Indian SMEs need access to capital, in an environment where big bank lending is slowing. The CEO of payments company Innoviti sees real value bringing buyers and sellers together with a twist on the traditional lending model.
While most experts can agree that the rise in alternative lending has provided entrepreneurs and small business owners with otherwise difficult-to-reach working capital, critics have been turning the volume up on their calls for increased regulatory scrutiny of the market. Marketplace lenders and new forms...
Analysts cite an array of reasons why buyers and suppliers are sometimes slow to adopt e-payment solutions. Among these reasons is the challenge posed by the fact that even if a supplier is willing to accept an electronic invoice, for example, a buyer may not...
A new report from the Bank of England released this week revealed that bank lending to businesses plunged in a single month by $8.5 billion in June, the sharpest fall ever recorded since the bank began its monthly reports in May 2011. Get the Full...
A new B2B eCommerce player in Hong Kong is just a few months old, but already the platform has big goals of overhauling the industry for good. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
In the past few weeks, B2B investment has been busy, though not in the usual spaces. Venture capitalists shied away from alternative lending startups and instead flooded funds to players in the fleet, logistics, eCommerce and financial services space. Get the Full Story Complete the...
This week the technology market saw the launch of Windows 10 Pro, Microsoft’s latest operating system that came chock-full of new features for the enterprise. While the system has won praise already, Microsoft rival Apple is once again stealing the spotlight. Get the Full Story...
U.K.-based alternative lender Funding Circle is readying to set a new precedent in the industry, reports made Thursday (July 30) said. According to reports in the Financial Times, the peer-to-peer small business funder is planning to float the Funding Circle SME Income fund with the...
If you’re an alternative lender looking to drive scale, one question looms: Do you have all your ‘3s’ in order? A new white paper from FICO lays out a series of triptychs that quantify success for those wishing to enter –- or scale their alt...
