GoCardless Finds Entrepreneurs Struggling With Summertime Late Payments

Summertime is the worst season of the year for late B2B payments, according to new research from payments company GoCardless. According to...

Despite Carillion, Some Say No To Late Payments Legislation In UK

Amid the continued fallout of Carillion, let the market move construction firms to pay in ways more timely, says one prominent construction...

Trade Finance Finds Glare In Late Payments Spotlight

Finance has many levers to pull when it comes to pulling back on payments  England finds itself in the unpaid invoice-related headlines...

Corporates Shouldn’t Wait For Regulators To Force eInvoice Adoption

For much of the world, electronic invoicing is taking off — not only for the benefits it offers, like enhanced cash flow...

Councils Dragging On UK Payments, Say Trade Groups

The UK, yet again, gets a spotlight amid late payments.  Research shows that councils are not honoring 30 day payment terms. Elsewhere,...

Corporates May Be Approaching AP Automation All Wrong

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from Hyland and Statista‘s new accounts payable (AP) report is that, frankly, there isn’t much new to be...

Why Household Finances Under The Hood Don’t Look So Good

Paul McCartney and The Beatles may have told us that money can’t buy us love, but new research claims that it can...

Spend Management Reaches For New — And Digital — Maturity

It’s a phrase that can cause several types of jobsite headaches — stepping away from a project to hit a hardware store with...

Airline Industry Caught In Late Payment Spats

Late payments can threaten supply chains in any industry, but one sector in particular has seen the supplier payments struggle turn stark...

UK Retailer Debenhams Denies Credit Insurance Cash Crunch

U.K. retail giant Debenhams said it is not in a cash flow crunch following reports that insurers have cut coverage of the...

In Kenya, Govt’s Late Payments Hit Suppliers

Late payments dominate the news in Kenya, where corruption drains coffers and hurts suppliers.  In other countries, ePayables has gained attention and...

US Gets Attention Amid Late Payments Trends

It’s not just the U.K. that sees an increase of late payments – right into Independence Day, the former colonies see their...

Atradius Reports: Top US Firms Take Longest Time To Pay B2B Invoices In A Decade

The U.K. retains the spotlight when it comes to the fight against late supplier payments, but the market isn’t the only one...

Amid UK Payment Woes, Firms Face Fraud Risk

England gets its fair share of late payments coverage, with recent headlines tied to the fallout from Carillion’s collapse. The fact remains...

Kroger Looks To Alter Payment Terms

Invu Reports That AP Execs Say A Need For Upgrades Is ‘Urgent’

Reactive instead of proactive planning, late payments, a lack of visibility: Accounts payable professionals in the U.K. are making progress in their...

Barclaycard Targets Construction’s Cash Flow Struggles With SMB Cards

As the U.K.’s construction industry continues to struggle with late supplier payments, a new commercial card product from Barclaycard aims to address...

Looking For Speed In An Invoice Payments World Cup

When it comes to invoice payments, speed thrills, like a fast-paced World Cup match. Thus, the Late Payments World Cup. Creditsafe commissioned...

Late Payments Continue To Plague Construction, Music Streaming Businesses

 It’s no secret that construction firms are hurt by stretched payment terms.  But the price tag is staggering, to the tune of...

Tracing Supply Chain Payment Delays Back To Data Bottlenecks

In the age of Big Data, global supply chains quickly flocked to analytics solutions that offered predictability and agility in a market...

Supply Chain ‘Bullying’ Tied to UK’s SMB Late Payments Deluge?

Late payments are decimating SMBs cash flow in the UK. Federation of Small Businesses chair Mike Cherry issued a call to change...

Pentagon’s Vendor Payments Eyed In Bipartisan Bill

Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill targeted at accelerating payments made by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to its small suppliers,...

Sour Notes Sounded In Late Payments?

Will it be a tidal wave of late payments? In what is an example of late payments stretching into the digital realm...

The UK’s Damning Carillion Report: The Spark For Change, Or An Unanswered Call?

The U.K. government released its report into the Carillion fiasco and it’s damning, to say the least – though not unexpected. Since...

 Carillion Fallout – and Late Payments – Dominate UK Headlines

In the UK, late payments continue to be top of mind for smaller firms, while the ripple effects of Carillion’s failure are...

