Because P2P solutions started giving away supplier portals, cash flow optimizers, analytics, support, etc., they closed a revenue door. Trying to build a sustainable business model when half your ecosystem is not monetized is very challenging, even as P2P platforms add features and functionality. Sure, many platforms are trying to figure out payments, and that is something that scares the bejeebers out of them due to regulations and compliance rules. (Don’t pay that blacklisted vendor or person, or else.) But payments is not a profitable business for platforms, it’s a service.
Benchmarking FinTech Business Lending by Company Size
Why Company Size matters when it comes to adopting Alternative Finance We see various alternative finance techniques being offered to companies by size. Generally, size […]
Why C2FO needs Institutional Money to Solve Seller’s Request for Funds Across Network
Congrats on C2FO for building a network particularly in the retail, technology and CPG space where you can go to Fortune 100 and say 30% […]
Few Lift Kimono to Show Real Data in Alternative Business Finance
Trying to determine just how much alternative business finance is occurring in the form of payable and receivable solutions versus mainstream lending is not a straightforward task. As we mentioned in a previous post, for the majority of alternative finance B2B providers, information on size, volumes, etc. is kept private, no different than trying to find the payment terms and commercial agreements between a Bechtel and a Sunoco or IBM and one of its engineering suppliers. That data is just not public.
ABF Segment Overview: Software Providers/ Platforms selling to Large Corporates
One of the most confusing things in the fintech and altfin space is that no one really knows how to segment the market. There is […]
Goldman Sachs suggests larger role for Shadow Banks
In Goldman Sachs report, Future of Finance, the focus was on where new entrants and shadow banks were most likely to gain entrance. Their conclusion […]
Will Alternative Finance Options Erode Middle Market Credit Facilities? Post 2
In today’s exciting world of Buyer-led finance, one must remember that companies do not just sell to one buyer. In fact, a company could sell […]
Will Alternative Finance Options Erode Middle Market Credit Facilities?
To the best of my knowledge, there is no study that has examined how middle market companies will use existing credit facilities versus the emerging […]
When will this huge Corporate Cash Hoard be Unleashed?
While the AFP Corporate Cash Indicator indicates companies continue to accumulate cash, the more pressing issue is when the U.S. Government will get around to […]
C2FO Update – A Working Capital Market in the Making
C2FO has been operating what they call their working capital market for close to five years now and clients include Costco, Walgreen, Sysco, ToyRUs and […]
C2FO’s Marketplace Model Attracting Attention
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