Middle Market news and trends

Visa: Working Capital Strategies Best at Top-Performing Middle-Market Firms
VISA // March 07, 2024

A strategic, forward-thinking approach to working capital helps separate top-performing middle-market firms from their peers, according to Visa. The latest release of the “2023-2024 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index,” noted that middle-market firms with revenues between $50 million to $1 billion annually perform most efficiently...

Visa Unveils Innovative Benchmarking Tool for Middle Market CFOs to Optimize Working Capital
VISA // February 28, 2024

Visa, in partnership with PYMNTS Intelligence, has launched a new benchmarking tool for middle-market CFOs to evaluate their working capital efficiency compared to industry peers. This tool, featuring a calculator and interactive report, is based on a study released by Visa and PYMNTS Intelligence in...

Virtual Cards Among Top 3 Working Capital Solutions
Spend Management // October 23, 2023

In today’s corporate landscape, as companies navigate the challenges of hybrid work arrangements and business travel, the demand for virtual cards has surged. These innovative payment solutions offer a range of benefits, from improved cash flow and simplified spending controls to data tracking and fraud...

Wells Fargo, Centerbridge Collaborate to Provide Loans for Middle Market Firms
B2B Payments // September 26, 2023

Wells Fargo and Centerbridge Partners have announced a partnership to provide direct lending solutions to non-sponsor North American middle-market companies. This partnership will be facilitated through the launch of Overland Advisors, a business development company focused on making senior secured loans, the companies said in a Tuesday...

Interviews & Exclusives
Middle Market Emerges as Underserved Opportunity for Financial Services

April 30, 2024
The financial services industry tends to think at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to business customers. Solutions providers, banks and credit card companies tend to pay a lot of attention to small business, as they do during the current Small Business Week (April 28 – May 3). And they also dedicate entire divisions to servicing […]

Closing The Bank/Middle Market Commercial Card Gap

December 30, 2019
The middle market can be an ideal corporate customer for a financial institution (FI). Unlike a small business, the middle market typically holds a lower-risk profile with steady profits and...

Why AP Management For SMBs Is More Than Making A Payment

August 20, 2019
Middle market companies need help navigating the complexities of AP management – especially when it comes to cross border, cross currency payments. Tipalti CEO Chen Amit tells Karen Webster a...

Moving Beyond The Paper Trail

June 21, 2016
B2B firms have been clinging to paper checks as their preferred method of payments, but a Sage white paper discovers widespread misconceptions about the ease, safety and cash flow benefits...

Quick Reads
Visa: Working Capital Strategies Best at Top-Performing Middle-Market Firms

March 07, 2024
A strategic, forward-thinking approach to working capital helps separate top-performing middle-market firms from their peers, according to Visa. The latest release of the “2023-2024 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index,” noted that middle-market firms with revenues between $50 million to $1 billion annually perform most efficiently when they tap into external financing for planned growth initiatives […]

Visa Unveils Innovative Benchmarking Tool for Middle Market CFOs to Optimize Working Capital

February 28, 2024
Visa, in partnership with PYMNTS Intelligence, has launched a new benchmarking tool for middle-market CFOs to evaluate their working capital efficiency compared to industry peers. This tool, featuring a calculator...

Wells Fargo, Centerbridge Collaborate to Provide Loans for Middle Market Firms

September 26, 2023
Wells Fargo and Centerbridge Partners have announced a partnership to provide direct lending solutions to non-sponsor North American middle-market companies. This partnership will be facilitated through the launch of Overland Advisors, a...

Citizens Tracks Mid-Market CFOs’ Real-Time Payments Plans

December 15, 2017
A new survey from Citizens Bank explores how mid-market CFOs in the U.S. are anticipating new technologies and market trends for the year to come, with these professionals signaling interest...