August 08, 2024
Thredd Helps LianLian Launch Virtual Cards in APAC Market
Payments processor Thredd has helped LianLian Global launch a virtual card program in the APAC market. LianLian, a cross-border payments firm based in China, chose Thredd to power its Yueda...
August 08, 2024
Legacy Treasury Management Systems Ill-Equipped as Markets Enter Real-Time Era
When it comes to contemporary business operations, complexity is nearly unavoidable. The bigger a business gets, the more borders it crosses and peers it acquires, the taller the task becomes...
August 08, 2024
Banks and Their Tech Suppliers Face More IT Scrutiny in...
Banks and their IT providers will soon face tougher scrutiny in the European Union (EU). That’s because of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which passed last year but isn’t...
August 07, 2024
Shopify: Retailers Demand More Omnichannel Features Unifying Digital and Physical
As consumers demand a seamless experience across both eCommerce and brick-and-mortar channels, Shopify is seeing its customers expect more features that bring digital-like capabilities to the in-store journey. On a...
August 07, 2024
From Google Chrome to B2B Marketplaces, Embedded Payments Transform Commerce
The emergence of embedded finance has supercharged the digital transformation of B2B payments and commerce. Embedded payments are, increasingly, everywhere. With the news Tuesday (Aug. 6) that Web Monetization is...
August 07, 2024
Walmart and WorldFirst Team to Help Chinese eCommerce Sellers Get...
Digital payments platform WorldFirst has partnered with Walmart to let eCommerce sellers based in China collect funds from Walmart Marketplace. “This partnership with Walmart further strengthens WorldFirst’s international digital trade ecosystem, which includes...
August 07, 2024
Payoneer Pays $61 Million for HR/Payroll Platform Skuad
Small-business-focused FinTech Payoneer has acquired Singapore-based payroll/HR platform Skuad for $61 million. The deal is designed to bolster Payoneer’s efforts to serve as a “business-grade financial stack” for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that...
August 06, 2024
Flywire Enhances B2B Payment Solution With Acquisition of Invoiced
Flywire has acquired Invoiced, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enables B2B finance teams to automate the order-to-cash process. This acquisition will enhance Flywire’s B2B payments solution, extend its customer footprint across a...
August 06, 2024
One Inc Appoints Flywire Veteran Michael Ellis as CFO
One Inc has named former Flywire Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Michael Ellis as its new CFO. Ellis will oversee the financial activities of the digital payments network for the insurance industry and...
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.
Real-time payments already account for at least 15% of B2B payments volume in the insurance, manufacturing and retail industries. PYMNTS Intelligence’s latest study of 500 executives across the retail, insurance, manufacturing and real estate sectors examines how these industries are using real time payments today and their plans for the future. Read more in “The State of Real-Time Payments,” a collaboration with The Clearing House.