B-to-B payments

Oak HC/FT is the lead investor in a $100 million round in Rapyd, a company that’s designed to serve a complex international supply chain.

To really solve cash management struggles once and for all, it’s critical to start by targeting necessary process improvements, says Bottomline Technologies' Bill Wardwell.

As businesses navigate the trade war, these loans can help cover anything from inventory to office supplies – any area where a business is taking a hit, says Become's Eden Amirav.

Today, borderless supply chains define business opportunities and brick and mortar presence is just an afterthought, says Amex's Dean Henry.

Mastercard signaled a new direction for corporate payments when it bought VocaLink a few years ago, and the company’s emerging vision for a B2B payments network suggests a new challenge for its commercial cards business.

Older treasury management and B2B payments technology is constricting overall business, but the technology migration is also difficult, argues Bottomline Technologies' Bill Wardwell.

Boosted by companies like Klarna, Affirm and Splitit, payment installment plans have become a popular alternative to credit card debt for consumers — and business transactions are the next target.

Infosys has joined Visa B2B Connect, a four-month old Visa hub that cuts indirect processes and intermediaries out of global business transactions.

Intermediary banks play a vital role in the complex ecosystem of multi-currency payments, says Nvoicepay's Alyssa Callahan.

Online and cloud-hosted B2B services are on the rise, breaking apart traditional payroll and exposing pain points for technology developers to address.