risk management

2017 A Year For Growth, Say SMEs
2017 A Year For Growth, Say SMEs
December 16, 2016  |  B2B Payments

The vast majority of SMEs surveyed by small business insurance company Insureon said they plan to grow in 2017, reports said Thursday (Dec. 15). Get...

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Why Banks Reach For The Unprofitable, Demanding SME
Why Banks Reach For The Unprofitable, Demanding SME
November 21, 2016  |  B2B Payments

The dominating narrative in small business lending is the rise in alternative finance to fill the gaps left behind by traditional banks. Even so, FinTech...

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Uncovering Hidden Supply Chain Risk
Uncovering Hidden Supply Chain Risk
August 19, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Hanover Stone and Baker Tilly have teamed up to uncover, identify and protect against vendor pitfalls that can bedevil the supply chain, as John J....

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What’s Behind The Slump In Factory-Made Sales?
What’s Behind The Slump In Factory-Made Sales?
August 05, 2016  |  Risk Management

Once upon a time, the factory represented a kind of romantically mechanized ideal of the American spirit to pull oneself up by one’s bootstraps. That...

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Chapter 11 Watch: Retailers Head Back To School, Jewelry Loses Its Shine
Chapter 11 Watch: Retailers Head Back To School, Jewelry Loses Its Shine
August 03, 2016  |  Risk Management

The dog days of summer are finally upon the retail world, and if department stores didn’t take the spring and early summer to make up for...

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How The Big Banks Are Bracing For More Loan Losses
How The Big Banks Are Bracing For More Loan Losses
July 25, 2016  |  Risk Management

The consumer loan used to be a safe bet for the big banks, until the financial quicksand of 2008 tore the rug out from under...

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Chapter 11 Watch: Closing Time For Sports Authority, Layoffs For Everyone Else
Chapter 11 Watch: Closing Time For Sports Authority, Layoffs For Everyone Else
July 21, 2016  |  Risk Management

Among all the stresses and tough decisions that filing for Chapter 11 brings onto already struggling retailers, there are a few bright spots to the...

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Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong
Chapter 11 Watch: Hockey Chain Put On Ice, California Livin’ Goes Bust In Hong Kong
July 13, 2016  |  Risk Management

Brick-and-mortar retail will forever remember the day that Nintendo released Pokémon GO, a mobile game that has caused millions of millennials to suddenly discover outside...

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Retail’s Reverse Supply Chain Problem
Retail’s Reverse Supply Chain Problem
July 13, 2016  |  Risk Management

It took a while for the average retailer to reach a level of competency dealing with online orders. That’s not to belittle the feat of...

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