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1.3KB2B PaymentsLarger Corporates To Blame For Most Late Supplier Payments, Study Finds
New analysis by insurance company Zurich finds larger corporates are usually to blame for late supplier payments. Reports Thursday (Aug. 31) said...
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1.6KB2B PaymentsNew Zealand Isn’t Immune To Late Invoices, Xero Finds
New research from Xero finds the issue of late payments to small suppliers is one that spans into New Zealand, too. On...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsUK Alternative Lender Spotlights Late Payments Misconception
U.K. regulators say late payments are jeopardizing the nation’s small- and medium-sized business community. Even with government intervention measures to help curb...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsSome U.K. SMEs Say Payment Terms Are Getting Worse
U.K. regulators may be working to improve payment terms and times to small suppliers, but new data from Crossflow Payments suggests terms...
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2.0KB2B PaymentsWaddle Says Xero Integration Saving Entrepreneurs Time
Invoice financing company Waddle says its integration with Xero is saving business owners major time. The company revealed last week that the...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsEU Supplier Payments Worsen, While Australia Launches Voluntary Payment Code
The U.K. isn’t the only market making moves against late suppler payments: both Europe and Australia are turning their attention toward the...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsPrompt Payment Directory Has Harsh Words For New Regulation
It seems like every week new data surfaces about the struggle U.K. small businesses endure when trying to get paid from their...
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2.4KB2B PaymentsUK Companies Held Accountable For Delayed Payments Under New Rule
U.K. registered firms are now required to provide the government with detailed information on how suppliers are paid, thanks to new compliance...
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5.3KB2B PaymentsSupplier Payment Delays Inch Up Across Western Europe
Some markets, especially the U.K. and Australia, have made it a point to combat late supplier payments. But in other markets, the...
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2.2KB2B PaymentsUK Labour Leader Eyes Late Payments ‘War’
U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he would “declare war” on the large conglomerates paying their suppliers late, reports said Tuesday (April...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsUK Supplier Payments Rules Come Into Effect
The U.K.’s Duty to Report regulations came into effect this week, but new research from Bottomline Technologies says the current supplier payments...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsAmex, Xero Break Down Australia’s Late Payments Fight
Australia is in the midst of an aggressive push against late supplier payments. This week, the nation’s Small Business and Family Enterprise...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsMars, Kellogg’s Treatment Of Aussie SMEs Likened To ‘Extortion’
Major corporations including Mars and Kellogg’s in Australia have been singled out by the nation’s Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman for...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsSMEs Get Political On Banking, Cash Management And More
Amid geopolitical turmoil across the world, small businesses are looking at their governments to promote growth and financial well-being. In the U.S.,...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsAussie SMEs Stuck In $20B Late-Payment Debt
Australian SMEs are stuck in more than $20 billion in unpaid bills from their large corporate customers, according to the latest analysis...
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7.1KB2B PaymentsHow Regulators May Help Curb Late Supplier Payments
Late payments may be the talk of the town in the U.K., but in the U.S., the issue of late supplier payments...
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4.5KB2B PaymentsArtificial Intelligence Takes On Risk Of Invoice Non-Payments
Fear is holding back small businesses from trading internationally, according to a report from HSBC late last year. Specifically, a lack of...
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4.7KB2B PaymentsUK Supermarket Watchdog Finds ‘Shocking’ Supplier Payment Tactics
A U.K. watchdog for the supermarket industry has found what she described as “shocking tactics” among the industry’s supplier payments practices, reports...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsSMBs Can Blame Large Firms For Cash Crunch, Says Xero
A new report from SMB accounting company Xero says large companies are causing a cash flow strain on small businesses. The company...
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3.3KB2B PaymentsTop Corporations Reveal Supplier Payment Practices
The B2B payments space tends to focus on the back office, but supplier payments are a hot topic even among the world’s...
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3.2KB2B PaymentsUK Micro-Businesses Say Late Payment Enforcer Will Fail
The U.K. is in the midst of a search for a late payments enforcer as the nation continues to struggle with late...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsThe Power Of Invoice Data
The invoice is a powerful source of financial data. For lenders, those documents provide insight into a business’ health, but with late...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsUK Seeks Late Payment Enforcer, But Government Agency Delays SME Payments
The U.K. has begun the process of finding a commissioner to focus on late supplier payments as small businesses continue to struggle...
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6.3KB2B PaymentsA Global View Of SME Health
SMEs are the bedrock of many economies, not just that of the U.S. With that in mind, PYMNTS thought it was time...
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5.2KB2B PaymentsMarketInvoice Introduces New Product In Search For Growth
Invoice financing platform MarketInvoice is introducing a new product as it looks to double its lending volume in the coming year. Reports...
