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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

However, missing from much of this regulatory debate is the issue of interchange fees on commercial cards. ” Part of that simplification should include the addition of commercial cards under swipe fee caps, he added. ” The Commercial Card Debate. Now, European retail groups want that to change.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The suite of Mastercard payment solutions aims to enable businesses to save time, reduce costs and manage business expenses in more streamlined ways, with corporate clients able to further access Mastercard's In Control for Commercial Payments , a platform that helps companies add end-to-end virtual payments for an enhanced user experience.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

Consumers around the world have become intimately familiar with the “card-not-present” method of payment. Now businesses in Asia have an option to embrace “card not needed” as the pandemic continues to accelerate business models. That option, which extends to commercial cards , is being presented by Singapore-based CardUp.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

Although it occurred under dire circumstances, 2020 was the year that many organizations finally ditched the paper check in B2B payments — or, at the very least, helped to move the needle toward electronic payments. B2B payments are messier than B2C payments," said Chanda. Empowering Finance Professionals.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

From a lack of supplier acceptance of electronic payments to outdated infrastructure within accounts payable (AP) departments, the B2B payments ecosystem still has much room for improvement on multiple fronts. Moving the needle in the journey away from paper checks isn’t a one-sided battle, either. An Ecosystem Approach.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

PayMate , a B2B payment solutions provider, has officially entered into a strategic partnership with De’Xandra – Malaysia’s leading perfume brand, in a move aimed at revolutionizing B2B payment processes and boosting the growth of Malaysian SMEs.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

But companies large and small are still making purchases, and with the pandemic fueling the need for contactless payments, commercial card technology adoption is on the rise. With commercial card adoption growing even before the pandemic, an increasing number of T&E technology firms began to step into the world of card issuing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

When the B2B payments industry began considering what to expect for 2018, commercial cards weren’t often on the radar. Yet, 2018 was certainly a big year for commercial cards, and for credit card giants’ B2B payments aspirations overall. Visa Acquires Fraedom.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

That’s particularly true in accounts receivable (AR), with B2B suppliers not only needing money to flow in from their buyers, but high-quality transaction data for reconciliation, reporting and analytics. The drive for payment information is a key factor behind suppliers’ gradual path toward commercial card acceptance.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Payment innovators are embracing the opportunities to mix payment rails old and new in search of business-to-business (B2B) solutions that can tackle longstanding friction. Visa To Use Card Rails For Digital Currency B2B Payments. But suppliers don't often accept cards and the interchange costs associated with them.

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Finextra

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Join FinextraTV as Romain Mialane, Direct to Corporate Lead, Visa, and Ritesh Jain, Business Head - UK and Europe Commercial Cards, Citi, explore Visa's recently commissioned market research on B2B procurement in Europe and the challenges and opportunities for innovation in this broader context of treasury.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

There’s an imbalance in B2B payments — between buyers and suppliers, and between automation on one side of the cash flow equation and manual, paper-based processes on the other. Addressing The Chokepoints . Aquilina said virtual cards are poised to eclipse other commercial card form factors over the next few years.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

As FinTechs and other financial service providers drive commercial card adoption, virtual card technology becomes an increasingly popular focus of innovation initiatives, particularly as corporates demand solutions to support a remote workforce. Visa, FAB Roll Out Corporate Virtual Cards.

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JULY 17, 2020

Several B2B FinTechs topped the list in Q2, however, including commercial card startup Brex, which raised $150 million, as well as global business account service provider Airwallex with $160 million and small business alternative lender Fundbox with a $200 million raise — the largest of the quarter.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Though credit cards were not originally designed to address the needs of corporate payers, advances in commercial card technology have positioned the payment tool as one that’s gaining traction in the accounts payable department. This, he noted, is Mesh’s entryway to the market of cross-border B2B payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For others, like NatWest and Sabre , that means collaborating on corporate card products that augment the end-user experience.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The latest data from Nacha found a new record-high growth rate for adoption of ACH payments , with B2B payments showcasing a surge in adoption of the legacy payment rail that has recently turned to technologies that can augment the service, from the movement of transaction data with an ACH payment to the deployment of Same Day ACH.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., Mastercard Adds B2B Payment Functionality With Commercial Cards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

There is more than one way to drive commercial card innovation. For vendors, commercial card acceptance can be a matter of wielding technology to lower interchange costs. For vendors, commercial card acceptance can be a matter of wielding technology to lower interchange costs. A Focus On Transparency.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The global pandemic has, no doubt, changed the B2B payments landscape forever. In Australia, Adrian Floate , managing director of Cirralto , says the COVID-19 crisis has fast-tracked B2B payments modernization. The Commercial Card Catalyst. While in the U.S., While in the U.S., Optimizing The Logistics-Payments Link.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

