The rise, and spread, of COVID-19 has had a global impact, where the human toll has been significant, the economic cost unquantifiable and at this point, perhaps, unfathomable. And where business relationships, based on contracts, are concerned, legal (and financial) liabilities tied to disruption, to...
As B2B FinTech firms continue working to break down silos, and ease the numerous friction points of the B2B payments process for both buyer and seller, the opportunities for data integration are vast. Purchase, invoice and transaction data are invaluable to the journey of digitization...
B2B merchants must make their goods available via digital purchasing channels, or risk missing out on potential sales. Corporate buyers often start their purchasing processes by looking online, according to a 2017 survey — which found that 61 percent began with general online searches, and 56 percent went straight...
Tech-enabled disruptors promise to upend the way things have always been done to help streamline industries that are paper-reliant, process-reliant and perhaps ripe for a shake-up. For some newer firms that have gone from concept to multiple funding rounds at what might seem breakneck speed,...
August 24, 2020
Large, well-established companies were once seen as relatively insulated from disruptions wrought by Amazon, Netflix and other Silicon Valley giants. This was a doubtful proposition to begin with, but the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken such assumptions to the core, for companies both large and small. Corporates cannot expect to weather the economic and social changes […]
March 25, 2020
The rise, and spread, of COVID-19 has had a global impact, where the human toll has been significant, the economic cost unquantifiable and at this point, perhaps, unfathomable. And where...
February 04, 2020
Tech-enabled disruptors promise to upend the way things have always been done to help streamline industries that are paper-reliant, process-reliant and perhaps ripe for a shake-up. For some newer firms...
January 06, 2020
A typical episode of TLC’s “Say Yes To The Dress” can offer one the basic sketch of the drama that is buying a wedding dress. Though the details change somewhat...
July 04, 2017
For the last few years, ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft have taken off and completely disrupted the taxi industry. As we reported last month, the Chicago cab and taxi drivers union released data. It showed that there has been a 40 percent decline in taxi revenue over the last three years, and during the […]