PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is inspiring many businesses to accelerate their shifts to digital transaction methods as workforces operate remotely from home, and many are finding that doing so is helping them overcome traditional business-to-business (B2B) payment frictions. Around The B2B Payments World. About The Report.

API

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

For B2B payments, this summer was a season of technological progress. In another collaboration with Mastercard this summer, the PYMNTS B2B Payments Automation Innovation Playbook similarly revealed that the demand for AP automation is on the rise. Faster Payments.

Commercial Card

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

While financial services (FinServ) innovations often emerge with built-in security measures, new market trends — including faster payments and open banking — are introducing new security threats to corporate treasury departments, according to cybersecurity company BioCatch. In the case of Same Day ACH in the U.S.,

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The B2B payments discussion often centers around innovators’ efforts to kill the check. Unfortunately, simply introducing an electronic alternative to paper checks is not enough to kill this sticky and popular payment method. B2B Payments’ Innovation Agenda.

B2B

PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2017

Not only are faster payment tools bringing helping to exchange funds at a quicker pace, but these solutions are also transforming the certain aspects of the gig economy and spurring investments in new payment infrastructures. Beyond payment infrastructure, other companies are investing in real-time payment solutions.

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Paper checks have long been a mainstay of corporate payments, with 42 percent of companies reportedly using checks to pay vendors in 2019. Firms are also looking at options like same-day ACH and The Clearing House 's RTP network as they explore how to speed up B2B transactions. Inside Businesses’ Faster Payments Selections.

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

QR codes have enjoyed mounting adoption in the consumer payments landscape around the world in recent years as FinTech solutions embrace end-user efficiency and take advantage of smartphone penetration. Their use for B2B payments, however, remains limited — but in the U.K., A B2B Opportunity.

Payment Initiation

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

With companies paying suppliers on strategic schedules, real-time transactions aren’t always necessary — or beneficial — for the B2B payments space. Yet there is some adoption of faster payment technologies among corporates. In the U.S.,

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

In cases like Carillion, analysts have raised concerns that large conglomerates are intentionally withholding payments to take advantage of capital float — to the dismay of smaller players and professionals in the market. They’re also in the thick of these payment pains. Regulation Steps In. In the U.K.,

B2B

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

It was only (relatively) recently that B2B payments finally secured significant attention and investment from innovators. A notoriously clumsy, friction-filled industry, B2B transactions must forge new paths to boost efficiency as businesses demand global solutions, speed and transparency.

B2B

PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

There’s no single path to payments infrastructure innovation. This week’s examination of the latest initiatives to target B2B payments friction from the ground up finds a mix of strategies. For some, like Currencycloud and Steamchain, the path involves bypassing legacy payment rails and embracing blockchain.

ISO 20022

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The creation of credit card infrastructure 60 years ago initially had the consumer in mind, but recent history has shown that investments in card technology are capturing a greater share of the B2B payments market. Tackling Supplier Misconceptions. And yet, suppliers remain skeptical of card acceptance.

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

New faster payment initiatives are popping up around the world, from Saudi Arabia to Brazil to Australia. According to the latest PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker , Same Day ACH volume has seen a 24 percent increase year over year between the first quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019. In the U.S.,

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The expansion of traditionally consumer-focused FinTechs widening their solution scope to include B2B payments tools exemplifies just how massive the opportunity is for service providers to tackle friction. Around the world, B2B transfers are expected to reach a $218 trillion valuation in the next three years alone.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Paper checks are gradually shrinking their market share in the B2B payments landscape, yet the outdated payment tool remains in-use for up to 80 percent of businesses in the U.S., noted PYMNTS in a previous Faster Payments Tracker. ACH’s B2B Future. Why should it ever have to start as paper?”.

ACH

PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Speaking with PYMNTS, PayParc Global Solutions Founder Taylan Taspinar discussed the sector’s dire need to upgrade its B2B payments strategy after a yearslong lag in innovation — and why not just data, but industry-specific data, is essential to combatting friction. A World Of Pain Points.

B2B

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Corporates have growing expectations for faster, more efficient and more secure B2B payments — whether their money is moving from one business unit to another or one country to another. Payments Speed and Security. As financial institutions gather for this year’s Sibos conference kicking off in London today (Sept.

B2B

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

The problem with this strategy, however, is that when every company is looking get paid more quickly but pay their own invoices later, B2B buyers and vendors quickly find themselves in a position in which their own cash flow goals contradict each other.

