January 19, 2016
Reckon Takeover Fuels SME Accounting Reach
Australian small business accounting platform Reckon is expanding. The company, reports said Saturday (Jan. 16), has reached a deal to acquire SmartVault, a document management company, also based in the...
January 19, 2016
KPMG Names Latest Small Biz Collaboration
Accountancy firm KPMG has focused on forging new partnerships in the FinServ space in an effort to get closer to its small and medium-sized enterprise clients. Get the Full Story...
January 19, 2016
PhoenixMart’s Contrarian Commerce Play
When a consumer wants to buy a good (unless it is something extremely specialized), options abound. Furniture, electronics, softwares, hardware, clothing, food, accessories — it almost doesn’t matter. Between the...
January 18, 2016
HSBC Opens Corporates To Contactless Payments
Commercial cards are going mobile and high-tech, as seen with the integration of some corporate card products with mobile wallet solutions, like Apple Pay. HSBC is upgrading its commercial card...
January 18, 2016
Foursquare Funding Helps The Pivot To B2B
Foursquare may be most known for its mobile check-in app that lets consumers notify their friends where they are and what they’re doing. But in recent months, the company has...
January 18, 2016
Corporate Card Surcharge Debate Left Up To EU States
While the European Union has decided to ban surcharges on card payments made by consumers, the matter as it relates to commercial card products is less clear. Get the Full Story...
January 18, 2016
Bringing Government B2B Payments To The Digital Age
Governments are not known for their cutting edge processes – but moving to eInvoicing and better supplier relationships can mean a world of difference, fostering innovation and even job growth,...
January 15, 2016
The Nasty Truth Of Small Business Banking
Cross-border payments firm Money Mover came out with some controversial, if not intriguing, research this week. In a study conducted by payments consultancy firm Accourt, analysis revealed that small and...
January 15, 2016
FinTech Pair Digitizes The Dreaded Check
Two FinTech players are teaming up to digitize and mobilize B2B payments. An announcement on Wednesday (Jan. 13) said electronic check and cloud FinServ player MyECheck has reached a deal to...
Business cards offer numerous benefits to small businesses over other financing, including easier qualification, significantly higher credit limits, and perks such as cash back, travel and mileage-earning rewards. The latest “B2B and Digital Payments Tracker®” explores why 63% of small business owners using cards as their primary startup funding attribute their success to this method of financing.
Embedded finance is a staple feature of FinTechs. Every firm surveyed has already embedded at least one capability, and embedded payments have become the default entry point. But the new story is what happens next: As FinTechs push beyond payments, the risks shift from external threats like fraud and regulation to internal strain and execution pressure.
Download “FinTechs Tap Embedded Payments to Deepen Customer Relationships,” a PYMNTS Intelligence and Marqeta collaboration, for more.