Over the past two decades the procurement process has undergone significant change, transitioning from a paper-based order process to a strategic business function. The tools of procurement have also changed, reflecting the larger acceptance of technology and computerization in B2B relations overall. Beginning with the...
When B2B payment technology provider Traxpay spoke with PYMNTS last year, the company’s CEO John Bruggeman discussed venture capitalists’ recent investment of $15 million into the startup. That backing, the executive said, would propel the company to take a stake in the massive B2B market,...
As China’s eCommerce conglomerate Alibaba explores new ground in India, the firm will almost certainly bring B2B online commerce innovation wherever it goes. The corporation’s founder Jack Ma, who visited New Delhi on Monday (March 30) to meet with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, solidified...
The innovation efforts of cloud financial service provider Yodlee have resulted in a new mobile service to help businesses manage their cash flow. In an announcement made Tuesday (March 31), Yodlee revealed the launch of its Business Cash Flow with Forecasting Fin App. Get the...
Microsoft is reportedly looking to take its expense management and reporting services mobile, and has already tested out an application for iOS with certain users through a secret program. Codenamed “Phoenix,” the alleged mobile application is said to be part of Microsoft’s Garage incubation program,...
Borrowing by small businesses in the U.S. is up by 7 percent from a year ago, a sign of steadily improving business conditions, according to data from a monthly private survey released on Tuesday (March 31). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Japan-based Panasonic has spent the last few years restructuring its business in an effort to boost profits, and had set a target of more than $1.6 billion in revenue, a goal the company recently acknowledged as unconvincing to many analysts. Get the Full Story Complete...
Europe may be the world’s capital for the alternative finance industry, taking advantage of a new lending market to prop up its small- and medium-sized businesses, but this environment could take a turn for the worse if Europe’s economy goes south. Get the Full Story...
Today’s supply chain is global, intricate, and complex, forcing manufacturers to bare the complex task of maintaining insight into their business customers, their supply chains, and their cash flow. A global supply chain has only been made possible due to technologies that connect businesses and...
