Although the changing nature of B2B transactions today is certainly forcing banks to rethink B2B services, U.S. offerings are generally much less robust than in other countries and there are two reasons. First is the U.S.’s continued reliance on paper checks—to a far greater degree...
The art of investing in startups is challenging enough on its own, so a group of Australian investors is trying to improve its odds by focusing solely on B2B efforts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Hurst Lin, a prominent venture capitalist and co-founder of popular Web portal Sina.com, spoke with The Wall Street Journal on his thoughts on various VC investment issues in China when he touched on B2B. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
IBM on Monday (Nov. 24) introduced a new version of its B2B Commerce package that focuses on ease of use. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
A B2B dental company is pushing E-Commerce in an especially B2B fashion, including letting its customers control access by buyers based on their area of responsibility, and—of particular importance to its health industry customers—maintaining detailed records of how particular surgical and other products are packaged...
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UK bank HSBC is now letting its business banking clients accept payments from customers using just a mobile phone number, through the UK’s Paym realtime mobile payments service, according to Finextra. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
The Banking Payment Obligation (BPO) — the electronic document designed to replace the paper-document Letter of Credit — is steadily gaining ground among banks and corporates, but progress is slow, according to Cash & Treasury Management File. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Visa Europe has launched a publicity campaign to derail payment-card reforms passed last year by the European Commission that include caps on interchange fees, rollbacks of many of Visa's rules for merchants, and encouragement of new players and alternative forms of payment.