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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Recent data indicated that 82 percent of SMBs shutter in their first year because of poor cash management operations. As SMBs seek opportunities to expand their operations, and reach new customers and markets, they will need the right spend and workforce tools to ensure funds are spent appropriately. Inside The Playbook.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

This week's look at the convergence of accounts payable and accounts receivable finds tools like commercial cards, trade credit, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation easing friction on both ends of a B2B transactions. As it turns out, the technology can also ease friction for suppliers' AR operations, too.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

The frequency of state-sponsored attacks has intensified in recent years — with a level of sophistication and technical and financial backing to their operations that has never before been seen. Cash-out scams, he noted, used to be about harvesting thousands and perhaps even hundreds of thousands of gift and prepaid cards in a heist.

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MARCH 10, 2020

In seed funding from well-known angel investors, corporate card FinTech Karbon Card has notched $2 million. Amit Jangir and Pei-fu Hsieh started Karbon Card last year. The firm offers an alternative to corporate cards. Hsieh said per reports, “Our vision is to empower all startups to achieve more through a Karbon Card.”.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mastercard and pan-European FinTech myPOS are teaming up to promote card payment solutions to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across Europe, Mastercard announced on Thursday (Feb. The strategic partnership aims to inform more SMBs about the new tools for card acceptance that can fit their needs and budget.

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JULY 8, 2020

With commercial cards an increasingly popular choice in the B2B payments space, industry innovators are exploring pockets of opportunity to drive adoption through mitigating friction. For others, commercial card innovation comes in the form of overcoming the adoption hurdle of a lack of supplier acceptance. InstaRem Expands BizPay.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Businesses of all sizes are slowly phasing manual expense tools out of spend management strategies. The latest Workforce Spend Playbook analyzes how expense management tools are shifting to provide quicker and more convenient services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in all markets.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It can also serve as a powerful tool in restaurants’ fight against fraud, which is becoming an increasingly prevalent issue as bad actors target the flood of customers using digital channels during the COVID-19 pandemic. Boston Market On The Fraud-Fighting, Customer Service-Enhancing Power Of AI. Around The Mobile Order-Ahead World.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

Both established markets and emerging vendors on the Dark Web have been actively promoting fresh inventory and steep discounts for holiday sales, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Carding shops offer bulk sales on compromised payment card data. Another popular category in the underground is account markets.

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JULY 9, 2020

With commercial credit cards historically viewed as a payment vehicle for businesses to make one-off purchases for the office or while on a business trip, the small business credit card has yet to catch up to adoption volumes seen by other payment methods like direct bank transfers in the B2B payments space. In markets like the U.K.,

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

At the dawn of 2020, commercial cards made up only a fraction of overall B2B payments volume, even as corporates continued their slow-but-sure payments digitization efforts away from the paper check. But in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the corporate card seemed to unlock more value for businesses large and small.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Customer experience management platform provider Paytronix released its holiday gift card report on Tuesday (Jan. 12) and found a mixed bag for restaurant sales of gift cards. Its research found that overall card sales ended the year down 31.8 percent rise in average spend per gift card during 2020.

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JUNE 10, 2019

Amazon is linking with Synchrony Financial to offer a new credit card for Amazon Prime members who have bad credit. As reported Monday (June 10), the card, known as “Amazon Credit Builder” will let users build up their credit profiles through the use of a secured card, and the firms also will offer budgeting tools.

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JUNE 26, 2020

The government has since turned to prepaid debit cards to reach some of the millions of citizens who fell through the cracks in the early phase of the program. Large and small firms’ operations have been thoroughly disrupted by the past months’ events. The trends transforming the labor market.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

The global contactless payment market is projected to reach $18 billion by 2025, in fact, up from $10 billion last year — a nearly 12 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR). Looking ahead at 2021, positive signs are on the horizon for the industry despite strains on CU operations due to the pandemic.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Despite its demonetization policy, a thriving eCommerce climate, and continued growth in electronic and mobile payments, card penetration remains especially low in India, hovering at about 2 percent to 3 percent. It’s an interesting phenomenon, especially considering the path to corporate card adoption elsewhere.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Payment solution provider Plastiq has teamed with accounts payable (AP) automation company Tipalti to let companies pay vendors with their business credit cards even if their vendors don’t accept credit cards, according to a Wednesday (Dec. 9) announcement. The news comes as Plastiq joined the U.S.

