PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Today in B2B payments, Citi announces its news Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) head, while Rho lands new funding and adds accounts payable to its business banking technology. Plus, Medius collaborates on invoice management, TravelPerk acquires NexTravel, and Sweep lands funding for T&E tools.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Instead, taking a look at the latest solutions to emerge on the market shows various applications for speed in commercial transactions, from faster deposits for small businesses, to virtual cards enabling faster invoice payments for suppliers. Chase Accelerates SMB Bank Deposits. FinTechs Move Money To Vendors Faster.

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JULY 10, 2019

Some of the biggest industry trends, including faster payments, open banking and bank-FinTech collaboration, have found their ways into the Canadian market, the B2B payments space is not immune to disruption from these shifts. According to Lansdowne-Higgins, among the biggest challenges in accounts payable today is the data silos.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

For years, any attention given to solving B2B payments friction was typically focused on the payer. Yet, as innovators have chip away at friction points, they have recognized the value of incorporating a supplier’s accounts receivable (AR) experience into their solutions. “The person receiving it is just happy to get paid.”

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MAY 1, 2020

So are paper invoices that precede them. In point of fact, most businesses of any size have a hybrid treasury-accounting back office where digital tools and paper instruments coexist. There is no debating the speed and accuracy of digital accounts payable (AP) and AR tools versus paper and the postal service.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

As B2B FinTech firms continue working to break down silos, and ease the numerous friction points of the B2B payments process for both buyer and seller, the opportunities for data integration are vast. “This combination increases data accuracy, and shortens payment cycles.” Going Further With Open Banking.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This week's B2B Data Digest looks at the latest figures behind such fraud targeting corporate finance teams. 21 percent of business leaders say payment authorization and authentication are requirements when choosing a treasury management platform , a report by Citizens Commercial Banking found. Barrenechea in a statement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

We discover a basic truth upon reading PYMNTS November 2020 CFO’s Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments done in collaboration with Comdata : many treasury operations need digital triage. Companies shifting to digital payment methods are overcoming many of the challenges that have historically plagued business-to-business (B2B) transactions.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Although the enterprise continues to accelerate its digitization efforts, chief financial officers keep hitting roadblocks when it comes to modernizing workflows regarding accounts payable (AP) and embracing electronic payments. Strengthening B2B Ties. Expanding The Scope. Monetizing The Virtual Card.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

PYMNTS December 2020 Global B2B Payments Playbook done in collaboration with Worldpay makes a simple, somewhat baffling observation: “Many B2B payments are [still] being made over the same rails that firms have leveraged for decades, utilizing familiar payment tools and being supported by the same pre- and post-payment systems.”.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

There is as yet no Venmo or Zelle for the $38 trillion global business-to-business (B2B) payments sector. That’s surprising for several reasons, and here’s a good one: nearly 70 percent of accounts payable (AP) professionals say suppliers value payments speed above all. Out with the Old.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

As treasury management becomes increasingly digital, a bank’s corporate banking clients face challenges when it comes to modernizing treasury workflows. The vast majority of treasury organizations want simple, tech-driven solutions that don’t require them to go out and make use of new products. Many-To-Many Markets .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Chicago-based Signature Bank is rolling out a technology platform called Finrails AP to simplify B2B payments, the company announced on Thursday (Feb. Finrails AP offers businesses a cloud-based accounts payable (AP) solution that automates B2B payments on a secure digital dashboard using numerous payment methods.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

The scenario of frazzled buyers negotiating extended payment terms — in many cases having to choose who gets paid and who doesn’t — has made the whole “invoice to check to envelope to swirling vortex of the unknown” thing absurd. Configurable And Secure For Remote Treasury. Who has the time for this anymore?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The Playbook also calls out “three-way invoice matching — in which staff must compare invoices to purchase orders and goods received notes,” and the frustrations that brings, but automation can reduce these stresses by matching these invoices automatically. Platforms Streamlining Mass Payables.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A summer lull in B2B venture capital appears to have given way to an impressive start to the fall season. This week, two massive deals landed with B2B payments innovators at Fundbox and Tipalti, but they were far from the only players to have secured new funding. Everledger. Engage:BDR. Reports in L.A.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Paper-based payment methods such as checks and cash are awkward and cumbersome in either business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions. Such legacy payment methods are usually tied to paper-based invoices and manual tracking and reconciliation procedures, which impede payments from being processed in a timely manner.

