Payments Dive

JULY 17, 2025

“It is not currently used as a general purpose payment tool,” Lambert said on the Monday call with analysts. those attributes alone do not suffice to turn stablecoins into a payment tool.”

Stablecoins

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Remote work has weakened traditional security, requiring secure systems and innovative solutions like decentralised finance and blockchain for transparent vendor transactions. This is made all the more difficult when AP teams are the ones that are forced to deal with fraud attacks while managing supplier payments.

Automation

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Microsoft is reportedly partnering with Nasdaq on blockchain, in which its Azure blockchain services will integrate with Nasdaq’s Financial Framework. The partnership is aimed at creating a blockchain system to help technologies work together for Nasdaq customers. 30), noted the report.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

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. Steamchain Lands Investment For Blockchain Tech.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 26, 2023

In recent years, the firm has not only shored up its presence in more familiar sectors like banking, but also reached deeper into newer territory like blockchain. Payments More than a quarter (28%) of a16z’s fintech investments in 2022 went to the payments category. Fintech is central to a16z’s investment strategy.

FinTech

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2017

Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions is teaming up with Nasdaq to develop a blockchain solution for commercial payments, the companies said Tuesday (May 23). Together, the firms announced their plans at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2017 event, adding that the payment solution will use blockchain company Chain’s Chain Core platform.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The CEO of blockchain tech startup Ripple has decided to step aside for the firm’s current COO and president. According to a statement from Larsen, the executive will continue to play an active role in the development of the blockchain firm. Reports Tuesday (Nov.

SWIFT

The Paypers

OCTOBER 23, 2017

(The Paypers) Mastercard has announced opening up access to its blockchain technology to banks and merchants for wider use.

Visa

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

Banks across the globe have invested resources into exploring blockchain technology, and that includes in Canada. The payment was completed with help from the technologies behind the SAP HANA Cloud Platform and blockchain FinTech company Ripple. “It’ll be more of an instant payment.

ACH

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. A Borderless Blockchain. The Faster Payment Demand.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

Smaller companies and individuals need access to digital tools to stay competitive against larger creative studios. Even with affordable design tools available to help them produce their work, though, there is ultimately a strong need for payment tools that will help these professionals get paid once that work is completed.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

In Visa news, the credit card company is hitting back at rival Mastercard with the rollout of a B2B payments program just days after Mastercard announced its own B2B payments tool. Visa offered examples of how its existing partners in the program are deploying its B2B payments tools.

B2B

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

Last year, Infibeam Avenues partnered with Primechain Technologies to implement a blockchain-based cross-border payment tool, touting the potential of the technology to both minimize fraud and improve communication and information flows.

B2B

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Eric Anziani, President & COO of Crypto.com, added , “We are on a mission to make it easier for people to use cryptocurrency in real-world payment scenarios and our partnership with Ingenico will go a long way to bringing crypto out of the web and increase its adoption as a powerful payment tool.

Payment Solutions

PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Republican Governor Matt Mead signed into law legislation on limited liability corporations that is more friendly to blockchain companies, making so-called “utility tokens” an asset class and exempting cryptocurrency from state property taxes. QR Codes Are Gaining A Brighter Profile.

AI

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The AFP’s report was released the same week a range of new electronic B2B payment tools were announced, the latest in a deluge of digital payment solutions emerging in recent years. 11), Mastercard announced a collaboration with blockchain company R3 to create a blockchain-based tool for cross-border B2B payments.

AFP

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

“Same-day ACH is now a reality for payroll, bill payment, business-to-business (B2B) payments, account transfers and many other applications.”. Finexio’s Rolfson also told PYMNTS that he sees potential for faster payments tools to gain traction in the B2B arena.

B2B

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Bank Senior Vice President of Corporate Payments Robert Kaufman, is that there are so many versions of these accounting platforms and so many ways to customize them that ensuring B2B payments tools integrate properly isn’t a sure bet.

Payments Data

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

As noted earlier this week, a range of projects will span digital payments offerings, as well as blockchain and Big Data initiatives. Paystack enables developers to create payment tools via its APIs and connects multiple payment processors, in turn transactions for merchants and consumers. APIs: Making Inroads.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Today in B2B payments: Visa collaborates to open up small business banking data, while Mastercard drives commercial card adoption across the MEA region. Plus, American Express eyes social media shoutouts for small firms, Veem launches a domestic B2B payments tool and Billtrust embraces machine learning. 18) press release.

