payment rails

A payment rail is a payment platform or a payment network that moves money from a payer to a payee. Either party could be a consumer or business, and both parties are able to move funds on the network. Credit card rails are the credit card payment system.

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2 Blockchain Consortia See Membership Rises
2 Blockchain Consortia See Membership Rises
December 30, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Two blockchain consortia have seen their membership numbers increase, a good sign that distributed ledger technology will see continued support in 2017. Hyperledger Project announced...

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Use Cards For Suppliers, Cash For Investment, Says Amex
Use Cards For Suppliers, Cash For Investment, Says Amex
December 13, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Australian mid-market businesses are missing out on opportunities to grow and expand because of cash flow mishaps, warns a new report by Amex. The analysis,...

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Align Commerce Links To Another Market
Align Commerce Links To Another Market
December 09, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Align Commerce has been gradually adding new markets connected into its B2B payments platform, and on Thursday (Dec. 8), the firm revealed its latest target....

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Designing eProcurement Portals For Tomorrow
Designing eProcurement Portals For Tomorrow
December 07, 2016  |  B2B Payments

B2B eCommerce may be trying to offer companies an Amazon-like experience in procurement, but making purchases for a company must meet security, reporting and efficiency...

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Why SMEs Are Causing The Banks So Much Pain
Why SMEs Are Causing The Banks So Much Pain
November 16, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Banks’ shortcomings when servicing small business clients have become an engine behind the FinTech boom. Alternative lenders, for instance, largely emerged as a response to...

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Cash Is Extremely Expensive For Small Biz, Study Says
Cash Is Extremely Expensive For Small Biz, Study Says
November 07, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Cash may be king, but for small businesses, cash is expensive. New research from Sage finds that small businesses in the U.K. are losing out...

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Ripple CEO Steps Aside
Ripple CEO Steps Aside
November 02, 2016  |  B2B Payments

The CEO of blockchain tech startup Ripple has decided to step aside for the firm’s current COO and president. Reports Tuesday (Nov. 1) said Chris Larsen...

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Visa’s Massive Bet On B2B Blockchain Payments
Visa’s Massive Bet On B2B Blockchain Payments
October 24, 2016  |  B2B Payments

The FinTech space is oversaturated with talk of blockchain technology. Today, industry players seem to agree that innovators are slowly moving from conceptualization towards testing...

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The Enterprise Eyes New Ways To Get Paid
The Enterprise Eyes New Ways To Get Paid
October 20, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Until recently, BillingTree was forced to incrementally build out its services based on current company performance. But a new investment from private equity firm Parthenon...

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