working capital

Amazon Teams With YouLend Amid Tough Borrowing Environment
Amazon Teams With YouLend Amid Tough Borrowing Environment
June 20, 2023  |  Amazon

Amazon has teamed with YouLend to help small businesses in the U.K. gain financing in a tough lending environment. The partnership between the retail giant and embedded...

READ MORE >
Direct Lenders Pursuing Opportunities Among European Businesses
Direct Lenders Pursuing Opportunities Among European Businesses
June 18, 2023  |  Loans

European businesses have new options for securing loans. For example, Fidelity International is expanding into European business lending with a new fund that will make secured loans...

READ MORE >
Rising Interest Rates Starting to Erode Purchasing Power
Rising Interest Rates Starting to Erode Purchasing Power
June 18, 2023  |  Economy

The Federal Reserve’s interest rate increases are reportedly starting to erode consumer and business purchasing power. The cumulative increases made by the Fed since March...

READ MORE >
Zil Money Debuts Payroll Tool Amid Small Business Cash Crunch
Zil Money Debuts Payroll Tool Amid Small Business Cash Crunch
June 12, 2023  |  Payroll

B2B payments platform Zil Money says it wants to help cash-strapped businesses make payroll. To that end, the company Monday (June 12) announced the launch of Payroll by...

READ MORE >
Why Visa Says It’s Time to Look Beyond the ‘Personal FICO’ to Underwrite Small Businesses’ Credit
Why Visa Says It’s Time to Look Beyond the ‘Personal FICO’ to Underwrite Small Businesses’...
June 08, 2023  |  credit frictions

Over the past few years, consumers have steadily returned to brick-and-mortar stores and spending seems resilient, albeit slowing a bit, even with inflation stubbornly in...

READ MORE >
Minding the Details in Working Capital Transparency
Minding the Details in Working Capital Transparency
June 01, 2023  |  Innovation

With businesses of all kinds being squeezed by rising wages and decreased consumer spending, they need to cut costs without cutting essential functions. PYMNTS explains...

READ MORE >
Why Lenders Should Stop Asking Small Businesses for 36 Months of Bank Statements
Why Lenders Should Stop Asking Small Businesses for 36 Months of Bank Statements
June 01, 2023  |  SMBs

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, providing jobs and driving innovation. Hicham Oudghiri, CEO of Enigma Technologies, told Karen Webster, with a nod...

READ MORE >
Payments Automation Helps Main Street Navigate Economic Challenges
Payments Automation Helps Main Street Navigate Economic Challenges
May 31, 2023  |  Innovation

Companies that invested in technology to improve working capital transparency during the pandemic saw overwhelmingly positive results. Seventy-seven percent of surveyed CFOs said they saw...

READ MORE >
Credit Scarce for Brick & Mortar, but Not Online Small Businesses
Credit Scarce for Brick & Mortar, but Not Online Small Businesses
May 23, 2023  |  SMBs

The old adage is that the best time to get credit … is when you don’t need credit.  That’s because when a firm’s coffers are...

READ MORE >