April 17, 2014
Payables That Are All Gain and No Pain
What do you get when mash up invoicing software with payment processing? An accounts payables process that is all gain and no pain. That’s the promise of U.S. Bank’s latest...
April 16, 2014
Ariba: “B2B Payments Is Just Broken”
Since its foundation, Ariba has set out to transform the way companies of all sizes, industries, and geographies buy and sell goods and manage cash by providing e-payment services. To...
April 16, 2014
Alibaba’s $3B Q4 Revs Stuns Analysts
Analysts were in shock and awe yesterday, April 15, to lean that Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant that is acquiring and investing in US companies, had $1.36 billion in Q4...
April 16, 2014
TransferWise Has Moved £1 Billion Cross-Borders
The Estonian-founded and London-based company TransferWise announced on April 15, 2014 that they have transferred £1 billion ($1.67 billion) in cross-border payments.that they have hit the milestone of £1 billion mark in...
April 15, 2014
Press Release: Bitcoin Price and Volatility Index
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April 15, 2014
Driving Startups’ Funding This Week:
Several e-commerce startups, including GrabTaxi, a ridesharing startup in Southeast Asia, highlight this week’s Startup Roundup.
April 14, 2014
How Armor Payments Hopes To Make B2B Payments Secure, Reliable...
There is an old adage in the construction industry – “fast, good or cheap: pick two,” that could easily be adopted to the B2B payments industry – “secure, frictionless, or...
April 14, 2014
SMBs Go Hunting for Customers Across Borders
According to research from the World Economic Forum, SMEs account for 99% of the enterprises and two thirds of employment in OCED countries, making up a significant portion of each...
April 10, 2014
ACH Volume On The Rise
In 2013, ACH volume grew to almost 22 billion electronic payments, an increase of 4% over 2012 volume. A total of $38.7 trillion supporting consumer, business and government payments was...
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.
PYMNTS surveyed 110 U.S. companies with annual revenue of $10 million or more to see how payment orchestration affects authorization rates, checkout completion and customer experience. The findings show a sharp divide: Companies with all five core capabilities are pulling ahead, while partial deployment may be adding complexity without improving results.
Read more in “The Orchestration Advantage: How Routing Architecture Shapes Payments Performance,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Spreedly collaboration.