B-to-B payments

New York- and Tel Aviv-based Behalf provides point-of-sale financing for SMEs making e-commerce purchases from large merchants. Visa will offer Behalf’s SME clients reusable, tokenized Visa virtual cards which give businesses instant loans for their purchases and flexible repayment schedules.

Regional banks are in a much better position to offer a more flexible customer-centric proposition and better service to mid-market corporate and small business players than national issuers, according to Henry Pooley, chief commercial officer at Fraedom.

Discover Financial Services has launched a version of the Discover "it" card for entrepreneurs whose rewards and features compete more directly with small-business cards offered by Amex and Chase.

By using a network of vendors with existing payment and financial terms, TD Bank hopes to expedite the paper processing for supply chain transactions and treasury management.

In a continued effort to expand beyond China's borders, China UnionPay will reportedly work with a U.K. company to issue issuing virtual corporate cards next month in Europe.

Electronic payments processor Mobile Credit Payment has launched an app that allows small businesses to invoice customers through social media channels and accept various payment methods.

The payments company released a platform made up of nine B2B networks and powered by Microsoft’s Azure.

BofA Merrill Lynch will extend Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay support for business cardholders, covering corporate, commercial and purchasing cards in the U.S.

New architecture for real-time payments went live in recent months in key global markets, expanding B2B payment options for financial institutions and their corporate customers.

Wirecard is expanding its reach in Brazil by enabling small businesses and to send funds and pay bills through its digital platform, with plans to add card payments this year.