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Tax Refund Season Could Jump Retail Sales
April 15, 2015

It looks like two-thirds of U.S. consumers will get an income-tax refund this year, and almost half of them will spend it on goods and services, according to survey results out this week from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Get the Full Story...

Amazon Prime Inventory Hits 33M Products In Q1
April 15, 2015

Amazon Prime’s product selection just keeps getting bigger. The $99-a-year service now offers free two-day shipping on a total of 33 million physical and digital products, including 13 percent of Amazon’s physical inventory, according to a report from R.W. Baird on Tuesday (April 14). Get...

Ireland’s New SME Lending Portal Goes Live
April 14, 2015

Businesses across the U.K. are struggling with late payments from their suppliers, forcing lawmakers to introduce new legislation to protect SMEs, and part of that regulation is set to include new rules that would require big banks that reject small businesses applying for loans to...

Staples Wants In On India’s B2B eCommerce Action
April 14, 2015

Walmart has grabbed headlines in recent months for its expansion of B2B eCommerce services in India, having opened new warehouses for the heads of its retail locations to restock inventory through online orders. But as office supply seller Staples strengthens its own presence within the...

Credibility Capital Enters The Digital Age of SME Lending
April 14, 2015

Credibility Capital isn’t new to the small business lending world, having launched as a provider of loans to prime credit SME borrowers through the leadership of Brett Baris, with nearly two decades of financial services experience. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Oracle To Dethrone SaaS Leader Salesforce By Year’s End
April 14, 2015

Oracle’s cloud services may account for just 5 percent of its revenue today, but the company plans to be the world’s largest cloud service provider by the end of the year. In an interview with India’s Business Today, Oracle Senior Vice President Shawn Price told reporters...

Banks’ Poor Customer Service Driving SME Borrowers Away
April 14, 2015

Globally, nearly one-third of companies have experienced an error or problem with their primary bank, according to recent research from Ernst & Young. It’s a figure that suggests there is something else going on behind the explosive growth of alternative small business financing besides high...

Zoho Tackles The Headache Of Expense Management
April 14, 2015

Expense management and reporting is largely seen as a headache by employees today, with some describing it as a “necessary evil” in one recent survey. In its effort to provide digital ways to streamline various day-to-day activities for businesses – from sales and finance management...

Debt Collection Technology And The Maze Of Regulatory Compliance
April 14, 2015

For the third year in a row, payment technology service provider BillingTree has released new insights into the ways collection agencies do business. The ARM Industry Operations, Technology & Payments report for 2015 explores the way businesses collect debts, adopt new technologies to process payments,...