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Working With — Not Against — The Spreadsheet
Ah, the dreaded spreadsheet. The legacy technology is pinpointed by many treasury and accounting experts as an outdated, inefficient way of managing...
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1.9KWells Fargo Continues Biz Banking Leadership Switch
Wells Fargo announced its pick to take over as head of commercial banking after the former head of the unit, Perry Pelos,...
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1.9KBringing The Buy Button To B2B
Consumers today enjoy the ability to buy products online at a fast pace, often through a buy button. The technology lets shoppers go...
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Apple Gets Cisco Biz Users On Board
Apple has been hustling to get more of its mobile devices into the hands of employees, and much of that effort has...
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PayPal SME Lending Nears $1B Milestone
PayPal is now an independent company, and analysts say the firm is enjoying the single life. Amid its split from eBay only...
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The Missing Link In B2B Social Media
Social media is entering the B2B space in mysterious ways. For some businesses, social media platforms are beneficial in similar ways to...
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Taiwan Turns To E-Invoicing For Food Safety
Taiwanese officials are implementing new electronic invoicing mandates in several industries but not for the reasons you may think. According to reports...
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1.7KAn Easier Way To Find An Accountant
New research published last week uncovered a troubling trend among small business owners: Many of them do a quick Google search or...
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Bill.com, Xero Get In Sync For SMEs
Small businesses can now bridge the gap between paying their bills and their accounting processes. In an announcement made yesterday (Aug. 31),...
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2.9KFBI Sounds New Alarm Over Supplier Invoice Scams
The B2B invoice scam could be headed for your inbox. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the instances of B2B invoice...
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Toshiba Accounting Scandal Gets Worse
Toshiba is having a tough bout. Last month, news that the Japanese technology company had suffered from a longstanding accounting scandal made...
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iZettle Eyes The World Beyond mPOS
Sweden-based mobile payment firm iZettle is often compared to Square. And the comparison is certainly not entirely unwarranted, as both firms are...
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1.7KAustralia Names & Shames Government’s Late Payments
Government procurement programs can lead the charge to more efficient procurement practices from the public sector to the private one. News from...
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Carlyle Snags Insurance SaaS Buyout
Buyout group Carlyle announced its latest acquisition last weekend. The U.S. firm will purchase U.K.-based Software-as-a-Service company Innovation, which provides claim processing...
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When In Financial Doubt, SMEs Google It
New research shows where small business owners are turning to when in need of financial help — Google. According to findings from...
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HP Enterprise Already On The Fritz?
Hewlett-Packard’s consumer-facing business is struggling, and analysts suspect that the impending split of HP to form HP Enterprise is likely to fare...
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1.6KGlobal Spotlight: United Kingdom
Among the hottest topics in B2B payments in the U.K. today include late payments to small suppliers and the nation’s flourishing alternative...
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Electronic Invoicing Goes Global
So much for a paperless world. Paper is alive and well in the realm of B2B payments, for sure. That’s something that...
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Century Adds Biz Card Solutions For SAP Users
B2B tech service firm Century Business Solutions is making it easier for its corporate clients to not only accept but track payments...
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1.3KB2B Investment Tracker, Aug. 21-28
According to some market analysts, there is a venture capitalist drought. Reports from the Los Angeles Times on Thursday (Aug. 27) said...
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Manufacturers Ditch Presidential Race For Ex-Im Fight
The U.S. Export-Import Bank, also known as Ex-Im, is currently at a standstill. Congress has failed to renew the organization’s charter that...
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QuickBooks Enhanced Amid Intuit Sell-off
Intuit is going through a major facelift. Reports emerged last week that the enterprise software firm is parting ways with its flagship...
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1.1KCFPB Pressed For SME Loan Data Collection Rule
A new report in The Wall Street Journal published Thursday (Aug. 27) is raising some questions about the data collection practices regarding...
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Microsoft, Google Neck And Neck In The Enterprise
This month there has been some controversy about whether Salesforce remains the top enterprise software suite. Just this week, reports emerged from Okta...
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Filling The E-Invoice Information Gap
Analysts continue to unleash frustrating statistics about businesses’ sluggish adoption of true digital invoicing procedures. According to new PayStream research, in conjunction...