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JULY 7, 2020

With a focus on its broader treasury management offerings, People’s United is adding MineralTree’s invoice-to-pay solution and FIS’s integrated payables technology to streamline business clients’ accounts payable processes. Five Star Bank Taps Corserv Card Tech.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Traditionally, the cost and administrative burden of card acceptance has kept the tool from gaining traction in accounts payable. Further, Leavitt added, the commercial card sits nicely within the B2B market’s demand for data. ” Recognizing Commercial Card Advantages. Bending the Card Rails.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

With pressure mounting for the enterprise to digitize, accounts payable automation is seen as a crucial part of achieving greater efficiency, cost savings, visibility into spend and strengthening of vendor relationships, to name a few benefits. But when it comes to money, businesses may be reluctant to hand the reins to a third party.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

The paper check, the paper invoice, slow accounts receivable (AR) processes and collecting on aging receivables can be difficult for even the most seasoned AR professionals. Shields noted that accurately predicting anticipated invoice payment dates can have ripple effects throughout an organization. “No The problems are analog.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

There will also be automated responses to vendor and supplier inquiries about invoice payment status, approval status and short pay issues, the release stated. Intelligent Planning helps boost accurate cash flow predictions, which in turn can bolster sustainable growth through well-placed strategy, the release noted.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

There’s simply no longer the time or bandwidth for manual accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR). Such modernizations could help financial departments process invoices more quickly and easily.”. Since there’s no way back, the payments industry is now cutting new pathways. The poll of 325 U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Smooth accounts payable and receivable processes depend on the ability to easily access, manage and interpret payments data, but complex workflows and old-school tools can get in the way. Modern automation and integrations can make it unnecessary to swap between many different applications.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This week’s B2B Data Digest takes a look at the latest data points behind more cases of B2B payments fraud. Separate research from Coveware found companies paid an average of $84,116 to recover their files in Q4 2019, reports said, adding that public entities accounted for about one-tenth of 2019’s cases.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

Not so on the B2B side of payments, where payments between trading partners remain dominated by the 20th-century’s favorite payment method — where, staggeringly, 50 percent of all payments between business are made by check. “If Building a B2B Payments Hub. They are very clearly an underserved market.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2016

Between treasury management, accounting, invoicing, cash management and all the other money tools corporates have access to today, it’s a wonder CFOs can keep their heads on straight. It’s changed the game, not only for corporate clients but for the FinTech players developing and offering these treasury solutions.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

The FinTech enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, which is focused on automating treasury management and order-to-cash processes, said the new technology reinforces its investment and plan to make AR automation an important driver for business expansion, according to an announcement.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The last decade of B2B FinTech innovation not only led to an explosion of product options for businesses to manage a variety of processes, including accounts receivable (AR), accounts payable (AP) and accounting. Customer Choice. Further, that choice must also expand into the area of data. Innovation Ahead.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Invoice and purchase order manipulation, company credit card abuse and fraudulent use of company checks all surface as cautionary tales for corporates’ internal financial processes. consumers in the first half of 2019 , according to new analysis from Parliament’s Treasury Select Committee. 777 million was stolen from U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The PYMNTS December 2019 Next-Gen AP Automation Tracker details explosive innovation in real-time payments for business, driven in no small part by accounts payable (AP) professionals. Close to one-quarter of AP pros surveyed also want to bring ePayables and virtual cards online for treasury operations. Digitize to Actualize.

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APRIL 1, 2016

Corporations have been chastised in recent years as floods of new data reveal the ongoing prevalence of paper checks in B2B payments. Bank’s head of receivables solutions for treasury management. The B2B payments space, on the other hand, not so much. The B2B space has, historically, had challenges.”. B2C To B2B.

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APRIL 30, 2019

This challenge often emerges with small businesses (SMBs) that are not large enough to fit into a bank’s corporate and treasury services unit, and are, therefore, forced into being serviced with consumer-targeted products. The financial services space often encounters the conundrum of trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.

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MAY 1, 2019

Corporate treasury technology company HighRadius is rolling out a new cash flow forecasting solution developed using artificial intelligence (AI) technology. HighRadius said that legacy strategy is “crippling corporate treasurers from making confident short-term and long-term debt and investment decisions.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Manual, paper-based AP procedures can stand in the way of this, though, because these methods require staff to spend time and resources handling invoices and typing details into company systems. Thirty-seven percent said invoice processing was among the three most inefficient parts of their companies’ financial operations.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Solution providers in accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) are increasingly servicing not only their corporate customers, but their customers’ own business partners with their technologies. At what point in the workflow can I prevent an invoice from going past due in the first place?”.

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APRIL 29, 2016

Accounts payable departments can use the strategy set to identify dynamic discounting opportunities, optimize their payment terms, streamline reporting and data capture and access supply chain finance. Accounts payable and procurement are partnering with treasury to look at cash management more holistically,” the executive said.

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