The topic of late payments is often focused on the U.K. Lawmakers there are facing growing frustration among its small suppliers that say they have to wait too long, sometimes months, to get paid from their large corporate buyers. Get the Full Story Complete the...
China’s current lending market is a complicated one. The nation’s State Council issued a statement earlier this month welcoming crowdfunding as a way to stimulate economic growth, while its P2P lending sector is among the world’s largest. But traditional banks’ disdain for the market, coupled...
The Breakdown: $126.2 million invested SaaS/Big Data: 80.5% FinTech: 14% Logistics: 5.5% 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, PYMNTS Today. By...
We may be halfway through 2015, but analysts are still peeking back at 2014 to examine trends in the world of financial technology investment. According to a new report, 2014 was a massively lucrative year for investment in the space. Get the Full Story Complete...
This week was a busy one for Big Data. Oracle released its quarterly earnings report revealing impressive growth in its SaaS data analytics operations, predicted by analysts to soon outgrow current market leader Salesforce. At the same time, BlackBerry published its own quarterly figures, eyed...
An omnichannel platform gives consumers and businesses the ability to shop anywhere and at anytime, but this presents a unique challenge to the sellers expected to satisfy the demand for products across channels. PYMNTS sat down with Ahin Thomas, head of marketing at Symphony Commerce,...
A new survey from LendingTree shows that a majority of small businesses who apply for loans don’t take time to shop around. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
There is a battle among the world’s largest software vendors to retain the throne of No. 1. Earlier this year Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella declared today to be the age of B2B Software-as-a-Service and “the dawn of a new generation of business systems,” while just...
The once-mighty BlackBerry is now rarely in the hands of consumers, having been chased out by the new smartphone leaders like Apple. But in the years since its downfall began, BlackBerry has been building up its presence at the workplace. Get the Full Story Complete...