After last week’s gloomy investment numbers, May is off to a more flowery start for B2B startups. The biggest winners of the more than half a billion dollars worth of funding and acquisitions in the last seven days were SMEs, from the smallest of pre-seed...
The concept of the cloud is no longer new as businesses large and small begin to take advantage of the cost-savings and increased convenience of cloud storage, communication and computing. But according to a new report from Forbes, it’s the small business community that stands...
As businesses grow, so do their needs for eCommerce solutions. That’s where Bigcommerce comes in. Currently powering more than 50,000 stores, the eCommerce platform offers a securely hosted site for merchants moving into the online marketplace, along with customized tools to thrive in it. PYMNTS...
With Google’s recent upgrades to cloud computing and Big Data analytics services, it appears the technology conglomerate is making a new push in the Internet of Things competition. In fact, Google has been at this game for a while. It’s only just now, however, that...
Analysts have been skeptical of software conglomerate SAP and its efforts to enter the cloud-computing game. While the company has culminated its cloud efforts into the HANA enterprise resource planning platform, critics say competition in the cloud is quickly rising, and are not yet convinced...
PayPal Working Capital is now lending $2 million a day in the United States alone. In total, the 18-month-old small business loan program revealed this week that it has lent $500 million to 40,000 businesses across the globe. Primarily serving small- and mid-sized businesses, the...
Alternative lender CAN Capital has just revealed a major milestone that it says brings the company into the top spot for small business alternative finance. According to an announcement made Thursday (May 7), CAN has facilitated SMEs’ access to more than $5 billion in working...
Alibaba is a huge fan of the B2B business model. The eCommerce conglomerate, which has overhauled China’s B2C online shopping industry, has launched several initiatives within the B2B market, including partnerships in other Asian economies to launch wholesale eCommerce services in Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia....
The digital age of B2B commerce is here. Frost & Sullivan projects global B2B online retail will reach $6.7 trillion by the end of the decade. Buyers are ready to make the shift, too. Used to shopping online in their personal lives, buyers are more...
