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In South Africa, Improving SMB Cash Flow – and Trade Credit Pain Points

In South Africa, as elsewhere, trade credit means SMBs must wait a long time to get invoices paid. Lulalend, focused on SMBs and business short-term lending, is leveraging online conduits to get firms paid faster – with invoice payment Lulapay a recent announcement. In an interview with PYMNTS, Thomas McKinnon, head of product at Lulalend, noted “buy now, pay later” can mollify some of the existing pressures confronting SMBs and B2B payments.

VC Investments

B2B Tech Startups Land Funding For Payroll, Supply Chain

Venture capital funding landed at startups focused on personnel and logistics this week – with one payroll startup notching a $40 million investment. And a supply chain startup secured a $35 million investment that will be used to grow adoption of its digital payments network and accelerate technology investments.

What No One Saw Coming In AP Automation And What Comes Next

Chief financial officers and treasurers might not have been well-prepared for the demands of shifting to digital payments, but they’re quickly catching up – and shifting up and to the right. David Disque, CEO at CSI, and Amit Patel, head of strategic sourcing and payments at The Witness Group, tell Karen Webster in a new PYMNTSTV segment, that’s especially true when it comes to automating their payables.

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