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11.8KB2B PaymentsPopulous, A New SME Lender, Puts Blockchain Into Invoice Finance
There is a sea of new FinTechs looking to challenge traditional banks in the U.K., and there is another sea of FinTechs...
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4.4KB2B PaymentsWhy Legislation Isn’t Enough To Solve Construction’s B2B Payments Problem
The U.K. has become center stage for the late B2B payments fight as regulators introduce measures that aim to reduce the time...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsUK SMEs Way Behind On Tax Payments
U.K. small businesses owe millions in VAT bills, a new report from Funding Options said. The marketplace lending platform said Tuesday (Jan....
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3.8KB2B PaymentsOptal, Open ECX Move To Streamline Construction AP
Corporate payments company Optal struck a new partnership to streamline B2B payments in the construction sector. Reports Wednesday (Jan. 18) said Optal...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsWhy Pro Sports Teams Are B2B Payments Role Models
We’ve all had that one professional athlete we looked up to as a child: Michael Jordon, Serena Williams and the list of...
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3.5KB2B PaymentsInsurer To Safeguard India’s Suppliers Against Nonpayment
HDFC ERGO, India’s third-largest non-life insurance company and a joint venture between bank HDFC and insurance conglomerate ERGO, has introduced a new...
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3.7KB2B PaymentsAre UK Efforts Against Late Supplier Payments All In Vain?
The issue of late supplier payments in the U.K. seemed to reach a fever pitch in 2016. Government officials introduced new incentives...
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4.2KB2B PaymentsUK Goes After Late B2B Payments — Again
U.K. regulators have taken notice of the nation’s late B2B payments problem and have encouraged businesses to pay their small suppliers on-time...
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4.1KB2B PaymentsDisrupting The AR Department With Machine Learning
When a company doesn’t pay a supplier when it’s supposed to, it can be next to impossible to collect that money. Accounts...
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5.0KB2B PaymentsUK SMEs Forced To Write Off $62B In Unpaid Invoices
Millions of dollars worth of unpaid invoices are written off by U.K. SMEs as losses every day, according to the latest analysis...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsThe UK Construction Sector’s B2B Payment Practices Crumble
Late payments are considered an epidemic by some in the U.K. as small businesses struggle to keep their financial heads above water....
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3.0KB2B PaymentsThese States Hold The US’ Worst Late Payments Record
Late B2B payments are a problem everywhere, but three states hold the record for having the worst late payments record in the...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsUS SMEs Owed $825B — Here’s How They Can Cope
The problem of late supplier payments has been drilled into the collective minds of SMEs and corporate buyers for years now. But...
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2.7KB2B PaymentsA B2B Payments Magic Trick: Making AR Disappear
Whether through virtual payment technologies or faster payment initiatives, the B2B payments ecosystem has explored ways to accelerate the time it takes...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsSmall Biz Cash Management Struggles Across The Globe
Between the rise of blockchain technology, the market debuts of faster payments initiatives and the advancements in virtual card capabilities, small businesses...
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5.3KB2B PaymentsThe Globalization Of Late Payments
The U.K. has taken some of the most high-profile actions to combat late B2B payments, but it’s a global problem, as the...
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2.6KB2B PaymentsSmall Biz Group Presses UK To Do More On Late Payments
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) said the U.K. government’s latest efforts to combat late B2B payments to small suppliers fell short...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsLATAM’s Climate For Invoice Finance Growth
“Follow the money” is usually sound advice. But for alternative SME lenders, it’s more of a “follow where the money isn’t” mentality....
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4.0KB2B PaymentsSpeed, Reliability Of B2B Payments Take A Turn For The Worse
Late payments are a problem, but just how big is the issue? The latest analysis from Atradius made some troublesome conclusions: The...
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3.8KB2B PaymentsPayPal’s Late SME Payments Fight Down Under
Late payments to small businesses from their corporate buyers are an issue the world over. Now, FinTech giant PayPal is entering the...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsA Corporate Finance Trip Around The World
The corporate finance space is in flux, but how it’s changing depends on the market in which you stand. PYMNTS takes a...
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10.6KB2B PaymentsSmall Business Finance Doom And Gloom
Doom and gloom: Small businesses are facing mountains of cash flow challenges, according to recent research reports. From unclear bank terms for...
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6.4KB2B PaymentsWhy The Smallest Firms Face The Biggest Threats Without Automation
Time is money for every business, but perhaps no more so than for microbusinesses. With only a handful of employees, the time...
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3.1KB2B PaymentsUK Construction Tries Again With Prompt Supplier Payment
The U.K. may have its Prompt Payment Code, but members of the construction industry say they need to take the initiative more...
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2.8KB2B PaymentsAustralia Enters The SME Late Payments Battle
U.K. lawmakers have become some of the most active in working to combat late B2B payments, while the U.S. is also beginning...
