B2B Payments

GSA App Enhances Government Procurements Process

When procuring products and services, the U.S. General Services Administration’s Public Building Service (PBS) recently got a bit smarter. Earlier this year it deployed a system designed to accelerate and modernize the entire procurement process, from initial request to payment and close out. Get the...

More Help Getting Suppliers Paid On Time

A late-payment culture in which more and more companies are considering as normal practice not paying suppliers on time has prompted the creation of yet another system designed to better connect the payment processes of buyers and sellers. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Over the past week, PYMNTS.com’s brief’s coverage in this newsletter has spanned a broad variety of issues. In this column, we take a look at five common elements that link many of those stories, in essence making them the “trends of the week.” Get the...

MasterCard Partners With Basware On Automated Supply Chain Finance

Basware and MasterCard have joined forces to introduce Basware Pay, and automated supply chain finance system. The new product connects buyer and supplier payments through the Basware Commerce Network and creates a network that only authorized and authenticated users can gain access to. Once approved...

Small Business Credit Outlook At An All-Time High

Things took a turn for the better for U.S. small businesses during the second quarter of 2014. According to Small Business Credit Index released recent by Experian and Moody’s Analytics, small business lending showed some improved growth in the spring and early summer of 2014.  Get...

Commercial Lending On The Rise, According To the Fed

UK-based core banking systems vendor Misysannounced this week that it acquired Custom Credit Systems (CCS), a US-based commercial loan origination and workflow management software company. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Big Retail Investments, Huge Acquisitions And Security Reigns Supreme

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UK Packaging Company Turns To Factoring For Needed Funds

Karl Hannaford of USP Packaging has had his share of success, having for years provided disposable catering products and tamper-evident containers to UK food businesses. However, the United Kingdom-based company’s bank reportedly turned down his request to finance the launch of a new range of...

July U.S. International Trade Deficit Dips Slightly

U.S. international trade in goods and services in July showed a slight deficit improvement from June, with growth in exports outpacing an increase in imports, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show. Get the Full Story Complete the...