B-to-B payments

The case for real-time payments isn’t just about instant gratification. Truncating settlement times has enormous benefits to FIs, businesses and even governments.

Payment Rails is putting a tight focus on the emerging area of “influencer marketing,” where global brands are spreading money among individuals who use social media to promote products.

Venmo achieved its status by designing its interface like that of a social network. PayPal's version of that comes from Facebook.

PayPal is following up on its P-to-P Facebook Messenger service by adding a chat extension that supports invoicing as part of a broader conversation about a sale.

PayStand, a blockchain business-to-business payments platform, has completed a $6 million funding round through BlueRun Ventures.

Modulr Finance, a U.K. payments application interface provider, is providing a service level agreement for business-to-business payments that guarantees automation for high volumes of complex payments at any time.

The most popular P-to-P schemes such as Venmo are still linked to an underlying payment card, meant to benefit “pull” payment incumbents, according to RPGC's Rene Pelegero.

Viewpoint's Henry Ferguson has heard the arguments against digitization firsthand, when checking with advisers who take the temperature of people in the construction industry.

Citigroup is extending a technology program that's designed to cut excess out of international supply procurement.

American Express Canada is launching a digital payment solution that replaces plastic cards with virtual account numbers.