The volume of Automatic Clearing House payments spiked to nearly 23 billion electronic payments in 2014, and B2B payments played a major role in that growth, according to new data released Thursday (April 16). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
For Japan’s retailers wanting to offer customers robust rewards programs, the hurdles are high. According to reports, advertisers in the nation can only offer these services for their digital shoppers. But a new partnership between MasterCard and ValueCommerce will break down some of these barriers...
As the European Union looks toward new ways to facilitate cross-border payments, Western Union is working on its own service to strengthen international commerce. The company announced Wednesday (April 15) that it will launch a new partnership in the U.K. to boost its cross-border payments...
The first quarter of 2015 has come to a close, and Q2 has opened up with a bang in B2B investments with venture capitalists creating one of the busiest weeks of the year in B2B funding. Software-as-a-Service and alternative finance maintained their popularity among investors,...
In July of 2013, Italy was the first European country to enact crowdfunding regulations. Despite being an early adopter, to date very few businesses have successfully raised capital using the online portals established by the rules. Now a year and a half later, the Italian...
Mel Brooks famously observed that it is good to be the king, but while few of us will ever intentionally pass up a turn in the throne, there are downsides to the crown. When the going gets tough, the king is the person most at risk of...
Technology conglomerate Sony is reportedly spending about $60 million on a new marketing campaign to raise awareness of its Xperia smart device portfolio, and a major portion of that marketing push will be to business customers, reports said. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
While experts say the U.S. government is making strides in adopting more efficient policies through the use of technological innovations, federal officials are reportedly not building up these policies from scratch. Officials are instead looking to their counterparts across the pond for best practices and...
The problem of late payments in the U.S. is growing to worrisome levels since some of the nation’s largest corporations began extending their payment terms in 2008. Experts say the trend arose that year when 3G Capital and Anheuser-Busch began lengthening the time it took...
