Killthecheck news and trends

Can Virtual Cards Void Checks’ Feeble Future?
B2B Payments // September 20, 2018

In an effort to kill the check — where B2B payments are anything but efficient — might virtual cards be the answer? In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Scot Yarbrough, senior vice president of commercial services, and Todd King, vice president of global product and...

Florence’s Aftermath: Have Insurance Claims Payments Evolved Since Hurricanes Harvey And Irma?
Faster Payments // September 17, 2018

Exactly one year before Hurricane Florence began her reign of terror in the Carolinas, Karen Webster interviewed’s Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards and Visa’s senior vice president and head of U.S. Push Payments Cecilia Frew on how last year’s twin disasters, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, were...

DEEP DIVE: Same-Day Insurance Claim Settlements
Disbursements // September 11, 2018

Filling out an insurance claim is typically preceded by an unfortunate and unexpected event like an illness, injury, accident, crime or natural disaster. That setback often means consumers want and expect access to their insurance claims payouts as soon as possible. After all, the sooner...

Building Better (And Faster) B2B Payments
Disbursements // September 07, 2018

For businesses, slow payments are more than a simple headache. When payments are not delivered on time, they can harm a company’s finances and can put a strain on business relationships. Given the stakes, it’s little wonder why real-time disbursements technology is gaining popularity in...

Interviews & Exclusives
Billtrust And Visa Launch B2B Payments Platform

November 05, 2018
Visa and Billtrust today (Nov. 5) announced the launch of the Billtrust Business Payments Network (BPN), an open buyer/supplier payments platform that Billtrust CEO Flint Lane said will do what other B2B payment platforms have struggled to do: put paper checks on the path to extinction by streamlining and digitizing payments between businesses — and […]

Can Virtual Cards Void Checks’ Feeble Future?

September 20, 2018
In an effort to kill the check — where B2B payments are anything but efficient — might virtual cards be the answer? In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Scot Yarbrough,...

Florence’s Aftermath: Have Insurance Claims Payments Evolved Since Hurricanes Harvey And Irma?

September 17, 2018
Exactly one year before Hurricane Florence began her reign of terror in the Carolinas, Karen Webster interviewed’s Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards and Visa’s senior vice president and head of...

Ingo Money And Prelude Software Pair Up To Kill The Insurance Check

June 04, 2018
When Prelude Software was getting its start 30 years ago, fixing payments for insurance carriers meant solving for what EVP Bill Clausen called a “benign but important request,” which was...

Quick Reads
Building Better (And Faster) B2B Payments

September 07, 2018
For businesses, slow payments are more than a simple headache. When payments are not delivered on time, they can harm a company’s finances and can put a strain on business relationships. Given the stakes, it’s little wonder why real-time disbursements technology is gaining popularity in the B2B payments space. A recent data indicates many in […]

Singapore Launches PayNow To Reduce Cash, Checks

June 21, 2018
Singapore is launching a payments platform in an attempt to reduce the use of cash and checks as the country moves towards a digital economy. Checks will no longer be...