PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Corporates across the Asia Pacific region are increasing their use of commercial card products, according to a new report from Citi. Businesses increased their spend on commercial cards by 24 percent in 2017, Citi’s analysis found. Reports in The Asset on Thursday (Oct. Reports in The Asset on Thursday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

EedenBull , which works with payment and spend technology, has a new agreement with National Australia Bank (NAB) in which the bank will let its small- to medium-sized business (SMB) users access EedenBull’s payment and spend platform, according to a report from Finacial IT.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

FLEETCOR , which works in global business payments, announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire cross-border payment firm Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX) to help boost its own payments network, a press release says.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

million credit card customers to more easily manage and pay their balances. The bank’s “Pay by Bank” platform will be enabled by Mastercard’s Open Banking Connect service, which allows mobile and online credit card customers to make safe and instant electronic payments from their accounts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

With the pandemic nudging businesses further into the digital payments realm, commercial card innovation is heating up to capitalize on the opportunity for adoption. Boost Bolsters BMO Harris Bank’s Biz Cards. Global Cash Card’s Legal Saga Ends. ” Mastercard, EedenBull Expand Into APAC.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Spend controls were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to feature and program launches. This week’s commercial card innovation tracker includes a rollout of the next generation of authorization controls from Comdata Inc., Finaxar Teams With Visa On SMB Spend Management.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

FinTech solution company Entersekt has upgraded its authentication technology in the DACH region of Europe, according to a release. Two major Austrian card issuers are also using the technology. Experience counts when tight deadlines and project complexity raise the stakes,” said Uwe Härtel, Central Europe country manager at Entersekt.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Volopay is teaming up with global FinTech platform Nium to offer a new and improved corporate credit card to enable companies to keep a sharper eye on expenses. Volopay, which is currently focused on Singapore-based businesses, is now planning to expand its reach to the entire ASEAN region and Australia as well.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Technologies and payment solutions are finding the opportunity to multitask with solutions that, while initially focused on the corporate buyer, have now expanded to tackle friction for the supplier as well. Boost Gives Suppliers A Voice In Card Acceptance.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Standard Chartered and Amazon.ae , the company's United Arab Emirates website, are launching a new installment payments method for customers, according to The Fintech Times. Payfort managing director Omar Soudodi said the offering would help to bolster financial choice. "We store," he said in the report.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

A year after its creation, France-based Spendesk has launched its corporate expense management solution to the EU market, reports said Monday (May 31). “Payments are one click away, but always in the hands of the CFOs. “Payments are one click away, but always in the hands of the CFOs.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

This earnings season, the downturn has become apparent as several corporate payments technology players post losses. What's more, the market lull may offer a moment to focus on innovation for the future as commercial payment habits shift — perhaps permanently. Virtual Cards And Mobile Technology. While losses climbed from $5.7

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Community banks and credit unions are feeling the pressure to boost their digital card services or risk losing customers to megabanks and digital challengers, Ondot Systems ’ Chief Strategy Officer Todd Lesher told PYMNTS in a recent discussion. And once a top of wallet is set, the card becomes invisible and changes very infrequently.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

PSCU, one of the nation’s premier Credit Union Service Organizations (CUSO), has named two new account management executives, as part of what the company calls its continued commitment to delivering a best-in-class experience, according to a press release. Before that, she worked in senior positions at Total System Services (TSYS) and BBVA.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

A new report from Mastercard links use of commercial cards to cost savings for businesses, according to reports in Verdict. Use of a commercial card program to manage employee travel expenses, however, reduces these operational costs and is linked to add-on benefits like travel insurance and rewards.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

“We are seeing more and more issuing banks championing virtual cards that feed directly into mobile wallets, doing away with plastic once and for all.”. For example, do we really need plastic cards anymore? The pandemic triggered seismic shifts in the way people behave and interact with traditional forms of payment. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Payment service provider PayFort , which is based in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has changed its name to Amazon Payment Services, a letter from Managing Director Omar Soudodi stated, and it will now offer installment payments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Businesses of all sizes are doing their best to stay on top of changing payment trends and consumer expectations as the pandemic continues to impact how money is moved. The tool will enable PNC clients to disburse money at speed to their own clients as well as their employees, without having to fall back on legacy payment methods.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2020

Careem , the Dubai-based ride hailing company, has entered into a partnership with Visa to expand digital payments. The agreement is expected to accelerate cashless payments and digital banking across the Middle East and North Africa, the companies announced. Last year, Careem was acquired by Uber, their global competition giant.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