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2.4KNavigating The Murky Waters Of Level-3 Processing
The complexities facing merchants that process B2B and government procurement transactions are plentiful. But streamlining Level-3 processing may be a good place...
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6.4KHow The Commercial Prepaid Card Could Rise To The Top
Businesses are facing increasing pressure to go paperless, especially when it comes to payments. But for small business owners, there is flurry...
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2.7KAnalysts Eye Swipe Fee Rules For Commercial Cards
The debate surrounding interchange fees is been burning bright for several years. Most often, however, the discussions focus on the impact of...
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Billtrust’s New SME Invoice Chief
As a B2B cash flow management service provider, Billtrust knows invoices. The company operates to help other businesses manage their invoice cycles...
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1.7KB2B Firms Link Services – and Invoices – For FinServ Customers
B2B data analytics firm Ipreo reported Wednesday (Aug. 26) that it would be teaming up with two fellow business service companies in...
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1.4KRomania’s Corruption Woes Traced To Procurement
Romania is a bit notorious for financial fraud. Its Prime Minister Victor Ponta is facing money laundering and tax fraud charges, while...
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What High-Growth SMEs Have In Common
When it comes to small business growth, SME owners need support from financial officers to succeed. But new research by the Association...
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Here’s Where Alt-Lenders Are Hitting Banks Hardest
The rise in alternative lending is a response to tighter bank lending controls, and alternative finance is viewed by many as a...
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Getting The Most Out Of E-Procurement Platforms
With so many platforms in the modern business world having the letter “e” before their names, it would seem that e-invoicing and...
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How Regulation Molds Corporate Money Managers
Regulation has changed the makeup of the modern corporation, especially when it comes to managing finances. Since the turn of the millennium,...
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6.8KXero SME FinServ Gets Specific
Small business service providers have launched new on-demand financial resources for SMEs this year, including virtual CFO services and loads of cloud-based accounting...
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1.4KSony Flies Into Enterprise — On A Drone
Sony Corp. is reportedly looking to strengthen its enterprise services in order to become less dependent on its consumer-facing products, and its...
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In Cloud Technology, A Little Goes A Long Way
How expensive is it to adopt cloud technology? Will it take long? Will my employees understand it? Is my data secure? Does...
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1.5KRunning A Background Check For Businesses
A key challenge for alternative lenders in the small business lending sector is the ability to adequately vet and assess potential borrowers....
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How B2Bs Can Capitalize On eCommerce
eCommerce is coming to the enterprise. A recent study found 93 percent of B2B companies are ready to move buying online, but...
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SME Accountants: Take A Page From Your Own Book
In today’s market, what do businesses really want from their accounting services? According to new research from B2B Software-as-a-Service firm Exact, companies...
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2.5KCorporate Prepaid Cards Spread Across Europe
A new partnership between Prepaid Financial Services Limited and WestStein will bring the power of prepaid cards to businesses across Europe in...
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Aussie FinTech Lender Waddles Into The Cloud
Australia’s alternative finance industry is flourishing, and amid a rise in the number of competitors, some players are beginning to benefit through...
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USPS Fleet In Short Supply
Logistics and delivery businesses in the U.S. are beefing up their services in preparation for the impending holiday season, a time that...
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1.3KHow To ‘Freee’ Up SMEs From The Chore Of Accounting
Small business software service freee announced new support for its venture on Monday (Aug. 24) with the news that investors provided $30...
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Intuit’s Massive Sell-off Plans
Intuit has established itself as a long-standing staple of accounting tools for small businesses. But amid weakening financial figures and a changing...
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2.4KChina Takes A Second Look At Bank IT Procurement Bans
Earlier this year, China raised eyebrows when reports said the nation’s officials had banned state-run agencies, including banks, from procuring IT services...
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World Bank (Finally) Modernizes Procurement
After half a century of more or less unchanged procurement procedures, the World Bank is suddenly stepping up to the plate when...
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6.4KAlibaba Trade Assurance Now Covers Credit Card Purchases
Alibaba’s recent efforts to ease friction in cross-border B2B commerce included the launch of its Trade Assurance program, a venture that sees...
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3.8KGlobal Spotlight: Mexico, Brazil & Argentina
Mexico, Brazil and Argentina have teamed up to launch a pilot program that strengthens cooperation between the countries in exchanging digital invoices....
