Getting suppliers onboarded takes a while – about 16 days, in fact, due in large part to manual processes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
It takes an average of 16 friction-filled, often paper-intensive days for a buyer to onboard a supplier. Mastercard and Microsoft have teamed to launch Mastercard Track, a digital platform to fast-track trade between trading partners by streamlining the supplier discovery, vetting and onboarding process. Carlos...
Mastercard, collaborating with Microsoft, said on Wednesday (Sept. 12) that it is unveiling a digitized B2B platform geared toward global trade conducted by small and mid-sized businesses. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
In tech, innovation is everything. In innovation, intellectual property is, well, almost everything — it can be the hardware, the software, the processes that comes from the creative endeavor. You might consider patents a form of competitive advantage. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
Alternative small business finance comes in many forms as FinTechs target SMB cash flow. Considering cash flow woes are often linked to long payment terms for corporate customers, many of these AltFin players are emerging with financing products designed to target this particular weak point...
Patents can be the springboard to competitive advantage. In the blockchain space, China (and Alibaba) dominate new patent filings. Crypto crackdown aside, here's what China sees in blockchain -- and the verticals that might benefit most immediately.
Corporate payments solution provider WEX announced this week it is collaborating with Australia-based robotics process automation firm Troovo Technologies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
One year after news surfaced that blockchain companies Ripple Labs and R3 HoldCo were engaged in a legal dispute, the lawsuit has been resolved, according to a press release issued this week. In a statement, Ripple said the companies “have reached a settlement of all...
Small businesses (SMBs) frequently cite cash flow crunches and the struggle to access capital as key hurdles to the success of their business. These problems faced by SMBs are also shedding light on supplier payment practices and large corporates’ strategies of lengthening payment terms to...