HSBC has added six foreign currencies supported by its commercial card products in Europe in support of corporates operating across borders in the region. We now offer a full range of commercial card products to clients across 26 countries in Europe and 43 countries globally, with the same core capabilities in each market.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

They are also exhibiting increasingly robust cross-border payments capabilities, with a focus on simplicity and ease of operations internationally. The trouble is that many firms are not equipped to manage the complex logistics that go along with enabling localized buying and payment experiences for domestic and international customers.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Mastercard and Norwegian financial technology (FinTech) company EedenBull have agreed to expand their partnership to the Asia Pacific region, the firms announced Monday (June 29). Based in Norway, Scotland and Singapore, EedenBull calls itself a “technology-agnostic innovation company built by banking, payment and technology professionals.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

BNP Paribas, Coupa Pair On V-Cards. Corporate spend management platform Coupa is expanding availability of virtual commercial card payments as a result of a partnership with BNP Paribas , according to a press release from the financial institution. Railsbank Extends Aspire Functionality. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Grab, the ride-hailing company out of Southeast Asia, and Mastercard, the payment company, announced on Wednesday (Oct. 24) a partnership to issue prepaid cards tailored to the Southeast Asian market. To overcome that, Grab, along with Mastercard, will issue virtual and physical prepaid cards directly from the Grab app.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

European Card Fraud in 2021: Winners, Losers and Scams. The United Kingdom and the Nordic region continue to lead Europe in terms of digital transformation and fraud loss reduction - but non-card scams are rising fast. Only four countries of the 18 we studied improved their card fraud performance in 2021. Darcy Sullivan.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Regal Software has announced a collaboration with Mastercard that enables financial institutions to support virtual corporate payments. In a press release , Regal said its agreement with Mastercard will allow banks to provide an integrated payables platform that supports virtual card payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Visa and its India FinTech partner, Open , are rolling out their joint credit card product for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). 11) that Open, which operates a small business banking and financial services platform, announced the Founder’s Card, the result of its existing partnership with Visa. billion worth of transactions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Relatively new procurement cards? Matching the payment mechanism to the project has been a thorn in the side of global procurement since the days of the spice trade. Driving B2B Payments' Evolution. Often, the payment method replacing paper is ACH payments, a substitution Anderson said will be accelerated by RTP.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2018

Visa and Wirecard are collaborating on a digital fleet card program, the companies revealed in an announcement on Thursday (June 21). The solution will be available to businesses across Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa before rollout in other geographic regions. This is costly and time-consuming.

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Bobsguide

JUNE 22, 2022

Interswitch, Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce company, and Compass Plus Technologies, an international provider of retail banking and electronic payments software, have announced a partnership to further strengthen Interswitch’s payment card processing capacity in Africa.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings. Oxbury, ClearBank Pair for Payments. payment schemes. Faster Payments scheme.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

InComm , a global prepaid product and payment technology company, has announced a partnership with Welcia , Japan’s leading pharmacy chain, to launch four mobile barcode payment solutions in its stores. InComm will be integrating its point-of-sale payment technology directly with Welcia.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Marqeta , a card issuing platform, has introduced a new service called Marqeta Reserve Financing, which is designed to help businesses incorporate a reserve financing option into their workflow, according to a release. Marqeta customers will get detailed reports of capital and simple management processes. On Monday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Travelport , which enables corporate travel agencies with point-of-sale (POS) technology, is repositioning itself in response to heightened awareness and adoption of virtual cards (v-cards) in the business travel space. With this agreement, we look forward to improving the hotel billback solution for our customers in the region.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

The brand-new Workforce Spend Management Tracker, a PYMNTS and PEX collaboration, covers the development of new workforce spend solutions and the ways they work to offer financial flexibility and transparency to both field-based workers and accounting departments. Deep Dive: Paper Checks Fall As Corporate Cards Soar.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

In today’s top digital-first banking news, Goldman Sachs has selected FinTech startup Marqeta to power digital checking accounts for Marcus, while California credit card startup X1 notched $12 million in a funding round headed up by Spark Capital. X1 Card Raises $12 Million In Funding Round Led By Spark Capital.

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Accenture

APRIL 21, 2017

A recent Accenture roundtable discussion concluded that European banks have the opportunity to develop innovative transaction banking offerings using virtual accounts, such as virtual cash management, to address changing market needs and create new business models.

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