B2B Payments

B2B Payments
Align’s Speedy B2B Payments Platform Moves To Beta Phase
April 03, 2015

Payments service provider Align Commerce has taken a major step toward achieving faster B2B payments across the globe. According to a company announcement published Thursday (April 2), Align’s new payment platform has moved on to a beta testing phase. Get the Full Story Complete the...

B2B eCommerce To Top $1 Trillion By 2020
April 03, 2015

The global B2B market is big business, no doubt. But new research emerging reveals just how big that market will be in only a matter of a few years. New analysis from Forrester released Thursday (April 2) found that B2B eCommerce sales alone will reach...

Xkzero Boosts Delivery Software Tool
April 03, 2015

Software-as-a-Service firm xkzero announced Tuesday (March 31) that its B2B mobile commerce software product is reaching new customers. According to the firm, the SaaS now integrates into Sage 100 ERP, making the software’s Route Selling and Direct Store Delivery automation services available to more businesses....

Align Commerce Testing Global Blockchain Payments
April 03, 2015

Bitcoin’s blockchain technology may have found a new application: cutting the time and cost required by cross-border wire-transfer payments. Align Commerce has launched a public beta test of a system to let either businesses or individuals pay invoices globally, the company announced on Thursday (April...

Businesses Aren’t Sure How To Tackle Maverick Procurement
April 02, 2015

The cost of indirect spend, the materials and services that businesses need in order to operate, can add up quickly. Some research estimates indirect spend accounts for up to 50 percent of a company’s purchases. In a joint survey by Supply Management and Expense Reduction...

China’s Interest Rate Cuts Ignore Small Businesses
April 02, 2015

Chinese officials have made efforts in recent months to boost economic growth in the nation, in part by introducing two loan interest rate cuts in the last four months. Despite these cuts, reports say, small businesses in the nation aren’t seeing any ease of burden...

T&E Expert Concur Reaches Milestone
April 02, 2015

Travel and expense management service providers are largely investing in the development of solutions that can be run through mobile applications, signaling a rise in the adoption of new technologies aimed at reducing the friction that exists in producing and processing an expense report. Get...

B2B Payments
UK Small Businesses Targeted For Faster Payment Solution
April 02, 2015

Digital procurement solutions provider PROACTIS wants to make payments faster for U.K. small businesses. The firm revealed only days ago that it has partnered with Inspired Capital and met with technology lawyers at Walker Morris to develop a new accelerated payment facility for Britain’s SMEs,...

Analysts Skeptical of SAP’s Cloud Transition
April 02, 2015

Germany’s software giant SAP isn’t shy about going after what it predicts will be a $75 billion industry, cloud procurement service. With the launch of the firm’s Business Network, SAP has become a driving force behind the growth of B2B Software-as-a-Service. Get the Full Story...