Last week, PYMNTS explored the rise of the family office, and how that entity may be perfectly positioned to become the next big thing in small business alternative finance. But according to Small Business Investor Alliance President Brett Palmer, we should not get ahead of ourselves....
With the B2B Software-as-a-Service market booming, Coupa emerged as the industry’s latest unicorn following an $80 million funding round last month. The company offers cloud-based spend management tools for businesses and recently updated its software offerings to provide expense management and cash flow insight for...
Sage, a British software company, has teamed with Funding Circle and MarketInvoice to help provide funding access to more SMEs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
For small businesses, having access to liquidity and capital are as necessary as the very products and services they sell. And in the U.K., alternative lending is becoming more widely known as a source for SME funding. Online Funding’s Conrad Ford spoke with PYMNTS at...
In March, cloud-based procurement solution provider Vroozi revealed its procure-to-pay mobile first platform — a service Vroozi says is the world’s first procurement platform that works on any device. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Three separate events last week reminded me that every spend category has its “dirty little secrets.” Suppliers can exploit these “dirty little secrets” to squeeze a little more from buyers than buyers bargained for. Not all of these secrets are nefarious, but all reflect the...
Investors have pumped funds into a Southeast Asia startup that offers an online marketplace for the B2B world, reports said Monday (July 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
The U.K. has only just implemented new legislation aimed at increasing small businesses’ access to financing, whether through traditional banks or alternative lenders. But already, the effects of government efforts appear to be materializing. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
For months, analysts have been jabbering about how wearable technology is likely to be a big hit with enterprise users – perhaps even more so than with consumers. Google Glass is a prime example of this prediction. While the clunky gadget bid the market farewell...