Accounts Receivables

There are two sides to any commercial transaction. Within B2B, buyers and suppliers find one another and agree on terms, funds flow, and accounts payable and receivable departments interact. On that ...

Complexities breed inefficiency, as business-to-business (B2B) payments throughout their history have proven. But B2B payments should be simple, easy and secure. In an era when digital transformation is reshaping every ...

The paper check endures, perhaps bafflingly so, in the digital age. There are easier ways to pay, of course, but for commercial transactions, the paper check remains entrenched as a ...

The connected economy might be making a jump from end-users’ hands to their faces. That is, if Big Tech’s biggest representatives are to be believed. On Thursday (Dec. 12), Google introduced ...

B2B firms have two items at the top of their wish list this holiday season: more liquidity, and greater operational efficiency. These dual priorities reflect the pressure to navigate uncertain economic ...

Google has introduced a new Android operating system built for extended reality (XR) devices like headsets and glasses. The new Android XR was created in collaboration with Samsung and will first launch on ...

Middle-market companies are turning to virtual credit cards to manage working capital more effectively. Offering the same flexibility as traditional credit cards, but with enhanced spend tracking and better control, ...

BILL is adding a 1099 form filing solution to its financial operations platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new 1099 Filing lets SMBs and their accountants prepare and file ...

In the B2B world, where deal sizes can soar into the millions, financial relationships are anything but straightforward. This makes B2B payments acceptance a complex terrain of both challenges and opportunities. By ...

QuickBooks maker Intuit has launched a collaboration with Dutch payments firm Adyen. The partnership is designed to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) in the U.K. more easily manage electronic payments, Adyen said ...

The construction sector accounts for about 4.4% of U.S. GDP  and is tied to about $2.2 trillion in annualized spending. On Monday (Dec. 2), the Commerce Department reported that construction spending ...

Construction industry software firm Constrafor has raised $264 million in a Series A round. The funding round, announced Wednesday (Nov. 27), will help the company expand its technology platform, designed to ...

Embracing an automated approach to accounts receivable (AR) can pay off in spades for chief financial officers (CFOs) and treasurers. “Manual AR processes can take a lot of time,” R.J. Ancona, ...

Onboarding is often the first test for whether a business relationship can succeed. If a new client signs on and is hit with endless forms, redundant verifications, and an integration process ...

B2B payments remain tied to legacy systems, but emerging solutions are setting the stage for a more agile and responsive payment ecosystem. As businesses navigate an uncertain economic environment marked by ...

The death of the paper check may be a ways off — certainly that’s the case with B2B transactions. In interviews with PYMNTS, executives have noted the fact that nearly half ...

True digital transformation in B2B payments requires more than just new technology. It demands an understanding of both sides of the transaction and the ability to simplify complexity without creating new ...

Unlike consumer payments, where streamlined experiences reign supreme, business-to-business (B2B) transactions are fragmented and slow-moving. But companies like Finexio are stepping up to transform this complexity with integrated, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ...

Worldpay has teamed with Mastercard to provide virtual cards for travel agents. The new offering is aimed at alleviating what Worldpay says is a persistent problem, per a Wednesday (Nov. 20) news release. “Travel agents that sell ...

Fiserv and ADP have partnered to offer U.S.-based small businesses a management system with capabilities across payroll, cash management and payments. The companies will create an integrated solution that brings together ...

CFOs’ and treasurers’ offices are among the most difficult stops on the digital roadmap in finance and yet are part of the corporate C-suite that oversees the most critical function: ...

Nearly every business pain point, over a long enough horizon, can be mitigated or solved. The good news today is that those horizons are only getting shorter. And as businesses continue ...

Companies rise — or fall — based on how they manage working capital. In accounting terms, working capital is a simple construct: Subtract the liabilities of a firm from the assets ...

Teamwork makes the dream work, especially when that dream is better B2B payments. With FinTech innovators increasingly pairing up with secure and reliable financial institutions, the future looks bright. Tribh Grewal, head ...

The healthcare industry might be likened to a battleship when it comes to payments innovation. It’s massive and slow to turn, but once turned, the waves made are enormous. In the ...

Mastercard and NatWest partnered to introduce a mobile virtual card payment tool for businesses in the United Kingdom. Approval2Buy is the first service in Europe to use Mastercard’s mobile virtual card ...

An object at rest stays at rest, Isaac Newton famously proved. And for many otherwise-savvy B2B businesses, the object most likely to be perennially obstructed by inertia tends to be their ...

The economy is unpredictable, and companies are clamoring for on-demand working capital solutions that can be tailored to their unique needs. Imagine a world where your bank knows your business as ...

For the payment networks, the continued shift beyond consumer cards has trillions of dollars’ worth of B2B transactions firmly in sight. And, as spotlighted in Visa and Mastercard’s most recent earnings ...

Melio raised $150 million in a Series E funding round to fuel the growth of its accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) platform by expanding its B2B partnerships. The company ...

Payment gateways might be thought of as the workhorses of fund flows, whether it’s for B2B or consumer-facing transactions. It’s the technology that gets payment data moving. But with the emergence ...

The utilization of working capital solutions is on the rise for healthcare Growth Corporates. In 2024, 97% of industry Growth Corporates using at least one such solution, an increase of ...

Healthcare is among the largest industries in the world, and with the territory come pain points and inefficiencies as small- to medium-sized companies seek to tap working capital and streamline ...

Payments solutions provider Helcim debuted a tool to help businesses automate their payment collections. Recurring Payments allows businesses to create tailored billing schedules for clients, collecting payments automatically as they’re due ...

In the second annual edition of the “Middle Market Growth Corporates Working Capital Index,” PYMNTS Intelligence and Visa collaborated to mine the opinions of 276 chief financial officers (CFOs) and ...

Citi has launched an integrated digital bill discounting solution that it said helps users monetize receivables in less than an hour. The new Citi Digital Bill (CDB) is now available to ...

In today’s increasingly interconnected and digital world, it’s never been better to be a business. But that doesn’t mean it is any easier to be one. And for today’s businesses looking ...

Extend has introduced a feature that allows businesses to streamline invoice payments with virtual cards. Bill Pay is designed to simplify companies’ account payable processes while optimizing cash flow, maximizing card rewards ...

B4B Payments US will use the capabilities of the Discover Digital Exchange (DDX) to bring additional customizable domain restriction controls to its virtual corporate card offerings and payout solutions. The new ...

Shoppers may soon browse digital clothing racks and try on virtual jewelry from their living rooms with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) as Meta pushes its vision of a ...

Spendesk launched a procure-to-pay solution designed alongside the company’s existing spend management platform. The resulting fully integrated procurement and spend management tool is designed for European small– to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) ...

Today’s middle-market firms often find themselves caught in the Goldilocks paradox. These businesses, with $50 million to $1 billion in revenues, are too big for the financial products offered to smaller ...

Download the ReportThe 2024-2025 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index The utilization of working capital solutions is on the rise. In fact, 80% of Growth Corporates using at least one such solution ...

Of all the things a business needs, cash on hand is top of the list. And against today’s dynamic operational backdrop, financial health and operational efficiency can be defined by a ...

As Silicon Valley innovates with artificial intelligence, many companies remain burdened by outdated paper invoice systems. This disconnect hinders efficiency and presents financial risks. With invoice volumes set to rise ...