August 14, 2014
Venezuela’s State Oil Company Officially Switches Operations To China Citic...

As of this week, PDVSA, Venezuela’s state-run oil and natural gas company,  has officially moved its accounts from Portugul’s Banco Espirito Santo to China’s Citic Bank, according documents supplied to...

August 14, 2014
Comdata Acquisition Gives Fleetcor Added Fuel To Grow

Perhaps not one of the best kept secrets, but Fleetcor this week made good on the earlier rumors, acquiring fellow B2B fleet card provider Comdata for $3.45 billion. The deal...

August 14, 2014
Asian eTailing Giant Rakuten Sets Its Sights On The U.S.

Asia’s largest eCommerce players like what they see in the U.S. First, China’s Alibaba announced plans for a U.S. IPO and has since launched the 11 Main online marketplace here....

August 12, 2014
The First Step In A Simple Transition To E-Payables

When it comes to digitizing accounts payable processes, Karla Friede’s advice to businesses is to first step back to see what solutions fit the problem. And that’s when Friede, CEO...

August 08, 2014
ACH As A P-Card Alternative?

In B2B buyer/seller relations, purchasing cards, or P-cards, typically represent a two-edge sword in that, while they make the payment process more efficient, especially for the buyers, the sellers pay...

August 08, 2014
The Art Of Getting Buyers To Pay

For businesses, selling is the lifeblood of their operation. But how well they are able to collect on payments owed can be equally important to their viability. And those-hard-to-collect payments...

August 07, 2014
Payoneer Partnership Set To Boost Cross-Border Payments

Online payments firm Payoneer announced on Tuesday (Aug. 5) that it had partnered with the Latin American eInvoicing firm Gosocket. The move is expected to give businesses a better new...

August 06, 2014
July Was A Busy Month (In Massachusetts) For B2B Investments

Not everything worth investing in happens in Silicon Valley!  At least last month, in the B2B space, Atlas Venture in Cambridge, Mass, lead the charge by taking part in three...

August 05, 2014
Cross Border Payments Gets Instant Option

On August 4, cross border payments firm Transpay announced that it launched a new instant payments option for freelance providers in the crowd-source marketplace, e-commerce companies, credit card processors, and...