Spend Management news and trends

9Spokes Launches Cashflow Product for Financial Institutions Serving SMBs
SMBs // July 16, 2024

Global data platform 9Spokes has launched a new product designed to give small- medium-sized businesses (SMBs) automated, predictive cashflow management and forecasting capabilities. The new Cashflow product is designed for integration within financial organizations’ digital platforms and is now available to financial institutions and FinTech firms...

AI Lays Foundation for Construction’s Financial Transformation
artificial intelligence // July 16, 2024

In the world of construction, where hammers meet spreadsheets, a new tool is emerging from the digital realm: artificial intelligence (AI). As builders grapple with razor-thin margins and complex cash flows, AI offers to reshape the industry’s financial landscape, one algorithm at a time. This...

How Value-Added Services Are Transforming B2B Payments
B2B Payments // July 12, 2024

B2B payments are famously never just payments, but a sophisticated combination of workflows and data. With the news Thursday (July 11) that Bank of America has added a transaction search engine to its CashPro banking platform, B2B solutions that bundle value-added services is gaining ground...

How Supplier-Friendly Card Solutions Improve Business Cash Flow
B2B Payments // July 02, 2024

Innovation is coming to the B2B space, providing businesses with streamlined and efficient payment solutions. Increasingly, these innovative B2B payment solutions are having a positive impact across both sides of the transaction. Take, for example, the evolution of B2B card issuing. “We are really at...

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How Supplier-Friendly Card Solutions Improve Business Cash Flow

July 02, 2024
Innovation is coming to the B2B space, providing businesses with streamlined and efficient payment solutions. Increasingly, these innovative B2B payment solutions are having a positive impact across both sides of the transaction. Take, for example, the evolution of B2B card issuing. “We are really at the beginning of the chapter here,” Jill Docherty, senior vice […]

Deutsche Bank: AI Can Be a Game Changer for Treasurers

June 24, 2024
Innovation should be applied wherever there is a pain point. This is particularly true when it comes to the enterprise treasury function, where technology stacks are becoming more advanced than...

Fleet Sector Travels From Closed-Loop to Future-Ready

April 16, 2024
Where an industry goes tomorrow is a step-function from where it is today. And this is particularly true within the fleet management ecosystem, where traditional payment methods like fuel cards...

Lack of Working Capital Hinders Mid-Market Performance in APAC

April 15, 2024
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region contributed roughly two-thirds of global growth last year. PYMNTS Intelligence recently studied Growth Corporates, or mid-market firms, in the APAC region to determine how they leveraged...

Quick Reads
9Spokes Launches Cashflow Product for Financial Institutions Serving SMBs

July 16, 2024
Global data platform 9Spokes has launched a new product designed to give small- medium-sized businesses (SMBs) automated, predictive cashflow management and forecasting capabilities. The new Cashflow product is designed for integration within financial organizations’ digital platforms and is now available to financial institutions and FinTech firms globally, the company said in a Tuesday (July 16) press release. […]

Motive Debuts ‘Missed Savings’ to Help Fleets Cut Fuel Costs

June 26, 2024
Fleet management platform Motive is offering its card customers a new way to cut fuel costs. Missed Savings for Motive Card customers is what the company described as an “industry-first”...

Zip Adds Generative AI Procurement Assistant to Spend Orchestration Platform

June 26, 2024
Zip has added a generative artificial intelligence (AI) procurement assistant to its spend orchestration platform. The company has also added two other AI-powered capabilities — document extraction and intake automation...

Bluevine and Mastercard Partner on Small Business Credit Card

June 25, 2024
Bluevine launched a Mastercard-powered small business credit card that provides 1.5% cash back on all business purchases, merchant discounts and a range of business tools. The Bluevine Business Cashback Mastercard...