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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Commercial cards remain a small, but growing, part of the B2B payments ecosystem, thanks in part to their versatility. The payments technology firm is targeting high-spending small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), with Visa B2B offered for everyday business spend, and Infinite Preferred focused on corporate travel spend.

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MAY 13, 2016

Indian airliner Jet Airways is teaming up to bring SMEs in the nation a commercial card solution, a move reports said will bring India its first contactless business card. Reports on Thursday (May 12) said ICICI Bank will collaborate with Jet Airways to launch the Jet Airways ICICI Bank Business Advantage Card.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

HSBC has added six foreign currencies supported by its commercial card products in Europe in support of corporates operating across borders in the region. We now offer a full range of commercial card products to clients across 26 countries in Europe and 43 countries globally, with the same core capabilities in each market.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

According to Bank of America ’s new vision of the future, those trips — and other B2B payment activities such as buying supplies — would go much more efficiently if plastic was replaced by mobile wallets. Bank of America’s corporate cards are now compatible with such mobile wallets as Apple Pay , Google Pay and Samsung Pay.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

Accounts payable company MineralTree just gave a big show of support for commercial cards when it announced this week it is partnering with American Express (Amex) to offer companies an integrated platform to support supplier payments via virtual commercial card. But the hurdle of card adoption persists.

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MAY 31, 2019

based B2B FinTechs led the way in this week’s investment roundup, with more than $212 million in new funding falling in the hands of startups targeting a range of enterprise operations. Accounts payable, cloud migration, Big Data and even legal management for startups raising new funding were all targeted among investors.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2016

Electronic payments and FinTech can help businesses across the board improve time and cash management, but each industry is different in the types of solutions they need and the progress with which they adopt more sophisticated tools.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2016

When Sourcery launched, CEO Na’ama Moran said there was a bit of a chicken-and-egg issue: She wanted the company to become a holistic B2B payments player, but should it begin with accounts receivable or accounts payable? “It makes it a lot harder to manage cash flow,” she explained.

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JULY 24, 2017

Muted corporate spend tempered American Express’ performance in its commercial card segment, and regulatory uncertainty is on the radar for Fifth Third Bancorp. Here’s all the financial data you need to know from some of the largest B2B finance and tech businesses. American Express Global Commercial Services.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Operating as a funding agent will broaden community banking participation in RTP, Bankers’ Bank said, adding that it will also build a 24/7 liquidity management solution for RTP transactions within its cash management suite of services.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

is partnering with Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) to help healthcare organizations pay suppliers with commercial cards, Boost announced today (Nov. Commercial cards have become an effective cash management solution, especially during the pandemic’s disruptive effects on how organizations choose to pay and hold cash.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

But a company’s interest and efforts to adopt new technologies does not always mean that all B2B payment processes are improved. Instead, new research suggests that the enterprise is embracing some tools and tech (but not all), and applying them to some aspects of B2B payments (but not all).

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Those drivers may support the rise in consumer mobile payments, but economic factors in the Asia-Pacific region have also opened doors for B2B mobile payments to gain traction, too. MC Payment , a startup based in Singapore, is a FinTech startup in the region that is riding the B2B mobile payments wave.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The B2B payments industry continues its push to break businesses’ habit of using paper checks, but players are divided on what payment rail should take their place. In Karmic Labs’ latest white paper , “Prepaid Expense Cards: Helping Small Businesses Solve Cash Flow Dilemmas,” researchers surveyed U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In B2B payments, it’s not just the movement of money that’s a pain point for companies — it’s the tracking of that payment and the ability to reconcile those transactions that can be a major headache for both payers and payees. In an announcement on Tuesday (Oct. In an announcement on Tuesday (Oct.

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JUNE 12, 2017

Strategic Treasurer and Bottomline Technologies recently published a joint report on the B2B payments landscape: B2B payments + WCM Strategies. Combine that with the finding that B2B payments are becoming increasingly complex, with two-thirds of respondents saying they originate payments with at least three banks. Globalization.

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APRIL 12, 2016

Making sure the books add up properly is key to keeping their legal nonprofit status, and that means cash management is paramount. According to Vendor Centric, there are four key benefits for nonprofits when it comes to the v-card. The first is cash rebates. Virtual cards, the report noted, can do the same.

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JULY 10, 2018

Mastercard and EU FinTech Strands are collaborating on a cash management and corporate payments platform for banks, designed to address small business (SMB) needs. Strands released a research report last year that found small businesses in the U.K. widely consider their banks to be utilities, not business partners.

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MARCH 25, 2016

In January, the FI announced support of all of its card solutions — including commercial cards — for Apple Pay. Bank into the MasterCard Business Network, an online portal of resources for cash management and other business management solutions.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

In this week’s Data Digest, we take a trip around the world to uncover the evolving habits of business payments and cash management. 9 percent of suppliers want to get paid via commercial card , says new research from Receivable Savvy. But that doesn’t mean suppliers aren’t interested in electronic payments.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

“We are pleased to join forces with a global provider that is equally committed to delivering a best-in-class solution for their customers,” Gonca Latif-Schmitt, global head of Citi Commercial Cards, said in a press release. “We

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JULY 31, 2018

According to Fundera, 23 percent of surveyed small business owners admitted to mixing personal and business expenses on their commercial cards, with meals and small-value purchases the most common personal transactions landing on business credit cards.

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JUNE 29, 2016

professionals will also gradually heat up, with some corporations already holding small conventions, attracting business professionals and, with them, the need to spend corporate cash. . The biggest area Seleski said he anticipates commercial card usage is in the hotel industry. brand, Four Points by Sheraton, since 1959.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

Cichy also pointed to additional bank solutions, like lockbox operation, payment processing and commercial card offerings, into which Palette’s P2P solution is linked, promoting cohesion in banks’ corporate offerings. Historically, opportunities to wield this kind of data have been limited for traditional FIs.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

“We’re excited to expand the services available to our commercial clients through our partnership with First Bankcard,” said Bernadette N. Macko, senior vice president, director of corporate cash management.

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JUNE 22, 2020

Digital tools also offer real-time visibility into corporate cash flows, which can be especially helpful as businesses strategize to address a rapidly changing economic situation, Brad Garfield , head of product for commercial cards and comprehensive payables in global transaction services for Bank of America , recently explained to PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

This time around, Mastercard is linking with Strands , a FinTech based in the EU, which focuses on a collaboration that brings to bear joint efforts on cash management and corporate payments — and is geared toward SMBs. The duo will integrate Strand’s business financial management offering and Mastercard’s digital payments technology.

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MARCH 25, 2020

Building a company like Trimwire in the current climate of coronavirus uncertainty is also a significant opportunity for the firm as organizations of all sizes and industries become hyper-vigilant about spend and cash management.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Small business owners have historically faced a unique challenge in the banking world: Financial institutions (FIs) can sometimes fail to clearly define their small business services, blurring the lines between personal and corporate banking and forcing an SMB to fit somewhere within that ambiguity.

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