Accounts

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APRIL 13, 2017

nearly three-quarters said the technology would be appealing because it would enable faster payments from their customers, while 54 percent also cited the ability for real-time payments to enable faster payments to suppliers. In the U.S.,

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

They can eliminate the pain points in business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions by keeping consumers from waiting to receive their funds, while businesses are witnessing the advantages of using real-time payments when transacting with each other. Recent surveys found that 38 percent of U.S.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The rise of faster payment systems worldwide are not only enabling payments to move between parties at greatly enhanced speeds, but a growing share of companies are rethinking their traditional business models to take advantage of these more efficient payment tools. Around The Smarter Payments World.

Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

The competition is heating up between payment technologies in accounts payable, with ACH and virtual cards seeing significant pushes in the B2B payments space to combat the dreaded paper check. For many businesses, which payment tool is best depends on many factors, from what their vendors prefer to payers’ own cash positions.

Accounts

PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

With the B2B eCommerce market towering over B2C’s in terms of transaction value — Forrester Research estimates the U.S. trillion by 2021 — the business-to-business payments market is primed for disruption. Add globalization and cross-border transactions into the mix, and the payments landscape quickly grows more complicated.

B2C

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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. Suppliers, meanwhile, can receive payment via bank transfer.

Commercial Card

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

While more speed may mean more endorsement money for athletes, it means faster settlements and more efficient business for commercial banking customers. Faster payments recently made their American debut, with The Clearing House (TCH) instituting the inaugural transaction on the first new payments and clearing system in the U.S.

AI

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Banks may not like it, but the demand is here for faster payments — from businesses, consumers and regulators alike. While they’re apprehensive about the technology, financial institutions are facing pressure to adopt real-time payments capabilities to meet that demand and to comply with new regulations.

Real Time Payments

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JUNE 16, 2016

Cyberattackers were able to steal $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank by compromising the SWIFT messaging system , forcing the company — and financial services players everywhere — to take a renewed look at payments security measures. ” Payments Security.

Security

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

With data analytics now a paramount process of cash flow management, developers are tasked with making their most innovative B2B payments and finance technologies seamlessly integrate with ERP and accounting platforms. The issue, said U.S.

Payments Data

PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2018

The B2B payments market is already enjoying a solid year, thanks to some of the biggest names in payments and FinTech taking a solid stance in the space. PYMNTS takes a look back at some of the most popular B2B payments stories of the year so far. Mastercard Sent Steps Into B2B. Visa Buys Fraedom.

B2B

PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

Visa’s latest fuel to the B2B payments innovation fire came in the form of its inaugural Small Business Hackathon earlier this year. There are a couple of payment tools on Slack, but they aren’t customized for small business owners. What are your predictions for the impact of faster payments on supplier payments?

B2B

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

Commercial cards have struggled to gain widespread adoption in B2B payments, and new research from Mercator Advisory Group aims to explain why — and how to overcome those adoption barriers. Virtual cards also safeguard payments without the need for commercial card information to be exchanged manually between parties.

Commercial Card

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

PYMNTS wanted to know more about how FinTech has forced financial service providers to change the way they deliver payment solutions and change the way they approach the testing of those payment tools. “A Today, Paragon tends to focus on consumer payments with a particular eye on ISO interfaces and ATMs.

ISO 8583

PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

Strategic Treasurer and Bottomline Technologies recently published a joint report on the B2B payments landscape: B2B payments + WCM Strategies. Globalization brings new opportunities for businesses but gives rise to new complexities, including cross-border payments, compliance, risk mitigation and accounting.

Payer

PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Faster payments are only one example of the effects of a world moving toward real-time everything, with growing customer demands driving change in the way banks and businesses operate themselves. As such, the consequences of real-time payments aren’t solely impacting consumers’ peer-to-peer ( P2P ) transaction activity.

RTP

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

developed the New Payment System Operator (NPSO) to consolidate the Bacs Payment Schemes Limited, Faster Payments Scheme Limited and Cheque & Credit Clearing Company Limited all into the NPA. Earlier this year, the U.K.

Payment Message

PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

EBA Clearing, set to launch its real-time payment service across Europe later this year, has officially commenced the testing phase of its technology. 19) that its service is compliance with the European Payments Council’s (EPC) SCTInst Scheme, a instant credit transfer payment scheme, and is aligned with ISO 20022 messaging standards.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Pointing to research from comScore that found 78 percent of invoices processed through PayPal are paid within a day, PayPal said that its solution supports faster payments to small businesses. The API allows for customizable invoice templates, payment reminders and accounts receivable management.

PayPal