Commercial Payments news and trends

Healthcare’s Working Capital Shift Boosts Cash Flow and Strengthens Supplier Ties
Healthcare // November 07, 2024

The healthcare industry might be likened to a battleship when it comes to payments innovation. It’s massive and slow to turn, but once turned, the waves made are enormous. In the United States, for example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimated that the...

PYMNTS B2B Month: 4 Themes Set to Shape the Years Ahead
B2B Payments // November 05, 2024

Traditionally characterized by clunky checks, faxed invoices and siloed financial functions, the B2B landscape is being reshaped by digital innovation. The monthlong PYMNTS event, “B2B Payments: Outlook 2030,” has revealed that the transformation of B2B payments is being led by four themes: the digitization of B2B payments,...

78% of CFOs View AI Integration as Crucial for Accounts Payable
Accounts Payable // November 05, 2024

As businesses adapt to a digital environment, many accounts payable (AP) departments are still using outdated practices. With rising business-to-business (B2B) payment volumes and cumbersome manual systems still in place, companies are prioritizing AP automation. A PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Automating Accounts Payable for Cost Savings,”...

ExactEstate, Payabli Ink Payments Partnership
Partnerships // November 04, 2024

Property management platform ExactEstate has announced a new partnership with Payabli, a payment infrastructure platform, allowing the former to offer payment services to its users. Through Payabli’s application programming interface, ExactEstate receives greater control over its payments business, enabling property management companies to improve payment...

Interviews & Exclusives
Navigating the Future of B2B: Collaboration, Innovation and Risk Management

November 08, 2024
Teamwork makes the dream work, especially when that dream is better B2B payments. With FinTech innovators increasingly pairing up with secure and reliable financial institutions, the future looks bright. Tribh Grewal, head of FinTech partnerships at Discover® Global Network, and Jonathan Vaux, head of propositions and partnerships at Thredd, discussed with PYMNTS how FinTechs and […]

Healthcare’s Working Capital Shift Boosts Cash Flow and Strengthens Supplier Ties

November 07, 2024
The healthcare industry might be likened to a battleship when it comes to payments innovation. It’s massive and slow to turn, but once turned, the waves made are enormous. In...

78% of CFOs View AI Integration as Crucial for Accounts Payable

November 05, 2024
As businesses adapt to a digital environment, many accounts payable (AP) departments are still using outdated practices. With rising business-to-business (B2B) payment volumes and cumbersome manual systems still in place,...

The Two Things That CFOs and Treasurers Want From Working Capital Solutions

November 04, 2024
The economy is unpredictable, and companies are clamoring for on-demand working capital solutions that can be tailored to their unique needs. Imagine a world where your bank knows your business...

Quick Reads
ExactEstate, Payabli Ink Payments Partnership

November 04, 2024
Property management platform ExactEstate has announced a new partnership with Payabli, a payment infrastructure platform, allowing the former to offer payment services to its users. Through Payabli’s application programming interface, ExactEstate receives greater control over its payments business, enabling property management companies to improve payment processes, Payabli said in a Monday (Nov. 4) news release. […]

J.P. Morgan Payments Partners With Checkbook on Digital Check Payments

November 04, 2024
Digital payments platform Checkbook is joining the J.P. Morgan Payments Partner Network. The partnership will enable J.P. Morgan’s corporate clients to send digital checks, the companies said in a Monday...

Mastercard and NatWest Launch Mobile Virtual Card Partnership

November 04, 2024
Mastercard and NatWest partnered to introduce a mobile virtual card payment tool for businesses in the United Kingdom. Approval2Buy is the first service in Europe to use Mastercard’s mobile virtual...

Mastercard and PayMate Team to Strengthen EEMEA B2B Payments

November 04, 2024
Mastercard has launched a partnership with business-to-business (B2B) payments company PayMate. The collaboration, announced Monday (Nov. 4), is designed to bolster digital B2B payments for companies in Eastern Europe, Middle...