Working Capital Sizzles, Wells Fargo Fizzles And MoviePass Faces An Uncertain Future

It’s never a good sign when the headlines begin widely speculating about a firm’s impending demise. That’s currently the media narrative for...

Threat Of Insolvency Spikes For UK Construction Industry

Following the collapse of the U.K.’s largest contractor, construction conglomerate Carillion, new data shows a major spike in the number of construction...

Amazon’s Pay By Invoice Illuminates Delayed Payment Debate In US

In the day-to-day minutiae of cash flow management, strategy is key. There can be a bit of a tug of war between...

Supplier Payments Around The World Are Getting Longer, Raising Insolvency Risk

Regulators and analysts in the U.K. have brought attention to the nation’s plight against late supplier payments, but a new report from...

Amazon Business Adds Invoicing, Allowing Buyers To Delay Payment

Amazon Business is introducing a new invoicing feature that could impose cash flow pressure on sellers, according to AuctionBytes. The blog posted...

The Multibillion-Dollar Problem Of B2B Payments Friction

B2B payments is at the center of efforts to innovate by FinTechs, banks and others, but corporates’ business-to-business payment processes remain complex,...

UK Official Calls For Late B2B Payment Fines

U.K. officials continue their fight against late B2B payments, with Small Business Commissioner Paul Uppal now calling on the government to fine...

Sage Adds Stripe For Faster SMB Payments

Small business accounting company Sage announced an integration with payments software platform Stripe in the hope of accelerating payments to small and...

EU Moves To Ban Late Payments In Food Supply Chain

The European Commission (EC) is introducing new measures to safeguard the market’s food supply chain and support suppliers in the industry. In...

Carillion Collapse Leads UK Government To Blacklist Late-Paying Contractors

The U.K. government is reportedly planning to blacklist potential contractors that pay their own suppliers late — a response to the recent...

B2B Payment Terms Worsen For Chinese Firms Despite Economic Improvements

China’s economy is strengthening, and new analysis from economists suggests the nation’s corporate debt levels will stabilize this year. But new data...

In Procure-To-Pay, Reg And Tech Evolve Together

The rise of RegTech is not by chance: There is an undeniable link between regulatory changes and technological innovation, and that link...

Legislators Introduce Bill For Faster Payments To Small Businesses

Legislative efforts to combat late supplier payments have emerged in Europe, the U.K. and Australia. Now, similar initiatives have begun in the...

Why Toys R Us May Signal The Start Of An Insolvency Spike

It was a coincidental happening that the same month Atradius released its latest insolvency forecast – which found that insolvencies around the...

SMBs Doubtful Of UK’s New Small Business Commissioner

The U.K. appointed its first small business commissioner last year to champion faster payments for small suppliers and support small business (SMB)...

The Good And Bad News About Increased SMB Spend

As the saying goes, “You have to spend money to make money.” For small businesses today, spending is up across several categories...

Fundbox Positions Its Credit Closer To B2B Payments

Today, alternative small business (SMB) lending company Fundbox is launching Fundbox Pay, a solution the company says will move its credit offering...

UK Chancellor Urged To Fight Worsening Late Payments Problem

U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond was urged by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to combat the late payments problem, which recent FSB data...

Why Researchers Want Governments Involved In Blockchain’s Attack On Late Payments

Addressing the global problem of late B2B payments will likely take a combination of technology, regulation and behavioral change. The issue is...

The Limits Of Tech On Late B2B Payments

When auditing giant KPMG assessed corporate compliance of government requirements to report supplier payment habits, the company made a concerning discovery: Just...

The Construction Industry’s Lending Catch-22

Credit underwriting is more reliant than ever on Big Data, and one of the industries in which this is most pronounced is...

NOW Corp Combats Delayed Supplier Payments In Georgia

Corporate payments company NOW Corp. is teaming up with the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC) to both address delayed and late...

What The Climbing Debt Defaults Really Mean For The Economy

By many measures, the economy looks strong. The stock market — despite a fairly steepWh correction a week ago — is still well...

Economic Recovery Not A Silver Bullet For SMB Growth, C2FO Finds

The latest report by alternative lender C2FO finds that economic recovery doesn’t necessarily negate every problem for small business (SMB) owners. The...

Missing The Podium Edition: US Bank, SoFi And Bitcoin On Cards

Not everyone gets a trophy, an inevitable truth discovered by the U.S. Olympic team in Pyeongchang — at least so far. It’s not been...