B-to-B payments

As the political dispute drags on, there are implications beyond government disbursements, potentially harming corporate cash positions and the larger economy, according to payment experts from Billtrust and research firms.

Firms like Brex and Ramp are adding new tech faster than legacy banks, according to payment experts.

The bank is selling a bundle of products that enable businesses to store global currencies inside the U.S. in FDIC-insured accounts, lowering foreign exchange risk and reliance on third parties.

The big box retailer is trying to increase share among its business clients by adding financing options for businesses that are navigating economic volatility.

As the president's policy changes on a dime, machine learning can quickly alter strategies for compliance, payments and supply-chain management.

The multitrillion-dollar global market has opportunities and potential pitfalls for banks.

The company sells capital markets technology to small banks that have growing international processing needs, betting the lack of client overlap prevents a big bank/small bank competition.

The bank and payment company are using the technology that underpins digital assets to improve interoperability for international transactions, a major point of friction in trade finance.

The financial institution, which downsized earlier this year, is trying to broaden its scope to retain businesses that don't want to use multiple providers.

Amazon is working with Stripe to expand its Just Walk Out retail stores in Australia and Canada; Safaricom is working with Onafriq to support remittances sent via M-Pesa to Ethiopia; and more.

The blockchain company is targeting non-financial clients and new geographic regions in a series of product rollouts.

The technology, which has its roots in cryptocurrency, could make corporate transactions more flexible.

Ireland's central bank holds loan data for too long, Bank of America enables two-way corporate disbursements in Canada, and more.

It's hard to see FedNow as a revolutionary solution because it's not actually much newer, faster or cheaper in many cases than existing payment services.

Corporations are leaning harder on virtual cards as post-pandemic business travel ramps up amid hybrid work arrangements, according to a new Mastercard survey. Visa separately has extended its collaboration with virtual-card technology provider Conferma Pay.

JPMorgan Chase is expanding beyond acquiring in the Canadian small-business market, where it will have to rely on new technologies to be competitive.

Business-to-business payments have long been stuck in the past, with a heavy emphasis on paper checks. The need for modernization has attracted a flurry of technology developers.

The bank's purchase of Digital Payments Torana has become a key element of a newly combined payments business run by Amit Dhingra, enterprise payments director. The fintech's capabilities allow the bank to better serve government agencies, health care providers and other business categories.

The bank is working with invoicing vendor IFG to simplify the process of paying multiple suppliers.

Firms such as Mesh Payments and TripActions are anticipating that the trend for flexible and remote work will make it harder to distinguish personal and business purchases on the road.