B2B

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 The idea that blockchain is going to have a long-term impact,” he added, “I think the answer to that is yes.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Efforts to disrupt the logistics and freight industry have multiplied in recent years, particularly with the emergence of technologies like the Internet of Things and blockchain. These tools often promise to disrupt the way goods move through the supply chain, but in the U.S.,

Innovation

PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2016

While fintech innovators have instead turned towards the underlying technology of the cryptocurrency – blockchain and other distributed ledgers – bitcoin as its own currency is unlikely to take off like some once thought it would. The future of bitcoin is a bit shaky. Chester said this client demand was “surprising.”

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2018

Regulatory disruption — think GDPR and open banking rules — shook up the business financial services market, while blockchain continued to dig deeper into use cases like trade finance and global payments. PYMNTS takes a look back at some of the most popular B2B payments stories of the year so far.

B2B

PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2018

The bank announced news on Tuesday (March 20) that it launched a Digital Export and Import Payments solution, an addition to its existing YES TRANSACT Smart Trade suite of services to support exporters and importers in their global trade operations and payments.

Payment APIs and Integration

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

VeganNation’s VeganPay solution is also coupled with VeganNation’s existing payments tool, VeganCoin, a digital currency that not only supports the development of a financially united vegan community, but is also a vegan tool itself. ” Using FinTech To Build An Ecosystem.

B2B

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

Consumerization in the corporate payments space may be no more present than it is in the business travel arena. In fact, she recently told PYMNTS, travel management companies (TMCs) and travelers are pushing for implementation of these tools as they demand more dynamic, real-time data and decision-making.

Bots

PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2017

Meanwhile, other companies are stepping up their investments in a variety of faster payment options, from blockchain-powered tools to P2P solutions to ACH. These investments in faster payments are focused on allowing the transfer of funds between parties to not only progress faster, but with greater efficiency and security.

Faster Payments

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2019

. “There’s a lot of process time — a lot of costs associated with payments, in particular.” Esser highlighted three key areas with major opportunities for improvement in the credit union market, with CULedger finding blockchain a promising technology to address them. ” The Improvement Opportunity.

Credit Union

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

“Subsidiaries based in different countries, with different bank accounts, are obliged to send funds to each other using existing payment rails,” Lazarichev said in a recent interview, adding that traditional global payments tools take several days to complete. “In The future of payments is digital.

B2B

PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

Paper checks have long been the bane of many accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) departments, but the workflows associated with the payment method are familiar, and often even preferred.

B2B

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

And as this technology has become more commonplace in financial services, the old ways of payments – like waiting until a scheduled payday to receive earnings – are becoming less and less common. In their place has risen a new system of exchanging funds that have made payments faster, more efficient, more secure and, above all, smarter.

Tax Refunds

PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2016

Between legacy tools like paper checks, contemporary solutions like ACH and potential emerging innovations like the blockchain, B2B payments are no longer stuck with their head in the sand when it comes to payments evolution. No solution is exactly the same.”.

Cross-Border

PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Indeed, FinTech and alternative financial service providers have stepped in to try to combat those points of friction, wielding technologies like blockchain and IBAN solutions to find ways around the friction of correspondent banking.

Global Payments

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2016

Digital payment solutions may be taking off in the AR department, but not all electronic payment tools are created equal. For instance: blockchain and bitcoin? Even more traditional payment tools, like credit cards, don’t have a high enough corporate value for suppliers, he added. I really don’t see it.

Commercial Card

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

In a press release, the company said it aims to help business owners pay their 1099 workers more quickly via its blockchain-based platform, which supports payments to gig workers via Same Day ACH, prepaid card, PayPal, bitcoin and other payment tools. In another major investment for a B2B startup, U.K.

B2B

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2017

The October edition of the PYMNTS Faster Payments Tracker™ , powered by NACHA, looks at notable developments in the global remittance market, including new real-time payment tools for SMBs, blockchain and the latest trends in faster payments infrastructures, including the recent rollout of Same Day ACH Phase 2.

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