by Robert Solomon | Nov 13, 2014 | B2B Software, Electronic Payments, Supply Chain Finance
In August, Lending Club filed to go public. It’s what is commonly known as a “peer-to-peer” lending marketplace. I read the prospectus with fascination, but did not write about it for two reasons: “Peer-to-peer” means consumer to...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 28, 2014 | B2B Software, Electronic Payments, Supply Chain Finance
So said Mr. McGuire to young Benjamin in the 1967 classic film, The Graduate. Apparently, Mr. McGuire was referring to B2B payments. In an article in today’s online Wall Street Journal entitled, “B2B Credit Cards Jump”, Hackett Group notes that B2B...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 22, 2014 | B2B Software, CPG/Retail, E-invoicing, Supply Chain Finance |
If you regularly read my blog (and these days who doesn’t?), you have noted a distinct bias towards discussion of American-headquartered software companies. In fact, “bias” may be too weak a word. I’ve only written a handful of posts (out of...
by Robert Solomon | Apr 10, 2014 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Electronic Payments, Supply Chain Finance
When I saw the announcement today that there is a new player in B2B supply chain finance –that is linking specific invoices to cash advances– I thought “Wow, how many companies can go after the same market!” After all, invoice networks and...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 6, 2014 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Electronic Payments, Logistics, Media, Supply Chain Finance |
This is the sixth in my highly self-acclaimed 😉 series of posts on the nine value propositions offered by B2B platforms/multi-sided markets. Fair warning: this post is slightly longer than most, but hopefully it is worth it to cover what is often a needlessly...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 9, 2014 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Supply Chain Finance
I’ve written previously about my fascination with the e-invoice and supply chain finance markets, as well as Tungsten/OB10. Now that Tungsten has acquired OB10 and gone public, we have front-row seats at the grand experiment (£225 million to be exact) Tungsten...
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