B-to-B payments

Payment fintech Tribe Payments says it has implemented its new software platform at Telleroo to provide the company direct access to payment rails and other banking services for its accounting and bookkeeper clients.

The economic outlook for the next year has been a moving target, but business payment companies fear that certain organizations are losing patience with the speed of transactions.

Rather than jump headlong into a crowded P2P market, the team at startup ATCE Holdings instead saw a need to address the high costs of B2B payments — and singled out the agricultural industry as a good place to start.

Tokyo-based credit card brand JCB faces a domestic battle to automate Japanese B2B payments that remain mired in old-school cash and paper, while it also tries to grow an international e-commerce network. It's a diverse set of challenges that have led the company to bring on a pair of technology partners.

Customers will be able to use the service by clicking on the QR transactions option and using their camera to scan the code that appears on the app screen.

For most companies, no role within accounts payable focuses solely on handling errors, enablement, fielding phone calls, or escheatment, says Nvoicepay's Kristin Cardinali.

Digital technology is increasingly connecting compensation and payment capabilities for contractors and creating an ability to share apps. It's a trend that’s brought Citi and PayPal together to offer flexibility and a network effect to counter fintechs.

Payment companies looking for relief from international political chaos got a moment of clarity in the form of a decisive U.K. election and nominal progress in the trade war.

In order to overcome this digital payment inertia we need to design solutions that allow buyers and suppliers to focus on a more critical aspect of the transaction experience—the sale itself, says Billtrust's Nick Babinsky.

B2B global payments provider Payoneer is acquiring German fintech Optile to expand its services to include consumer-to-business payments acceptance.