March 12, 2015
Asian Economies Quietly Boost SME Financing
China largely leads the small business lending path within Asia’s economy. A report released at the end of 2014 revealed a record $523 billion worth of syndicated loans being issued...
March 12, 2015
Filling The Capital Hole For Small Businesses
While it is hard to imagine today, approximately 18 months from now Americans, en masse, will feel strongly about two things: international competitive gymnastics and the fate of the American...
March 11, 2015
New Digital Exchange Boosts B2B Regulatory Data Sharing
As companies face increasing government regulation across an array of industries, and as regulators face an increasing demand to ensure their rules are being upheld, entities in the U.K. can...
March 11, 2015
Insite B2B E-Commerce Platform Lands In Netherlands
EU Internet service provider Evident is looking to strengthen businesses’ digital operations, especially in the wholesale, manufacturing and overall supplier market. Its latest partnership, the company revealed, is part of...
March 11, 2015
E-Commerce Drives A New Generation of Wholesalers
Wholesalers are harnessing the power of the Internet, and experts say adopting hybrid models, with a focus on e-commerce and online marketplaces, will be the biggest supply chain trend the...
March 11, 2015
European Payments Council Develops Card Processing Plan
More than a year after the European Payments Council published its new requirements for face-to-face payment-card transactions in the Euro zone, the EPC has unveiled its proposed rules for online...
March 10, 2015
Task Force Launches EU Instant Payment Plan
As Europe works toward a single market to facilitate cross-border payments, industries have their own goals to accomplish to make the European Commission’s agenda happen. EU bank-owned payment service provider...
March 10, 2015
Crowdfunded Loans Power EU’s Cross-Border Goals
Europe’s No. 1 priority is to create jobs and stimulate growth. SMEs are a key driver of both job creation and innovation, but access to funding prevents SMEs from achieving the...
March 10, 2015
MasterCard, Vayana Streamline India’s B2B Payments
In a new effort to streamline B2B payments in India, MasterCard has teamed up with small business lending platform Vayana Network and India-based Axis Bank to introduce new e-invoicing and...
Business cards offer numerous benefits to small businesses over other financing, including easier qualification, significantly higher credit limits, and perks such as cash back, travel and mileage-earning rewards. The latest “B2B and Digital Payments Tracker®” explores why 63% of small business owners using cards as their primary startup funding attribute their success to this method of financing.
Real-time payments already account for at least 15% of B2B payments volume in the insurance, manufacturing and retail industries. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 500 executives across the retail, insurance, manufacturing and real estate sectors examines how these industries are using real time payments today and their plans for the future. Read more in “The State of Real-Time Payments,” a collaboration with The Clearing House.