Yet, according to Kris Carrera, general manager and business line executive of Credit Payments at FIS , the middle market is often underserved — particularly when it comes to commercial card products. Once that occurs, they continue to face obstacles in understanding exactly what drives commercial card adoption for this customer base.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Even as B2B payments progresses toward digitization, paper checks stick around. Meanwhile, commercial cards, while they can help digitize B2B payments, remain pretty low on the totem pole of accounts payable payment rails. Research from NACHA found accounts receivable professionals expect cards to account for 12.5

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Stax

MARCH 14, 2024

During the 2020s, almost all businesses will have been looking at b2b payments processing solutions to meet changing consumer needs. But what about in the business-to-business (B2B) sector? Industry data shows that the B2B payments landscape is rather diverse. Learn More What are B2B Payments? Not sure where to start?

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

It’s an area of business spend friction that is driving a newfound resurgence in commercial card innovation that the card industry hasn’t seen in decades, with FinTech firms stepping in to take advantage of card transaction data. ” The Biggest Culprits Of Waste. Nixing The Personal Guarantee.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

No one payment rail can solve every point of friction in B2B payments. This week’s look at payment rail innovation explores how corporates and FinTech providers embrace variety to ease friction in card acceptance, employee payroll and invoice payments. Plastiq Eases Card Rail Friction. Payroll Rails Offer Employee Relief.

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MARCH 25, 2020

As commercial card innovation expands, service providers continue to target particular pain points for their business cardholders. Together, the companies are rolling out an offering that arms SMBs with commercial cards without the need for a personal guarantee, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

When the commercial card first came on the scene, executives thought of the payment tool in limited terms: a piece of plastic their employees could use to make one-off purchases at the office supply or hardware store, buy a coffee while on a business trip or take a client out to dinner. ” Recognizing Commercial Card Advantages.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

PNC Bank’s Treasury Management unit is testing a new solution to address card-not-present (CNP) fraud for commercial clients. 7) that it is piloting Dynamic CVV2 technology for commercial card customers. The company said in a press release Wednesday (Nov. “Almost all U.S. ” .

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 3, 2025

Creating a digital platform that simplifies and accelerates the commercial card enrolment process, Perfios , a global B2B SaaS techfin, and payments giant Mastercard have joined forces to transform commercial card issuance for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Middle East and African regions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Much of what commercial card innovators seek to address is a massive pain point for adoption: supplier acceptance. Such was the strategy of JPMorgan in its latest corporate card initiative. JPMorgan Taps Boost For Corporate Card Acceptance. Visa Takes Virtual Cards Across Borders.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

As European Union (EU) authorities continue to combat interchange fees charged by credit card companies Visa and Mastercard , some are now calling on such regulatory action to apply to corporate and commercial cards as well. “But we must not sit back. Earlier this year, the EC issued a $648.3 ” . ”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

B2B payments is all too often a waiting game, one that can be damaging to the survival of a small business (SMB). FinTech firms have taken a few approaches to this issue, either by working to replace paper checks with different payment rails or trying to work with checks by addressing their particular pain points.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

At the same time, as this week's B2B Data Digest reveals, fraud can come from many sources, not only outside of the enterprise. From commercial card misuse to invoice fraud, internal employees can be the bad actors, too. The scam involves sending a phishing email claiming to be a Microsoft Office 365 update.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The payments industry has been talking about the digitization of B2B transactions for years, maybe decades, with not much of a nudge of that needle. In some ways, the lack of digitization is the result of the financial services industry operating on misconceptions about the best ways to ensure that electronic B2B payments gain traction.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This week's look at the convergence of accounts payable and accounts receivable finds tools like commercial cards, trade credit, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation easing friction on both ends of a B2B transactions. Boost Gives Suppliers A Voice In Card Acceptance. CardUp Eases Card Adoption In Asia.

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Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

MAY 29, 2025

From a Press Release dated May 21, 2025, San Francisco, California Credit card giant Visa has announced the general availability of its new Visa AR Manager platform in the United States, marking a significant step in its mission to streamline business-to-business (B2B) payments and become the central hub for banks, fintechs, and enterprises.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

At the dawn of 2020, commercial cards made up only a fraction of overall B2B payments volume, even as corporates continued their slow-but-sure payments digitization efforts away from the paper check. But in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the corporate card seemed to unlock more value for businesses large and small.

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