There wasn’t exactly an avalanche of venture capitalist funding deals this week in the world of B2B, but even so, a string of M&A activity fueled the market to more than $9.8 billion in investment. Here’s what happened: After a bout of absence, alternative lending...
Australia-based mobile payments service provider ingogo may be most well-known for its on-demand taxi app, but its latest venture is a bit of a pivot away from that industry, to say the least. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Financial services players have infiltrated the alternative lending market in hopes of connecting small businesses to new forms of finance. Major players like Alibaba and Amazon are some of the more notable companies that have included ways to connect SMEs to forms of alternative finance...
When eBay announced that it would separate from its eBay Enterprise unit, the market did a collective shrug. The news didn’t make much of an impact, considering it was announced at the same time eBay separated from PayPal, a much more drastic change in the...
P2P lenders in the consumer and business lending industry have seen incredible growth in the last two years, providing more than $780 million to these borrowers through marketplace lending platforms, according to reports in the Financial Times this week. Get the Full Story Complete the...
As the economy grows, SMBs are seeing an uptick in growth momentum, which is being backed by institutional investors who are increasingly approving loans with an approximate rate of about 61.7 percent last month. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
While most of the social mediaverse was buzzing about Apple and entertainment this week, the real action may have been more quietly unfolding on the enterprise serving side of the business. Apple is moving past its purely consumer serving roots - and looking to tap...
As the U.K. continues its struggle to tackle an ongoing late payments problem, major corporations are signing the voluntary Prompt Payment Code, a government-backed initiative whose signatories vow to pay their suppliers on time. The code, however, is largely without a method of enforcement, and...
Earlier this year, EU officials praised the Philippines for its ability to successfully implement a digital procurement strategy. The Asian nation’s Budget Secretary Florencio Abad spearheaded the initiative known as PhilGEPS, or the Philippines Government Electronic Procurement System, as a way to encourage foreign investment...
