is risk so glaring as it is in the trade finance “gap” that bedevils supply chains around the globe. That gap takes shape when receivables are outstanding, when the “whens” and even...
Tradewind Finance has rolled out adjustments to its services to make things more flexible for those facing financial uncertainties during the coronavirus pandemic. For instance, the trade finance company will extend the length of time for financing payment terms to 180 days. Tradewind said this will...
Trust in B2B eCommerce is critical for both buyer and suppliers, and as more businesses demand to conduct trade online, B2B eCommerce platforms like Alibaba.com are positioning themselves as facilitators of this buyer-supplier trust. Alibaba.com, a business unit of eCommerce conglomerate Alibaba Group, is best known in...
January 19, 2022
The great digital shift is bringing B2B more fully into the 21st century — and digital marketplaces are a key component of it. But even as marketplaces proliferate, an inability to offer trade credit to buyers keeps them from realizing their full potential to transform supply chains. Speaking with Karen Webster, Nir Tal, CEO of Israel-based […]
January 02, 2020
Trust in B2B eCommerce is critical for both buyer and suppliers, and as more businesses demand to conduct trade online, B2B eCommerce platforms like Alibaba.com are positioning themselves as facilitators of this...
November 21, 2022
U.K.-based FinTech Stenn, which specializes in invoice financing, is focusing its energies on to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and emerging markets, where access to trade financing has often been limited. Trade finance is especially critical for export businesses, which often wait months for payment due to the slow nature of international trade. “We realized […]
March 27, 2019
Singapore-based online merchant Lazada is going to expand its financial services department by adding more products for its customers, according to a report by CNBC. The seven-year-old company, which is...
