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Noventis Moves To Include SMEs In V-Card Services
B2B Payments // August 02, 2017

Virtual B2B payments company Noventis wants small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to get in on its services. The company said Tuesday (Aug. 1) that it is offering its B2B payments services, including virtual card (V-Card) capabilities, to small businesses in an effort to promote electronic...

Some U.K. SMEs Say Payment Terms Are Getting Worse
B2B Payments // July 12, 2017

U.K. regulators may be working to improve payment terms and times to small suppliers, but new data from Crossflow Payments suggests terms have actually gotten worse. Revealing its research Tuesday (July 11), Crossflow Payments found one-in-10 SMEs said their payment terms have worsened over the...

Microsoft Adds PayPal-Friendly eInvoicing Tool For SMEs
B2B Payments // July 11, 2017

Microsoft is positioning itself further within small businesses, announcing new features for SME users of Office 365 on Monday (July 10). In a blog post announcing the news, Microsoft said it added Microsoft Connections, Listings and Invoicing apps to its Office 365 Business Premium service, as...

U.S. Legislators Aim For Faster Construction Company Payments
B2B Payments // July 05, 2017

Legislators in markets like the U.K. and Australia have begun to publicly combat late supplier payments to SMEs, but efforts in the U.S. have been far less vocal. But a new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives may get the discussion going around late invoice...

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U.S. Legislators Aim For Faster Construction Company Payments

July 05, 2017
Legislators in markets like the U.K. and Australia have begun to publicly combat late supplier payments to SMEs, but efforts in the U.S. have been far less vocal. But a new bill in the U.S. House of Representatives may get the discussion going around late invoice payments and SME cash flow management struggles. The Small Business […]

Tech Brings Cash Forecasting Power To Small Biz

October 19, 2016
Cash flow forecasting technology was once only for the massive enterprise, with resources aplenty to invest in such tools and the internal expertise to understand the complexity of it all....

Small Business Finance Doom And Gloom

August 29, 2016
Doom and gloom: Small businesses are facing mountains of cash flow challenges, according to recent research reports. From unclear bank terms for small business customers to rising small business insolvencies...

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VocaLink Proposes New Payments System To Ease SME Cash Flow

June 15, 2016
Industry analysts agree that late B2B payments threaten the survival of small and medium-size enterprises. Often operating within thin margins, sometimes without easy access to working capital financing, SMEs can go defunct when an invoice remains 60, 90, 120, or more days without being paid. The U.K. has emerged as an epicenter of the late […]