Working Capital news and trends

This Week in B2B: Embedded Payments, Digital Tooling, Small-Business Success
B2B Payments // July 18, 2024

Innovation and competition are constantly reshaping the B2B landscape. The pace of transformation has financial institutions (FIs) and corporations increasingly seeking ways to bring their B2B payments processes up to date with the latest technology. Given the economic volatility over the past few years and...

9Spokes Launches Cashflow Product for Financial Institutions Serving SMBs
SMBs // July 16, 2024

Global data platform 9Spokes has launched a new product designed to give small- medium-sized businesses (SMBs) automated, predictive cashflow management and forecasting capabilities. The new Cashflow product is designed for integration within financial organizations’ digital platforms and is now available to financial institutions and FinTech firms...

AI Lays Foundation for Construction’s Financial Transformation
artificial intelligence // July 16, 2024

In the world of construction, where hammers meet spreadsheets, a new tool is emerging from the digital realm: artificial intelligence (AI). As builders grapple with razor-thin margins and complex cash flows, AI offers to reshape the industry’s financial landscape, one algorithm at a time. This...

Clearco and Boundless Team to Expand Working Capital for eCommerce Merchants
eCommerce // July 16, 2024

eCommerce invoice funding firm Clearco has teamed with small-business-focused capital marketplace Boundless. The partnership, announced Tuesday (July 16), is designed to provide working capital to eCommerce brands, with Clearco offering businesses outside their core target direct access to Boundless’ marketplace, and Boundless connecting eCommerce brands...

Interviews & Exclusives
Forestay’s New $220M Fund Targets the ‘Inflection Point’ in AI Startups

July 11, 2024
High interest rates usually spell trouble for venture capital (VC) firms. But with a hot hand to play like AI and cybersecurity, and a shrewd evaluation strategy for potential investments, VC companies can still find plenty of opportunity. It’s a formula that Geneva-based Forestay Capital has worked effectively recently. On Monday (July 8), it announced […]

Pipe Aims $100 Million at Embedding Working Capital Solutions Into Business Software

June 11, 2024
The most valuable solution is the one that is there when you need it. And for America’s millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), they mostly share one common problem:...

Treasury Services Is Entering Its AI and Automation Era

June 04, 2024
More money brings more problems, as the saying goes. It is something that the treasury and finance functions of mid-size and large enterprises know well. After all, the larger the...

B2B Companies Embrace Invoice Financing to Drive Business Continuity

May 30, 2024
As businesses evolve, so too do the ways in which they pay and get paid. After all, cash flow is the lifeblood of any business. Against that backdrop, there exists...

Quick Reads
9Spokes Launches Cashflow Product for Financial Institutions Serving SMBs

July 16, 2024
Global data platform 9Spokes has launched a new product designed to give small- medium-sized businesses (SMBs) automated, predictive cashflow management and forecasting capabilities. The new Cashflow product is designed for integration within financial organizations’ digital platforms and is now available to financial institutions and FinTech firms globally, the company said in a Tuesday (July 16) press release. […]

Clearco and Boundless Team to Expand Working Capital for eCommerce Merchants

July 16, 2024
eCommerce invoice funding firm Clearco has teamed with small-business-focused capital marketplace Boundless. The partnership, announced Tuesday (July 16), is designed to provide working capital to eCommerce brands, with Clearco offering...

Transend and Midland States Bank Partner on Working Capital Solution

July 15, 2024
Transend and Midland States Bank have partnered to help suppliers offer their commercial customers instant access to working capital at the point of commerce. The companies will offer these dynamic payment...

eBay Debuts Working Capital Solution for Sellers

July 10, 2024
eBay teamed with embedded finance platform Liberis to offer sellers working capital. Business Cash Advance is designed to provide eligible eBay sellers in the United States up to $1 million...