In Depth

The Balancing Act Of Today’s Corporate Treasurer
June 30, 2015

Small businesses are often the target of financial services innovators with the understanding that SMEs often struggle to obtain the resources necessary to adequately manage their cash flow on their own. But in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis, the corporate financial management...

The Next Big Thing In Small Biz Lending
June 30, 2015

The U.S. is experiencing a rise in the single-family office, a structure that manages the financial affairs of a single, ultra-wealthy family. While they come in many variations, the single-family office is becoming an evermore prominent player in today’s financial management market. According to Forbes, the...

Controversial
One Bright Spot In Debt Crisis As Greek Government Supports Electronic Payments
June 30, 2015

Though uncertainty reigns when it comes to Greece – whether the nation will stay with or exit the Euro, when banks will open or even if ATMs will function – there are some signs that the electronic payments segment of the financial system is continuing...

Does Consumer Confidence Match Their Spending?
June 30, 2015

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=”]An important predictor that helps retailers project just how much consumers are willing to spend is tracking how confident they are in the state of the economy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Is Sovereign Immunity For Tribal Payday Lending Coming To An End?
June 30, 2015

Short-term loans, known colloquially as payday lending, never fails to elicit a big response — if not always a consistent one. Foes of the practice point to the high double and triple digit annual interest rates and consumers swept into never-ending cycles of debt as...

B2B Payments
Global Spotlight: Kenya
June 29, 2015

As a continent filled with still developing economies, Africa is rarely mentioned in the conversation of B2B payments innovation. But in Kenya, recent progress in the space not only reveals who the nation is looking to in order to implement its own policies but shows...

Congress Brings Export-Import Bank Lending To A Standstill
June 29, 2015

The U.S. Export-Import Bank has been the source of political schism in recent years, but last week, the future of the government export credit body landed in a new state of jeopardy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

Cool
PYPL Starts Trading On July 20
June 29, 2015

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In Depth
Payments And The Summer Of Sharing
June 27, 2015

A little over a generation ago — 28 years to be exact — about 100,000 Americans celebrated the Summer of Love by converging on San Francisco. At the same time,  a much larger number of Americans watched the summer of love unfold on that era’s...