Global Finance

MAY 6, 2025

Joseph Giarraputo, Founder and Editorial Director of Global Finance, talks to Melvyn Low, Group Managing Director and Head of Global Transaction Banking at OCBC, about the importance of democratizing digital solutions for cash management and the innovative tools the Singapore-based bank has developed to support its customers 24/7 banking needs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Even with the digitization of the invoice, fraud remains a rampant problem, and it's not only the buy-side of the B2B equation faced with the consequences. Deepfake technology means criminals can masquerade their own voices to convince unwitting employees to approve an invoice for payment, for instance. It's just inefficient.".

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

B2B payments account for $25 trillion in the United States each year, but these transactions are often fraught with frustrations and challenges. Studies have found that B2B invoices take an average of 37.4 Banks in the EU currently spend between 50 million euros ($56.2 million) on average each year on open banking investments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Accounts payable (AP) teams and other financial functions of the enterprise were some of the hardest hit by the disruption caused by the global pandemic. Collaborating with FinTechs is a valuable strategy for banks, noted Sigovitch. ” Offering the Right Tools.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Africa : UBA United Bank for Africa (UBA) is celebrating its 75th anniversary. With a portfolio of over a million SME clients and a loan book of $90 million, the bank has been instrumental in ensuring that SMEs remain the engine of growth. The bank also ensures easy transaction processing through its UBA Afritrade and UBA Connect.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

Open banking is shaking up the financial industry and is poised to revolutionize the way banks share data with each other as well as with third-party app developers, FinTechs and payment providers. There are a multitude of benefits that open banking brings to B2B payments. Open Banking Initiatives Around The World.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

challenger bank Monzo has launched business bank accounts this week after a year-long trial period in which 2,500 customers got early access, according to a TechCrunch report. There will also be invoicing tools within the app and the ability to have multiple user accounts on the same app. 1 brand in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Emerging markets have their own challenges when it comes to banking, where big, traditional financial institutions (FIs) are anything but efficient. Consider the fact that in Mexico it can take four to six months to open a business account — and as much as a year to get access to a debit card. Widening Debit’s Acceptance.

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CFO Simplified

JULY 24, 2022

How Does a Fractional CFO Work with a Remote Accounting Team? But even with all of those changes, the accounting function has remained essentially the same. So, in a remote environment, which we’re all used to by now, how does a fractional CFO work with a remote accounting team? Managing a Remote Accounting Team.

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Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

MAY 29, 2025

From a Press Release dated March 25, 2025, London, England Chaser , a global accounts receivable automation solution provider, has announced a new integration with Odoo , a popular business management software platform. This ensures accurate, timely follow-ups and reduces manual administrative work.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

From commercial card misuse to invoice fraud, internal employees can be the bad actors, too. 40 legitimate email accounts of company executives have been compromised in a phishing campaign targeting businesses , according to Gov Info Security reports. The former NAB employee was found guilty and sentenced to eight years in prison.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Citi noted traditional methods of cross-border accounts receivable are inefficient, involving multiple collections service providers with silos between invoicing, collection and reconciliation. Earlier this year Citi said it would be preparing for an uptick in corporate banking operations despite concerns about an economic slowdown.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Nacha is issuing a warning to accounts payable professionals with regards to the rising threat of fraud. But accounts payable is far from the only back-office financial workflow at risk of fraud. The DOJ accuses the individual of fraudulently invoicing more than $1.5 In another case, the Bank of Ireland intercepted a $1.34

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Purchase, invoice and transaction data are invaluable to the journey of digitization and automation, but organizations are increasingly recognizing that the value can only be realized if that data can integrate seamlessly across platforms. Going Further With Open Banking. Cichy said he sees the opposite happening today, though.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

Balancing the books, sending out invoices and keeping the cash rolling in can be thankless but vital tasks for small business owners. In a push to bring in more small business accounts, TD Bank is launching a new online payment and accounting feature on its online platform for small businesses. 17) press release.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Global Finance presents its 31st annual list of best banks worldwide. Banks face an uphill battle as supply chains remain disrupted, regional conflicts continue to build, and the fear of bank failure returns. Industry leadership, advancements in digitalization and corporate citizenship also factored in.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

For more community banks, the latter strategy can fast-track digitization initiatives. This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

