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Plastiq Talks Commercial Cards, ePayment Trends

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Adoption of commercial cards in B2B payments has emerged as one of the hottest industry topics of the year thanks to new FinTech innovations and industry leaders like Visa and Mastercard making a push further into the market. These are optimistic observations for an industry where commercial cards have struggled to get off the ground.

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Payment Rail Innovators Focus On Cards, Contactless Payments

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New payment rails are again in the spotlight, with commercial card and contactless payments emerging as the top focuses for innovators. Boost Payment Solutions is teaming with Visa for commercial payments acceptance, while EE is joining forces with Square to help U.K. Nacha Adopts Eight ACH Payment Updates.

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B2B Innovators Explore The New Payment Rail Combinations

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In this week's look at payment rails innovation, Visa embraces blockchain and digital currency to facilitate corporate and small business payments, while CardUp supports commercial card payments by mixing payment rails for easier supplier acceptance. Visa To Use Card Rails For Digital Currency B2B Payments.

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New Payment Rails Take On Real-Time B2B Friction

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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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How Small Businesses Ride Their Payment Rails

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NACHA released new statistics late last week on growth of ACH transaction volume in the U.S. According to the firm, B2B transactions were a key driver of ACH transaction growth in the third quarter of the year, leading NACHA Chief Operating Officer Jane Larimer to describe the ACH Network as “thriving.”. NACHA said 43.2

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Virtual Cards’ Role In B2B Payments Digitization

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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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How To Push For eB2B Payments When Vendors Don’t Want Them

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Indeed, research released from NACHA last year found that suppliers are expecting this, too. This past year, significant investments by credit card giants — including Visa , Mastercard and American Express — have revved up interest for the commercial card opportunity in accounts payable.