A hot topic in the B2B world on social this week was e-commerce. And quite frankly, this should be a hot topic for B2B businesses for years to come. Why? Forrester Research recently forecasted that it will be a $1.3 trillion market by the year 2020. That should be enough to make any B2B business […]
The quest for better user experience, says one fintech expert, is driving the continued disruption of banking and finance. Whether its currency exchange or alternative currencies, new payment systems, invoicing, lending, managing cash flow and sourcing investment and fraud management, fintech is enabling improvements to every area of process. “Each of these areas have historically […]
Called the future of finance, fintech – and the reliability of transactions that it offers – is changing the way B2Bs are offering financial services through alternative currencies, new payment systems, invoicing, lending, managing cash flow and sourcing investment and fraud management. “Each of these areas have historically been part of the banking infrastructure,” Montreal-based […]
Satoshi Nakamoto is the inventor of Bitcoin. Maybe. It’s rare to find a person who hasn’t heard of this cryptocurrency payment system, which is based on blockchain technology, but very little is known about Satoshi Nakamoto, the individual who published the Bitcoin protocol, titled Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, in 2008. The document outlined […]
Welcome to another round of B2B Conversations, our weekly roundup of the most shared and buzzworthly content on social media about a specific area of the B2B world. This week, we’re focusing on blockchain technology. You may not be familiar with the term “blockchain” yet, but you’re probably familiar with what it was created to […]
Today, we learned bitcoin has reached new price heights, hovering just north of the $400 mark, once again, for the second time since 2014, as TechCrunch writes. The post adds, “It’s fact to say that bitcoin matters as a financial incentive to keep the blockchain operative; and it is future-facing to watch bitcoin itself grow […]
Despite a precipitous plunge that has seen its value decrease by more than 70 percent over the past year due largely to speculation, Bitcoin, by far the world’s dominant cryptocurrency, is very much alive. Particularly promising is the attention—and money— that Silicon Valley keeps heaping on Bitcoin. Several Bitcoin startups are attracting big-dollar bets from […]
The Bitcoin rush is underway. From the the inexplicable to the blatantly commercial, cottage industries and derivatives are springing up everywhere. Who is innovating fastest and who is selling pickaxes to the miners? Here are 5 companies to watch: 1) Our pick: Ethereum, headed by Vitalik Buterin, a Torontonian, cousin of Wild Apricot co-founder Dmitry […]
