Microsoft’s future may include mobile payments, but that’s not what CEO Satya Nadella is worried about for the moment — his concern is surviving to get to that future. For that, the software giant’s Q1 results represented good news, beating analysts’ estimates and edging Microsoft...
Some of the banks and credit unions whose customers’ MasterCard payment cards were compromised in Target’s huge 2013 data breach are trying to stop a proposed $19 million settlement between the retailer and the card brand, Reuters reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Customer-tracking vendor Nomi Technologies failed to give in-store customers an adequate chance to opt out of being tracked through their smartphones, according to a settlement announced on Thursday (April 23) with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Saving money and time are the most talked-about reasons why businesses and governments should make the effort to adopt digital procurement and invoicing strategies. E-invoicing solutions provider Basware is touting a less referenced benefit of the electronic shift, just in time for Earth Day 2015....
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has released the findings of two separate studies on the state of small business access to financing across 34 nations. Its twin reports did not uncover any earth-shattering revelations about the alternative finance in the world’s markets, instead coming to similar conclusions...
While Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba recently made moves to encourage businesses to run their operations entirely on smartphones, the rise of B2B mobile apps suggests that businesses may be shifting in this direction anyway. The latest app to emerge onto the enterprise scene is Dash,...
The United Arab Emirates’ economy largely depends on the success of its small- and medium-sized enterprises. With the recent exodus of mainstream banks from the UAE in recent years, non-traditional financers have been left to fill the gaps in SME funding. Get the Full Story...
Under pressure to deliver top-quality care while controlling costs, health care providers are turning to supply chain management to balance the demands of resource management, cost of care, compliance and positive patient outcomes. Worldwide, the health care supply chain management market is expected to grow...
The European Commission wants to boost small businesses’ access to working capital by supporting crowdfunding innovation, and part of that initiative is to facilitate cross-border lending. But the feat is easier said than done. Varying regulations and currencies make any cross-border transaction cause for a...
