Corporate Cards news and trends

Square Card Enters UK Amid Small Businesses Cash Flow Worries
Payment Methods // October 31, 2024

Square is expanding its card offering into the U.K. for merchants seeking quicker funding access. An executive from the company — an arm of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Block — told CNBC Thursday (Oct. 31) that it had opened registration for Square Card in Great Britain. This marks the first...

B4B Payments US and Discover Partner on Virtual Corporate Cards
Partnerships // October 25, 2024

B4B Payments US will use the capabilities of the Discover Digital Exchange (DDX) to bring additional customizable domain restriction controls to its virtual corporate card offerings and payout solutions. The new features are part of a new collaboration between B4B Payments US, a subsidiary of...

Pivot Joins Amex Sync to Provide Better Cash Flow Management
Credit Cards // October 15, 2024

Commercial card FinTech Pivot Payables has launched an integration with American Express (Amex). The integration, announced Tuesday (Oct. 15), lets Amex business and corporate card members generate virtual cards within PivotLynx, Pivot Payables’ accounting automation application, getting requests to managers for budget approval and cost accounting. “We are teaming up with...

Brex and Navan Launch Integrated Business Travel and Payments Solution
Travel Payments // October 15, 2024

Brex and Navan have launched a new joint offering for enterprises that streamlines travel payments into one workflow when using the Navan travel management system. The new BrexPay for Navan provides an integrated business travel and payments solution by bringing together Navan’s travel services and...

Interviews & Exclusives
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 the United States, for example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services estimated that the healthcare sector accounts for as much as 17% of GDP. […]

Earnings Season Shows Companies Still Spending on Corporate Cards

July 23, 2024
As banks weighed in this month with their earnings reports, Wall Street has focused on earnings per share, investment banking revenues and the state of capital buffers and credit reserves....

Bank of America: ‘Network Effect’ Will Help B2B Payments Move to Cards

February 21, 2024
Andrew Stewart, director of global card and comprehensive payables at Bank of America, said there has been a seismic shift in commercial (B2B) payments. He noted that there has been...

Multicurrency Corporate Cards Help Safeguard Firms Against Losses in Volatile FX Market

January 25, 2024
Corporate card usage has surged in popularity, especially among small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) grappling with inflationary pressures and rising costs.  However, despite this trend, the traditional financial services sector...

Quick Reads
Square Card Enters UK Amid Small Businesses Cash Flow Worries

October 31, 2024
Square is expanding its card offering into the U.K. for merchants seeking quicker funding access. An executive from the company — an arm of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Block — told CNBC Thursday (Oct. 31) that it had opened registration for Square Card in Great Britain. This marks the first time the business card will be available outside of North […]

B4B Payments US and Discover Partner on Virtual Corporate Cards

October 25, 2024
B4B Payments US will use the capabilities of the Discover Digital Exchange (DDX) to bring additional customizable domain restriction controls to its virtual corporate card offerings and payout solutions. The...

Pivot Joins Amex Sync to Provide Better Cash Flow Management

October 15, 2024
Commercial card FinTech Pivot Payables has launched an integration with American Express (Amex). The integration, announced Tuesday (Oct. 15), lets Amex business and corporate card members generate virtual cards within PivotLynx, Pivot Payables’ accounting automation application,...

Brex and Navan Launch Integrated Business Travel and Payments Solution

October 15, 2024
Brex and Navan have launched a new joint offering for enterprises that streamlines travel payments into one workflow when using the Navan travel management system. The new BrexPay for Navan...