by Robert Solomon | Jun 26, 2018 | B2B Software, Payments, Pricing
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of American Express (Amex) in an antitrust case 11 states had brought against Amex (see here). If you are interested in two-sided markets, platforms, and pricing you will want to read the Supreme...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 13, 2018 | Electronic Payments, Payments
Payments businesses are having a moment: Adyen, Stripe, Square, Evo Payments, Ant Financial, the list goes on and on. Most of those companies are getting their fair share of press. But, “hidden” payments businesses abound. Sometimes payment companies...
by Robert Solomon | Feb 20, 2018 | B2B Software, CPG/Retail, E-invoicing, Enterprise Software, Payments, Supply Chain Finance
The UK government has always been more sensitive to its large companies’ (late) payment practices than US authorities have to theirs. Perhaps this is simply another example of the Brits being more civilized than Americans. More likely, it relates to the UK’s highly...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 20, 2017 | B2B Software, Collaborative Project Management, Construction, Payments, Regtech
Recently, I wrote a post about the opportunities created for enterprise SaaS companies from new regulations, a.k.a. Regtech (see here). The CBInsights Regtech market map in that post includes a company called zlien. (H/T to Ben Bianchino from EML.) Zlien is listed as...
by Robert Solomon | Nov 22, 2016 | B2B Software, Payments, Vertical Cloud
Last week, Deloitte released its 2016 Technology Fast 500 Rankings. The list covers technology companies well beyond software, but 58% of the companies are software-related. Perusing the list gives you the sense of what software segments are hot from a revenue growth...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 20, 2016 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Ecosystem, Key Success Factors, Payments, Procure to Pay
As mentioned in the last post, the notion of an ecosystem from the world of biology is a useful analogy for the ecosystem digital platforms must foster. It turns out, another biological concept, the “bow tie”, is also a great analogy for how B2B SaaS platforms must...
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