PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

From coordinating a team of newly remote workers to assessing new business models, the coronavirus pandemic is drastically disrupting the way organizations run and it is forcing a complete rethink of almost every aspect of operations — payments included. While it’s still early days, Boost Payment Solutions Founder and CEO Dean M.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, IBM has bought Canada-based Expertus Technologies, while Gojek is rolling out its new GoBiz Plus point-of-sale (POS) offering. Gojek Debuts POS System for Indonesian Merchants That Accepts Cashless Payments. EU Releases First Drafts for Digital Services, Digital Markets Acts.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Though credit cards were not originally designed to address the needs of corporate payers, advances in commercial card technology have positioned the payment tool as one that’s gaining traction in the accounts payable department. This, he noted, is Mesh’s entryway to the market of cross-border B2B payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

Hotels, airlines and homesharing platforms need strategies to satisfy the travel needs of four generations of jetsetters, who each have different booking and payment preferences. Some millennials, in one case, would abandon travel booking processes if their preferred payment method was not offered. All this, Today in Data.

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MAY 14, 2024

Stearns Bank in Saint Cloud is working with the on-demand payment technology firm Reset to launch an earned-wage card for blue collar and immigrant families struggling with access to money.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Commercial card technology can ease multiple pain points in B2B payments. But as today’s industry players reveal, the commercial card opportunity is often biggest in areas outside of the payment. Pleo Makes a Commercial Card Shift. market, including Tide and Soldo. Citi Targets Customer Service.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

FinTech SumUp is launching its first card for business payments, in partnership with Mastercard , SumUp announced in a blog post on Tuesday (Feb. The new SumUp Card will enable merchants to quickly access money and monitor finances while making necessary business payments. The card will also help U.K.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The November CFO’s Guide To Digitizing B2B Payments report examines how companies are modernizing their AP and accounts receivable (AR) processes for smoother procurement experiences. Around The B2B Payments World. How Virtual Cards Help Build Better Construction Pr ocurement. percent from 2020 to 2027. Read more in the report.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

CPI Card Group announced that it has launched Second Wave cards for markets including transit, hospitality, entertainment and more. First launched in September, Second Wave payment cards feature a core made with recovered ocean-bound plastic to reduce first-use plastic while diverting plastic waste from entering the ocean.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Most are encouraging employees to work from home while also moving their back-office operations online, and payments operations are no exception. Around The B2B Payments For The Virtual Workforce World. The benefits of using digital B2B payments solutions extend far beyond their ability to support a decentralized workforce.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The corporate card can have a home in the digital wallet thanks to collaborations and technology platforms designed for card issuers. FinTech firm Nium has teamed with Southeast Asia neo-bank Aspire to enable a mobile payments feature with its cards. Nium Teams With Aspire, Volopay.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

With businesses large and small increasingly turning their attention toward recovery efforts, the commercial credit card market is exploring ways to help their corporate card holders. Commercial Card, Global Commercial Services, Courtney Kelso in a statement. Neat Debuts Its Visa Card For Small Businesses.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

On the path to payments innovation, collaboration is key. Mastercard Mobilizes The Virtual Commercial Card. This week, Mastercard unveiled its newest commercial payments technology offering: a virtual card product that is supported by mobile wallets. Razorpay Links With Visa For Small Business Card Solutions.

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PYMNTS

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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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

JUNE 24, 2020

plans to offer a Samsung Pay Card that will give customers “a simple and flexible way to control their money,” the company said in a Wednesday (June 24) press release. Noting the partnership with Curve “is the first of its kind in Europe for Samsung Pay,” the firm said the Samsung Pay Card will launch in the U.K. later this year. “We

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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. As it turns out, the technology can also ease friction for suppliers' AR operations, too.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

The United Kingdom-based mobile commerce company recently completed the installation of the new payment option on SoftBank phones, so that customers can make purchases without having to whip out a credit card or punch in a credit card number, Bango noted in its press release. a subsidiary of SoftBank Corp.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

