My colleague Carol Coye Benson and I are attending the Association of Financial Professionals Annual Conference in San Francisco next week. If you are planning to attend and interested in getting together to talk B2B payments (or any other payment topic) let us know!
The WSJ reports today that as economic uncertainty persists, large companies are more successful than smaller companies in retaining their cash. They do so by paying their suppliers later - delaying payment out to 120 days or more in some cases - while simultaneously...
If there is a silver lining to the credit crisis and resulting economic woes, it is renewed energy in the supplier financing space. As a B2B e-payment evangelizer, I’ve long considered dynamic supplier financing a potential “killer app” to drive broad adoption of...
GTNews - the go to source for global treasury news - is soliciting questions about SWIFT connectivity for Corporates. If you've been meaning to learn more, go to the GTNews home page and navigate to the blue box on the bottom right. UPDATE (September 14, 2009): The...
Editor’s Note: This is one of a pair of ACH commentaries that we are publishing today on Payments Views. Be sure to also read Carol Coye Benson’s post “ACH: Big Questions for the Biggest Network” based on her recent interview with NACHA CEO Jan Estep. I recently...
Yesterday Wells Fargo announced a new online invoicing solution for its small business customers that positions the bank to compete against entry level accounting packages. I've tried it out and I am impressed: it's quick, easy, and intuitive. This afternoon I spoke...
This article in CFO.com attributes poor decision making by bankers to bad data rather than greed, excessive risk-taking and lax regulation. I won't let them off that easily, but I do agree that data quality is a real and significant problem for corporate decision...
From CFO.comSince the credit-crisis began to hit its crescendo in mid-September, CFOs at companies of all sizes have been paying ever closer attention to the cash streaming through their businesses and keeping careful watch on their suppliers' credit terms and...
SunGard offers white-labelled corporate payments package for banksSunGard (London) has packaged its Ambit Payments system together with Sun Microsystems' software and hardware to deliver a pre-tested and pre-configured system for corporate payments.The new...
My recent article - Electronic B2B Payments are Gaining Momentum - Finally! - was published in the September/October issue of TODAY Magazine, a publication of TAWPI, The Association for Work Process Improvement. The article has recently been posted online at the TAWPI...
