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378B2B PaymentsInvu 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...
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1.5KB2B PaymentsBarclaycard 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...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsLooking 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...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsLate 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...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsTracing 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...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsSupply 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...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsPentagon’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,...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsSour 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...
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1.3KB2B PaymentsThe 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...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsCarillion 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...
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1.5KSizzle/FizzleWorking 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...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsThreat 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...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsAmazon’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...
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1.4KB2B PaymentsSupplier 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...
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3.5KB2B PaymentsAmazon 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...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsThe 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,...
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1.8KB2B PaymentsUK 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...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsSage 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...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsEU 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...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsCarillion 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...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsB2B 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...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsIn 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...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsLegislators 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...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsWhy 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...
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1.7KB2B PaymentsSMBs 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)...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsThe 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...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsFundbox 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...
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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...
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4.9KB2B PaymentsWhy 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...
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5.1KB2B PaymentsThe 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...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsThe 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...
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2.3KB2B PaymentsNOW 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...
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5.9KAlternative FinancesWhat 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...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsEconomic 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...
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2.9KData DiveMissing 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...
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5.8KPayment MethodsConvenience Can Reduce Late Mortgage Payments
A new survey by ACI Worldwide and Mastercard Advisors showed that late payments on mortgages are reduced when convenient payment methods are...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsPay360 Turns To AI For Late Payments
Payment service provider Pay360 is enhancing its accounts receivable services through a collaboration with an incoming artificial intelligence (AI) firm. In a...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsThe Self-Employed’s Struggle To Not Get Left Behind By Challenger Banks
Small businesses (SMBs) have no problem airing their grievances against big banks. Researchers from CivilisedBank released data last month that found nearly...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsOnly 17 Firms In Scotland Complying With Late Payment Rules, KPMG Finds
U.K. regulations designed to protect small suppliers from late payments by their large corporate customers are in effect, but new analysis from...
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4.3KB2B PaymentsLate Payment Victims Often Don’t Pay Ontime Themselves
The U.K. is focused on the problem of late payments, with policymakers stepping into support small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) often paid...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsUK Identifies Worst Late Payment Offender
The U.K. government is naming-and-shaming the nation’s worst late B2B payments offenders as part of its ongoing crackdown on the practice of...
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Australia’s Late Payments Fight Shows The Limits Of Government Intervention
When it comes to late B2B payments, eyes most often turn toward the U.K., where payments and FinTech companies have worked to...
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4.6KB2B PaymentsIn B2B Invoicing, Late Payments Vanquished Through Machine Learning
The paper chase bedevils efficient buyer/supplier relationships, particularly with large corporates buyers. Previse’s CEO Paul Christensen says the enemy is process when...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsAmid Carillion Catastrophe, Suppliers Panic With Payments In Limbo
The global market woke up Monday (Jan. 15) to news that construction conglomerate Carillion, based in the U.K., went into liquidation, setting...
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3.5KB2B PaymentsGetting B2B Payments In Construction On The Same (Digital) Page
There are a lot of factors that make B2B payments in the construction industry a challenge. One is a culture of delayed...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsSMBs Start The Year With Jobs, Late Payments, FX Struggles
Jobs numbers were off to a rocky start for the year when new data from the U.S. Department of Labor revealed lower-than-expected...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsFSB Urges More Action On Late B2B Payments, Bank Branch Closures
The U.K. took several steps in 2017 to address the issue of late payments that large corporations make to their small and...
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UK Launches Late Payments Complaint Service
In its latest move to combat late payments to B2B suppliers, the U.K. has launched a website through which small- and medium-sized...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsHoliday Cheer Isn’t Enough To Aid SMBs Through Cash Flow Issues
Between Small Business Saturday and the gift-giving holidays, this time of year is one many assume to be lucrative for small- and...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsAustralia SMB Ombudsman Wants Data On Businesses’ B2B Payments Times
As Australian regulators inquire about the speed with which businesses pay their small- and medium-sized business (SMB) suppliers, the Australian Small Business...
