Business Banking news and trends

Marqeta Teams With Found to Streamline Expense Management
SMBs // September 26, 2024

Card issuer Marqeta has launched a partnership with small business banking platform Found. The collaboration, announced in a news release Thursday (Sept. 26), offers small- to medium-sized business (SMB) owners and self-employed entrepreneurs access to customized business banking capabilities via Found’s Marqeta-powered commercial card solution....

Traditional Banks Must Innovate Their B2B Solutions to Stay Competitive
B2B Payments // June 21, 2024

Both the banking and business landscape are being reshaped by next-generation behavioral expectations. In order to meet these emerging end-user expectations, which tend to center around convenience, security and digital innovation, it has never been more important for financial institutions (FIs) to stand up competitive...

Relay Raises $32.2 Million to Expand Business Banking Platform
Investments // May 29, 2024

Relay has raised $32.2 million in a Series B financing round to accelerate product development of its business banking platform. With the new funding, the company will focus on its development of spend management, smart credit products and a financial application programming interface (API) marketplace,...

HSBC Bank USA Launches Interest-Bearing Checking Account for Businesses
Banking // May 17, 2024

HSBC Bank USA has introduced a checking account for business clients that combines an earnings credit rate (ECR) with credit interest. The new HSBC Hybrid Checking Account earns interest on every dollar deposited into the account, the bank said in a Thursday (May 16) press release. “Every organization has...

Interviews & Exclusives
NEO Takes on Business Banking’s Cross-Border ‘Availability Problem’

September 29, 2021
“Complete nightmare.” You wouldn’t expect opening a business bank account in Europe to be described this way, given the advanced technologies that developed regions are known to possess. But that seems to be the case, according to Laurent Descout, CEO and co-founder of NEO, who said that what used to be a specific problem of […]

Building A Better Business Banking Experience Goes Beyond New Services

February 16, 2021
For decades, business banking has remained on a steady, straight path. Financial institutions (FIs) were required to provide foundational products and services, like moving and lending, to their enterprise and...

Contextual Banking Awaits Its Star Turn

December 30, 2020
As treasury management becomes increasingly digital, a bank’s corporate banking clients face challenges when it comes to modernizing treasury workflows. Ideally, they need to change existing ecosystems without giving rise...

Putting B2B Payments’ Biggest Fallacy In Context

August 02, 2018
Speed? Not the most important thing when it comes to B2B payments. Turns out transparency is king, and according to Barry Rhodes, EVP and head of payments at iGTB, FIs...

Quick Reads
Monzo Business Customer Base Exceeds 500K

October 16, 2024
British neo-bank Monzo says it now has more than 500,000 business customers. And with that milestone, the company announced Wednesday (Oct. 16) a new plan for “bigger small businesses” called Team, designed to give business owners more control over their financial management with less expense administration.  TS Anil, Monzo’s CEO, said in a news release […]

Marqeta Teams With Found to Streamline Expense Management

September 26, 2024
Card issuer Marqeta has launched a partnership with small business banking platform Found. The collaboration, announced in a news release Thursday (Sept. 26), offers small- to medium-sized business (SMB) owners...

Relay Raises $32.2 Million to Expand Business Banking Platform

May 29, 2024
Relay has raised $32.2 million in a Series B financing round to accelerate product development of its business banking platform. With the new funding, the company will focus on its...

HSBC Bank USA Launches Interest-Bearing Checking Account for Businesses

May 17, 2024
HSBC Bank USA has introduced a checking account for business clients that combines an earnings credit rate (ECR) with credit interest. The new HSBC Hybrid Checking Account earns interest on every dollar deposited...