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MARCH 27, 2020

In a recent report, CrunchBase looked back at how VC investors reacted to the market downturn over a decade ago. The publication pointed to commentary from angel investor and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, who predicted “that 50-80 percent of the venture-backed startups currently operating will shut down or go on life-support.”

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A company that operates quietly in the background of popular financial apps and platforms is taking steps to become more visible.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

JPMorgan Chase , aiming to get a bigger piece of the point of sale financing market, announced Wednesday (Feb. 27) that it is launching “My Chase Plan,” a tool that allows card customers to finance purchases of more than $500.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

construction market is on a roll, and recent data suggests it is unlikely to slow. The market is on track to record a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.9 Construction firms looking to succeed in this growing market and turn a profit must complete their projects on time, which means access to steady cash flows is crucial.

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MARCH 11, 2020

B2B FinTechs are once again showing off the versatility of the corporate card. While QuickBooks is piloting card payments on invoices powered by PayPal , Airwallex is readying the launch of its own corporate card — both physical and virtual — designed to enable cross-border payments. QuickBooks Adds Card Payment Support.

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APRIL 9, 2020

In Australia, the commercial card market is one example of how bureaucracy and legacy process have stifled access to important SMB financial services, despite a continued surge in banking innovation and digitization. “People don’t just want a physical credit card to swipe at the shops,” he said.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Many companies are becoming interested in replacing paper check payments with those conducted via virtual cards or other means, according to Meitra Aycock , senior vice president of corporate payment operations at B2B payments solutions provider Comdata. Firms that are interested in AP tools may still struggle to adopt them, however.

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JUNE 17, 2020

The ensuing attack vector known “card testing” is a technique favored by fraudsters, where a series of small purchases are made to mimic valid user behavior before a larger theft is tried. After one of these attacks, businesses are left with lost product and costly chargebacks when the consumer realizes [her] card was stolen.

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JULY 2, 2019

Powered by Visa Direct, Visa’s real-time push payments solution, (Instant Transfer) moves money from customers’ PayPal accounts to their bank account via their Visa debit cards — providing an experience that offers speed, security and convenience, 24/7/365,” according to statement describing the launch. Australia, Italy and Spain.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Analysis of contactless card transactions revealed that the volume of commercial card contactless payments, both debit and credit, jumped 24 percent between 2018 and 2019. At the same time, commercial credit cards’ cash advances dropped 14 percent last year. SumUp Wields Cards For Faster Revenue.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Commercial cards remain only a fraction of the B2B payments space, but FinTech firms, banks and other financial service providers continue to develop new solutions aimed at boosting adoption. For companies like SmartEquip and Unified Payments Group , that means introducing new ways to lift the burden of suppliers accepting cards.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

India will see its first small business credit card product, according to EnKash , which announced the roll-out of its commercial card tool on Monday (Aug. Dubbed the Freedom Card , the solution has operated in beta phase for the last few weeks, reports in IndianWeb2 said.

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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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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

While “reselling” or “secondary market” are more likely to keep ownership of this burgeoning market, the reselling market is reinventing itself for 2020. For See You Tomorrow, Yerdle will power all backend operations including cleaning and repairing of product, inventory processing and fulfillment, pricing and authentication.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

The market for franchised cleaning services, excluding commercial or janitorial companies, has expanded at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.8 It uses a range of payment solutions to preserve efficient operations, quickly reimbursing workers and fueling its vehicle fleet. percent from 2014 to 2019.

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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.

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MAY 31, 2017

Card processor TSYS is looking to heighten the security of mobile corporate payments. The company announced Tuesday (May 30) that it is enabling tokenization across its North American commercial card program, allowing businesses to let their own cardholders pay with a mobile device. To do this across all of our U.S.

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AUGUST 15, 2019

The Apple Card looms, with a rollout that began last week through Goldman Sachs, and according to at least one analysis, the card might underwhelm consumers, lead to muted results (at least at the outset) for its tech and banking backers, and for Goldman, even lead to losses, depending on the economic climate. And even some losses?

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Factoring company AeroFund International has launched a new division that offers businesses with virtual procurement cards, the company said this week. AeroFund has formed AeroPay Express , a unit that provides virtual procurement cards that act as a line of credit to business payers, as well as vendor management services.

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MAY 5, 2020

has taken in $920 million in cash via arrangements with co-branded credit card firms. and Hilton have also reportedly recently tapped into the bond markets. As it weathers a lull in travel because of COVID-19, Marriott International Inc. The hotel firm will receive $570 million from JPMorgan Chase & Co. Marriott, Hyatt Hotels Corp.

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