As treasury management becomes increasingly digital, a bank’s corporate banking clients face challenges when it comes to modernizing treasury workflows. Embedding banking into ERP systems has been a hot topic as of late — although the buzz surrounding it has been years in the making.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Gronen: Yooz is an AP (accounts payable) automation and payments company. Right now, many companies receive invoices in paper envelopes. They open the envelope, scan the invoice, manually input the data, and attach the invoice to the system. Automation shortens this process to just a minute or two.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Fast-growing payments automation firm Transcard is rolling out an account-to-account (A2A) solution that it says will boost the speed and efficiency with which buyers and sellers are able to exchange money and data, while reducing risk as well. 16) press release issued by the Chattanooga, Tenn. based company.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Naveed Anwar, head of platforms and data services, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi Services, explains how banks are becoming more agile by embracing disruptive technologies. Global Finance: Is banking constraining compared to Big Tech? Consumers and corporates alike expect information in real time from banks.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

HighRadius , a FinTech working in automation for order-to-cash and treasury management, has announced an expanded strategic relationship with Commerce Bank , according to a press release. The agreement made all of HighRadius' products available for Commerce Bank clients.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Bill.com and Wells Fargo are partnering on a new feature called Bill Manager to help small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) access automation for the accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) process, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Bank has rolled out its new AP Optimizer, which is a digital tool that works to simplify invoice processing and payments for businesses, according to a press release. Bank, according to the release. Digital invoicing has become popular throughout the pandemic, with WEX Inc. With AP Optimizer, the release stated, U.S.

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The Charity CFO

APRIL 5, 2022

If you’re like many people, you probably think that there is a single set of accounting rules that every company must follow. . But that’s not quite true—nonprofits face a decision between 2 different accounting methods for tracking their financial activity: cash accounting vs. accrual accounting.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Using B2B BNPL, MSMEs avoid tapping their credit lines to pay invoices and avoid trade credit negotiations. For suppliers, it works like reverse factoring, where the buyer uses a third party to pay the invoice immediately and reimburses the financing third party later. Banks are doing better in the small and midsize enterprise segment.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Contextual banking will change the way traditional financial institutions (FIs) interact with their business clients. Shields offered an example of intentional information: invoice data. Today, a bank simply receives a payment instruction from its customer. Building The Infrastructure.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Bank-FinTech collaboration continues to thrive as more financial service providers place small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) front-and-center of product development. In a statement , HSBC Bank USA Head of Retail Business Banking Shaun McDougall said fueling the SMB community is important to support the broader U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

As accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) operations continue to converge for many organizations, buyers and suppliers are increasingly acknowledging the value of using each other’s technology platforms to promote stronger B2B relationships. Peasy recently launched in the U.K. MineralTree Pairs For Global AP.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Today in B2B payments, TripActions announces new funding that values the T&E startup at $5 billion, while OneSource Virtual launches invoice payment capabilities. Plus, iBanFirst launches B2B payment traceability tool, Georges rebrands with new funding, and HashCash partners with a bank on blockchain payments. 21) announcement.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

"Unlike solutions on the market today that only offer a handful of ERP integrations and require a manual intervention to complete a payment, RegalPay One offers a bank-branded platform that connects directly to their corporate customers' ERP system," Ed Wertzberger , vice president of solution delivery for Regal Software, said in the announcement.

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Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

JUNE 10, 2025

The collectability of your accounts receivable (AR) portfolio also impacts your company’s operational and financial performance as well as borrowing capacity and costs. These accounts will provide the greatest sales growth and profit potential. This requires an efficient accounting or collection software platform.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

For Aion Bank , based in Belgium, that means understanding the global operations of SMBs, as well as their local challenges as a company in Belgium and the broader European Union. There are unique challenges for SMBs operating in Belgium and the broader EU that banking solution providers should consider, said Czuba.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

19) announced in a press release that it is adding a new solution to its WellsOne Virtual Commercial Card , enabling business customers to digitally pay invoices to suppliers and others. Each card payment is then assigned a virtual number tied to a commercial card account. The financial services giant on Thursday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

Even so, there’s still plenty of work to be done to raise awareness about how sending or receiving RTP transactions can improve the banking client experience. With a full pipeline of onboarding projects, Whisler expects business in the first half of the year to quickly expand and then snowball from there. Limits And Fees.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Open banking’s impact on small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) continues to proliferate as traditional financial institutions (FIs) embrace the opportunity to unlock data for third-party platforms. ’s experience is quickly influencing the way SMB lenders approach open banking in other markets like the U.S. .’s

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CFO Simplified

AUGUST 14, 2022

Businesses depend on banks for more than just loaning money. Owners rely on banks to deposit cash, transfer funds, and process checks sent out to suppliers. Banks provide services that are essential to business owners, which is why it is important for business owners to maintain a good relationship with their bank.

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