SME Finance

How Regulators May Help Curb Late Supplier Payments
How Regulators May Help Curb Late Supplier Payments
March 20, 2017  |  B2B 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 remains a silent...

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Big Banks Continue SME Lending Upswing
Big Banks Continue SME Lending Upswing
March 16, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Big banks in the U.S. continue to increase their lending to SMEs, according to the latest data from Biz2Credit. Announced Wednesday (March 15), the Biz2Credit...

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Why Are UK SMEs Shunning Finance?
Why Are UK SMEs Shunning Finance?
March 16, 2017  |  B2B Payments

U.K. SMEs are largely turning their backs on external financing, a new report from BDRC Continental finds. BDRC’s report, the SME Finance Monitor, released last...

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Dodd-Frank Pullback To Benefit SMEs, Says Donald Trump
Dodd-Frank Pullback To Benefit SMEs, Says Donald Trump
March 13, 2017  |  B2B Payments

President Donald Trump said reducing Dodd-Frank regulations would benefit SMEs struggling to access financing, according to reports. Trump, speaking at a meeting Thursday (March 9) with...

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Penta Launches To Help SMEs Cherry-Pick Banking Services
Penta Launches To Help SMEs Cherry-Pick Banking Services
March 13, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Small business and startup banking company Penta, based in Germany, is teaming up with solarisBank for faster access to bank accounts. An announcement Friday (March...

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Where Credit Scores Are Scarce, Mobile Devices Fill In The Gaps For Lenders
Where Credit Scores Are Scarce, Mobile Devices Fill In The Gaps For Lenders
March 10, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Financial regulations forced banks to pull back from small business lending in the wake of the financial crisis as pressure to reduce risk exposure increased....

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Aussie Regulators Call Out Banks’ Hypocrisy On SMEs
Aussie Regulators Call Out Banks’ Hypocrisy On SMEs
March 10, 2017  |  B2B Payments

A new report by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) suggests the nation’s largest...

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Credit Unions Want SMEs Held To Same Cybersecurity Standards
Credit Unions Want SMEs Held To Same Cybersecurity Standards
March 10, 2017  |  B2B Payments

While credit unions and banks are tasked with protecting payment information, small businesses should also be playing their part in that cybersecurity effort, said one credit...

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How Micro-Businesses Fit Into Mastercard’s Smart Cities Vision
How Micro-Businesses Fit Into Mastercard’s Smart Cities Vision
March 09, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Mastercard has several plans in the works to target half a billion people around the world who fall outside the realm of the formal financial sector,...

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