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Barclays Business Banking CEO On Solving SMB’s Big Receivables’ Problem
Alternative Finances // August 06, 2018

Ironically, as the global economy has gotten stronger, payment cycles between buyers and suppliers have gotten longer. What was once an average of about 45 days from invoice to payment has increased to, on average, 66 days in the U.K. For many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in this...

Regulatory Tracker: Sandboxes Gain, While Cryptos Wane
Cryptocurrency // April 02, 2018

Cryptocurrencies continued to dip on the heels of various regulatory actions focused on trading activities and exchanges. Same alarms, different week. On the global stage, bitcoin fell below $7,000 to just above $6,800, and Ripple slipped to its lowest price since the end of 2017. One...

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Barclays Business Banking CEO On Solving SMB’s Big Receivables’ Problem

August 06, 2018
Ironically, as the global economy has gotten stronger, payment cycles between buyers and suppliers have gotten longer. What was once an average of about 45 days from invoice to payment has increased to, on average, 66 days in the U.K. For many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in this market, buyers with big brands stretch those cycles even further, […]