May 31, 2024
Fintech Extends Automated Invoice Processing Capabilities to All B2B Transactions
Financial Information Technologies (Fintech) has expanded its platform’s automated invoice processing capabilities to include all B2B transactions. Previously designed to handle the retail and hospitality industries’ purchases of alcohol, the...
May 31, 2024
Core Strength: FIs Must Modernize to Meet the FinTech Challenge
Banks are increasingly aware of the competitive threat posed by digital-native FinTechs, which are quickly gaining market share with innovative digital offerings. Until 2024, only a minority of bankers saw...
May 30, 2024
Mastercard and HSBC Middle East Partner on Travel Industry Payments
Mastercard and HSBC Middle East have joined forces to introduce the Mastercard Wholesale Program (MWP) in the Middle East, with a specific focus on the travel industry. The aim of...
May 30, 2024
This Week in B2B Innovation: Embedded Experiences, AI and Leverage
Digital is a one-way street. And that street is being populated by B2B firms who aren’t looking back after embracing digital innovation to both compete in new markets while at...
May 30, 2024
Ivalua and Visa Partner to Embed Corporate Cards Into Purchasing
Ivalua and Visa have partnered to enable businesses to embed their corporate cards into any purchasing activity and gain “total control” over any pre-approved spend. With this capability, businesses can...
May 30, 2024
Billtrust Adds AI Tools to Accounts Receivable Software Platform
Billtrust, a B2B order-to-cash and digital payments provider, unveiled new artificial intelligence tools within its accounts receivable software platform. The tools aim to empower finance professionals by providing them with...
May 30, 2024
Synapse’s Downfall Provides Hard Lessons for Its B2B Partners
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, as the saying goes. And as the fallout from Synapse’s chaotic bankruptcy continues, containing the impact of its collapse across...
May 30, 2024
Swift Turns to AI to Battle Cross-Border Payment Fraud
Swift is partnering with a group of banking giants to combat cross-border payment fraud. The global messaging service announced in a news release Thursday (May 30) that it is launching...
May 30, 2024
Can Blockchain Solve the Cross-Border Payments Puzzle?
With a market projection of $290 trillion by 2030, cross-border payments are the backbone of global commerce. Despite their critical importance, however, these transactions are frequently riddled with friction. According...
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.