Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) haven’t been able to catch a break in recent years. But tough times make tough companies. Still, after emerging straight from the pandemic years into a record inflationary environment juxtaposed against rising interest rates and ongoing macro and geopolitical hostility,...
Real-time payments aren’t only getting off the ground in more markets across the globe, but they’re also gaining traction in B2B payments — an ecosystem once assumed to be off-limits for instant transaction functionality. The previous line of thinking had been that businesses don’t want...
Legacy financial institutions (FIs) continue to find value in adopting the technologies their FinTech peers have developed. But this week’s roundup of the latest in bank-FinTech pairings also reveals the power that tie-ups can have to co-create a new solution. Plus, Canada inches closer toward...
Delayed and late B2B payments continue to plague the economy, and unfortunately, as this week’s B2B Data Digest reveals, it’s often the smallest of businesses hit hardest. New analysis finds some micro-firms can wait up to a year to be paid — if at all...
June 14, 2024
Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the transportation sector use instant payments more widely than other payment options. PYMNTS Intelligence finds that in the last year, 74% of these businesses surveyed sent instant payments. In fact, 48% of these SMBs identify an instant option as their most used form of payment. Push-to-debit cards are the […]
June 28, 2023
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) haven’t been able to catch a break in recent years. But tough times make tough companies. Still, after emerging straight from the pandemic years into...
September 20, 2019
Visa announced today that Visa B2B Connect is live in 62 countries, and has added Infosys as a new integration partner. Ahead of the announcement, Karen Webster spoke with Alan...
June 20, 2018
Same-day settlement can be a cash flow life saver for small to mid-sized merchants. Money moved instantly, via push payments, can bring several verticals beyond the confines of waiting for...
July 06, 2018
In an effort to expedite payments for small businesses, MakerDAO is working with Tradeshift to tokenize unpaid invoices through an experimental program. MakerDAO, which has a stablecoin called Dai, said the token is being tested with the Tradeshift Cash solution, CoinDesk reported. With the effort, a small business could have the opportunity to change an invoice […]
December 06, 2016
Small business online accounting software provider Xero just recently announced the integration of Apple Pay through Stripe into its mobile accounting app. This new development will allow Xero’s 862,000 subscribers,...
May 26, 2016
Curve is gearing up for its anticipated solution for micro-businesses and entrepreneurs: an all-in-one payment solution that combines multiple cards in one. Earlier this week, the company announced a partnership...
November 18, 2015
Align Commerce, a global payments provider, has secured a major investment led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers that will help position the company to continue overhauling the outdated international...
