Just how important is it for companies to invest in B2B integration technologies for their supply chain process? Quite important, new research shows. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
So goes the economy, so goes the likelihood of getting financing as a small business. When times are bad, the money dries up; when times are good – well actually, since the last recession, the situation has still been pretty dire, which is why so many...
Newly launched financial services innovator Bento takes the idea of “prepaid” to a whole new level – starting by honing in on small businesses. Bento CEO and Founder Farhan Ahmad says SMBs’ needs have long been underserved and underappreciated – so his company is stepping...
In the biggest leveraged buyout of 2015, big-data software vendor Informatica will be taken private by the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and private-equity firm Permira for $5.3 billion, the company announced on Tuesday (April 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Globally, the supply chain finance (SCF) market is expanding and maturing. A new report from BCR Publishing, a news provider that specializes in the receivables finance industry, estimates a growth of 30 percent per year. BCR’s research shows the market could be worth €43 billion...
While latest findings reveal an uptick in small business lending options among major banks, a recent survey from YouGov indicates that most small businesses aren’t getting the help they need from big banks to get working capital. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Across the corporate world, innovations in payments have largely been focused on efficiency – going paper-less and reducing costs. At the same time, there’s still a major need for greater controls, increased security, regulatory compliance and integration of technologies in the corporate world, says NACHA....
Last year, Britain combined the G-Cloud and Digital Services programs to form the Digital Marketplace. The goal was to create a clearer, simpler and faster market for the public sector to buy—and SMEs to sell—digital products and services. At the end of its first year,...
The number of venture-capital-backed IPOs plunged in Q1 2015 to the lowest level in two years, in the wake of a huge number of VC-backed companies that went public in 2014, a VC trade group said on Monday (April 6). Get the Full Story Complete...
