Open banking, bank APIs and data sharing flourished in 2018, with small business and corporate financial services squarely in the path of this financial services trend as banks and FinTechs consider new ways to enhance business payments, accounting, treasury and financial management. Get the Full...
With the payments acceleration trend of recent years promising disruption in peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, these initiatives were viewed only in the context of consumer payments — at first. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
An unstable stock market has led many small businesses (SMBs) to cut costs and change their hiring plans for the New Year. According to the Associated Press, while consumer spending and the economy are strong, consumers are spending less, which has led to worry for...
Blockchain seemed to be stuck in pilot phase in 2017, but in 2018, the financial services industry finally saw a stronger flow of real-world, working blockchain applications — many of which targeted pain points in B2B payments, including the time and lack of transparency in...
This year was a record one for corporate and small business optimism in the U.S. A strong national economy and plans to expand and welcome rising revenues allowed business owners and executives to retain a positive outlook, despite potentially disruptive issues like a global trade...
Open banking didn’t just kick off via PSD2 regulations across Europe and the U.K. Rather, banks around the globe began to understand the potential value in opening up customer data to third-party players, and with more bank APIs emerging in 2018, the year saw a...
Watches for $8,000? Hotel rooms for garlic? Certify offers some of the more questionable attempts at expense reimbursements, which also spotlight how firms can track expense reporting more efficiently. Separately, BEC nabs $1 million from a children’s charity.
Eleven banks have been granted access to a £350 million ($443 million USD) program that will allow for them to take business clients away from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
The European Commission has introduced new measures to protect farms in the EU food sector against unfair supply chain practices, the body said in an announcement Wednesday (Dec. 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
