B2B Payments

B2B Payments
3M Looks To Grow Its B2B Commerce
September 18, 2014

With $30 billion in annual sales and operating in more than 70 countries, 3M has an active global B2B commerce program, selling products to a wide range of international wholesalers, retailers, distributors and dealers. Moreover, with its global enterprise resource planning system and a new...

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Alibaba: From Start to Now (And Wow)
September 18, 2014

The Alibaba Primer Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications...

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All The News That’s Fit To Print: Alibaba Edition
September 18, 2014

With 49 percent of securities professional looking to own a piece of the world’s largest e-commerce conglomerate, Alibaba is what we are going to be talking about for the next few weeks. Some analysts are beating the crowds, and PYMNTs has organized the top 15...

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The Emergence Of Alibaba, They Aren’t Just The Chinese Amazon
September 18, 2014

While many commentators are describing the Alibaba IPO unfolding on Wall Street today (September, 18) as the emergence of the “Chinese Amazon,” BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier and economist Vanessa Zhang of the Global Economics Group agree that Alibaba is quite a bit more than that....

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Where The CPO And CFO Don’t Meet
September 18, 2014

Procurement specialists within B2B and other companies drive considerable value for their organizations, especially when they do a good job controlling spending and manage supplier relations and the payment processes well. However, only about 10 percent of procurement staffs have captured the respect of their...

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Why Alibaba’s B2B Model Doesn’t Work In India
September 18, 2014

While e-commerce giant Alibaba is enjoying the largest IPO in history today, it’s B2B e-commerce model struggles to find a foothold in what should be a natural jumping off point in its international expansion–India. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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Counterfeit Invoicing Damages China’s Trade Growth
September 18, 2014

Fake invoiving and inflated export figures that it yielded have lead to slower growth rates in China’s trada data this year, which means Beijing is likely staring down missing its full-year external trade growth target of 7.5 percent. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Zooz, Alipay Partner To Give Merchants Worldwide Access To Chinese Consumers
September 17, 2014

U.S., European and Asian merchants wanting access to Chinese consumers and businesses now may enable customers in that country to pay using Alipay under a partnership payment-technology provider Zooz announced today with China’s popular online-payment service. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Why Banks Aren’t Better at B2B Payments
September 17, 2014

What really surprises Karla Friede, CEO and Co-Founder of NVoicePay about B2B payments isn’t how long it has taken for new things to get traction or even how difficult it is to get companies to change their process. It’s the state of solutions in the...