B2B sellers can provide a better online experience by defining “customer personas,” or profiles, that can help them identify the priorities of individual personas and tailor the eCommerce experience to meet their needs, one online seller noted in a recent commentary. Get the Full Story...
U.S. companies are losing more than $1.5 billion per year and are wasting more than 32 million man hours because their procurement tools are ineffective, a new survey report shows. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
New technologies often bring with them new vulnerabilities, and in this period of rapid innovation, banks’ need to manage the associated operational risks is the most urgent, a top U.S. banking official advised this week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
With Alibaba’s IPO completed last week, payments leaders are realizing the huge potential impact on B2B payments. 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...
Some 20 to 30 years ago, every U.S. oil company ran its own in-house fuel card operation. Today, most outsource those operations. That trend has only just begun in Europe, where most businesses still operate their card programs internally. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Order imbalances may have delayed Alibaba’s initial public offering for a bit on Friday (Sept. 19), but the company made a ton of money nonetheless. It’s stock price opened at $92.70 per share on the New York Stock Exchange, 46 percent higher than the $68...
Robust economic growth in the U.S. and United Kingdom, combined with a gradual recovery in the Eurozone, should help strengthen global economic activity over the next year, according to the latest HSBC Trade Confidence Index. However, rising geopolitical tensions could weaken such projections. Get the...
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....
Shoppers wanting one of the new iPhones may have to wait until October due to shortages. Record-breaking first-day pre-order sales that topped 4 million units were logged, outstripping supply according to Apple. Reuters reported that this weeks pre-order numbers were roughly double the volume of sales...
