The U.K.’s small suppliers have been struggling for years with late payments, but the supermarket sector has been particularly susceptible to supplier mistreatment. Earlier this month grocery chain Tesco reported in its quarterly earnings that an internal investigation found likely mistreatment of its suppliers in...
Financial analysts constantly keep tabs on the state of business lending in the U.S. But when the Federal Reserve announced last week that it would not be raising interest rates, instead voting to maintain them at record lows since the 2008 financial recession, the latest...
B2B is shifting as technology becomes ever more present in daily transactions. For many companies, linking with suppliers and tracking everything from invoices to payment status can still be time-consuming and even tedious activities, mired in paperwork and phone calls. PYMNTS spent time talking to...
Just months ago, Amazon quietly revealed a revamped version of its online B2B eCommerce portal with the launch of Amazon Business. Industry experts are not yet convinced that the venture will be more successful than its younger counterpart, AmazonSupply, but some market players are confident...
Last week, Capital One released the findings of a survey, conducted during its TEXPO 2015 event, that found corporate treasurers eager to invest in robust services to help them manage their cash flow. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Venture capitalists were fairly quiet in the B2B arena this past week, but financial support for B2B players appeared in other forms. The three main winners in the last few days were alternative lending, B2B logistics, and SaaS startups, collectively seeing a slew of new...
The alternative lending sector has largely risen in the U.S. and elsewhere due to big banks’ lack of financing to individuals and small businesses as they seek to reduce investment risk. Players like Lending Club champion an alternative source of working capital and financial products...
Fleet service providers are in a unique position to adapt to high-technology trends like Big Data and mobile tracking devices because many of the industry players are already using the infrastructure necessary to implement these services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
In the world of distributed ledgers, bitcoin may grab the lion’s share of attention and headlines. But there’s also a sea change going on in financial tech that extends to financial institutions themselves. For one thing, distributed ledgers can help transactions across virtually all currencies,...
