B-to-B payments

Small businesses still process a large number of transactions and can fall behind if there are delays, says Valtatech's Jussi Karjalainen.

Helping corporates manage cash and liquidity through automated data-based actions can start to ease serious headaches for treasurers, says Icon Solutions' Simon Wilson.

COVID-19’s impact on travel has been dramatic, and it has forced both consumers and travel executives to re-imagine what travel will look like going forward.

The decentralizing of business payments staff requires agility that's permanent, says Nvoicepay's Lauren Ruef.

Payments technology provider Plastiq says it is the first company to fully integrate Intuit QuickBooks Online onto its payments platform — a move that illustrates the growing power of Plastiq's technology.

Careful due diligence is required when picking technology to expedite accounts payable automation, says Kofax's Michelle Trapani.

Preparing to expand its B2B e-commerce offerings in North America, Fortis Payment Systems LLC has acquired technology integrator Swype at Work and entered a long-term partnership with Swype affiliate Net at Work.

The events of 2020 fueled new customer expectations, accelerated digital transformation and allowed B2B companies to react and deliver. But customers’ changing expectations are not going to disappear, says MSTS' Brandon Spear.

Finance teams can cut down their workload significantly and free up time to analyze data and make more strategic decisions towards improving customer experience and business growth, says RecVue's Amit Chaudhry.

Scotiabank is an early adopter of a Canadian initiative to improve liquidity for B2B transactions by speeding processing.

In order for suppliers to recover and prepare for future growth, it’s critical to understand the complex nature of the corporate cash cycle, says AvidXchange's Denise Leleux.

E-commerce and digital finance are expanding quickly due to the pandemic, economic downturn and plans for recovery — providing opportunities for VCs that back technology that powers faster, more digital payments.

As executives continue to navigate business strategy decisions to deal with dramatic changes in supply chains, proper communication and strong supplier relationships is widely considered a prerequisite when exploring P2P risks, says Practis' Jan van der Pouw.

Banks trudging along slowly with digital advancements are getting a push from virtual card technology providers touting the concept of mass distribution for commercial card issuers.

Stripe’s technology, which enables millions of merchants to easily accept payments online, also provides a window into the broader money-management pain points of the businesses it serves — and it is through this window that Stripe sees a path for growth.

Salesforce.com Inc. agreed to buy Slack Technologies Inc. for $27.7 billion in cash and stock, giving the corporate software giant a popular workplace-communications platform in one of the biggest technology deals of the year.

Digital workforce collaboration apps like Slack are hot acquisition targets, particularly for a company like Salesforce, which needs to compete with enterprise technology companies while making it easy for its clients to execute an "invisible payment" that's embedded in cross-selling and marketing.

As the pandemic continues to expose vulnerabilities, executives need to alter and reshape their risk management strategies with purchase to pay in mind for future success, says Proactis' Jan van der Pouw.

Payoneer has integrated its payment orchestration platform into its core services, a year after obtaining the cloud-based technology through the acquisition of German payments provider Optile.

Banks have made great strides in applying digital technology to the world of checks, but companies that receive checks still have to physically receive them in order to digitize them, says Santander's Greg Murray.