The next frontier in working capital management isn’t squeezing another day out of receivables or stretching another day of payables. It’s deciding whether those dollars should be financed the same way at all. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
A distributor can know what inventory it needs to order next week before its financing system knows that the purchase exists. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
A merchant that once represented a stream of transaction fees can now represent a lending relationship, and second-quarter earnings results show payments platforms putting more money behind that proposition. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Growth can create a strange problem. A company gets bigger, but the payment and credit tools around it don’t always keep up. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Commercial credit decisions have long moved at the speed of the analyst: a new scorecard takes weeks to design, months to validate and another cycle to clear regulatory sign-off. Dun & Bradstreet says agentic AI can compress that timeline. The company announced July 6 that...
The traditional view of working capital assumes that cash performance is primarily the result of financial discipline. Companies improve outcomes by collecting faster, paying strategically and managing inventory more efficiently. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Traditional thinking holds that the defining challenge for middle market businesses is around achieving growth. 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,...
For many growth-company CFOs, working capital is no longer a back-office cushion, but a strategic lever. 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...
This isn’t your grandfather’s working capital landscape. The fundamentals of today’s credit and underwriting ecosystem is shaking its earlier anchors to operating cash flow, becoming a function of how effectively firms can mobilize their balance sheets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