When the commercial card first came on the scene, executives thought of the payment tool in limited terms: a piece of plastic their employees could use to make one-off purchases at the office supply or hardware store, buy a coffee while on a business trip or take a client out to dinner. ” Recognizing Commercial Card Advantages.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Global payment processor Payroc announced Wednesday (Nov. 18) in a company press release emailed to PYMNTS that it has acquired Bluestone Payments. Bluestone Payments, founded by Linda Rossetti and launched in 2006, connects merchants in niche markets to payments programs through a referral system.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The creation of credit card infrastructure 60 years ago initially had the consumer in mind, but recent history has shown that investments in card technology are capturing a greater share of the B2B payments market. In another scenario, he pointed to some suppliers’ use of early payment discount programs.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 3, 2019

Mastercard’s tokenization technology made the digital-first Apple Card possible, but purely from a technological standpoint, Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Solutions at Mastercard, told Bank Innovation. It was the evolution of consumers' and merchants' preferences in how they make and receive payments that made the card a reality.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

billion non-prepaid debit card transactions in 2018, solidifying debit as a staple payment type. They insert or swipe their debit cards at stores’ point-of-sale (POS) devices — or key in details online — and maybe enter PINs, but the behind-the-scenes processes through which transactions are routed are kept invisible.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The cloud storage subscription market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.8 North America and Europe also have presented strong user bases, while demand has been slower for countries with less-developed internet and communication technology sectors, such as those in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

In technology, especially when it comes to consumer-focused technology, Apple is viewed as a disruptive force. That seismic change may not be felt in payments. The digital card will be linked to Apple Pay. Apple Card is set to be available starting this summer.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

We have deep dives on cloud technology, business-to-business (B2B) payments and Visa’s deal to acquire YellowPepper. Bain Capital Ventures: 2020 Is B2B Payments’ Breakout Year. Bain Capital Ventures’ partner Matt Harris told PYMNTS that 2020 marked the tipping point for commercial payments. “I Trackers And Reports .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

With the global pandemic creating a market of volatility, corporate spend is down as businesses look to safeguard their bottom lines against macroeconomic headwinds. But for the commercial spending technology world, these forecasts aren't exactly rosy. Virtual Cards And Mobile Technology. While losses climbed from $5.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

USA Technologies, the payment technology service provider for the self-service retail market , announced Wednesday (Nov. USA Technologies, the payment technology service provider for the self-service retail market , announced Wednesday (Nov. Is it designed to be a “one-stop shop.”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

In the age of digital payments, mobile point of sale systems (POS) are making inroads with the promise of time-saving conveniences for merchants. But interest in this technology is not limited to the food and beverage space, and is gaining traction in many different verticals. based Walgreens stores will soon accept Alipay.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Checkbook has joined Visa 's FinTech Fast Track program and launched Virtual Cards , a program that will expand the reach of real-time payments, according to a press release. Virtual Cards were created by Checkbook to reduce the fear of losing a wallet or being a target of credit fraud, according to the release.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Scotland-based Tesco Bank has announced that it’s the first financial institution (FI) in the United Kingdom to introduce technology that allows its 2.6 million credit card customers to more easily manage and pay their balances. We expect this functionality to be widespread in the market in the coming years.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Commercial payments technology company WEX announced on Monday (Dec. 16) that it has reached an agreement to manage Valero Energy ‘s fleet fuel card program, according to a press release. Their agreement builds upon an existing card acceptance partnership between WEX and Valero, the firms noted.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The cross-border B2B payments space experienced a small drop in growth during the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects, but it is expected to continue expanding despite this hiccup. It also analyzes these shifts' impact on future international B2B payments. Exacerbating Old Challenges .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

In a recent report, CrunchBase looked back at how VC investors reacted to the market downturn over a decade ago. ” As investors and startups remain on-edge about exactly how this will play out, only a few B2B technology startups announced their own investments this week. .” Arkose Labs.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Smaller companies were the focus of innovation in the commercial card space this week thanks to new cards designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). American Express, Amazon Rollout Card For UK SMBs. American Express rolled out co-branded cards with Amazon for British SMBs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

A group of big European banks is planning to challenge Visa ’s and Mastercard ’s positions as the world’s two largest payment processing networks, Electronic Payments International reported. . The launch, first reported by Les Échos, is expected to be revealed by the 24 banks as early as Thursday (July 2). .

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