PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

There are a lot of moving parts in B2B payments that are keeping corporate finance executives busy as they work to modernize and optimize their operations. In 2020, many of the biggest pain points in B2B payments were revealed, particularly when transactions move across border. Emerging Ecosystems.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

And as FinTechs continue to challenge banks, but also offer new opportunities within the B2B space, they’re advancing a corollary to the build vs. buy question: How about partnerships? The question is seemingly an eternal one in the business realm: build vs. buy. Cost is only one consideration.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The digital shift brought on by the coronavirus has caused treasury banks to reprioritize their support of digital payments as consumers and merchants increasingly demand fast, easy and secure ways to get their money. Hernandez touts end-to-end solutions like Mastercard Send as the kind of solution that many treasury banks are adopting.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In B2B payments, the path to making transactions as seamless and invisible as possible is often about closing the gap that separates buyer and supplier. While a growing population of B2B FinTech solutions has helped to connect B2B buyers and sellers, more platforms can create more friction on either end of the equation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While optimizing B2B payments is often about combating friction at the moment of transaction, the truth is, the B2B payment experience often happens way before any money is ever actually moved. There are many ways that onboarding a new B2B customer can be a headache for suppliers that sell goods and services online.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In a panel discussion with Karen Webster, six payments, banking and FinTech executives weighed in on the very nature of change that is transforming treasury banking and corporate clients in real time. Morgan Chase ; and Brad Windbigler , head of treasury and investor relations at Western Union. Setting the Stage.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

FIs looking to recruit and keep corporate customers are working to accelerate clients’ B2B payments, with many finding application programming interfaces (APIs) key to delivering compelling payment solutions that are easy for those clients to adopt. Around The B2B API World. Find the full story in the Tracker. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

If at that time, someone would have asked Citi Managing Director and Global Head of Domestic Payments and Receivables Anupam Sinha how long it would take for corporate treasury organizations to fully embrace digital , he said his answer would likely have been something along the lines of, “Don’t hold your breath.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

At least insofar as 2020 has shaped up, and especially where B2B payments have been concerned. She recommended (regardless of industry), the adoption of treasury workstations, which prove invaluable for real-time updates. Improving the B2B Customer Experience. “April is the cruelest month,” wrote TS Eliot. The Supply Chains.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Investors continue to fuel the growth of the B2B technology startup community with another busy week in funding. In total, investors placed nearly $600 million for firms in the B2B payments, T&E, financial management and other B2B spaces. B2B payments FinTech Qolo has announced a $3.8 Modern Treasury.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2020

Coupa Software , which works in business spend management, announced that it has acquired treasury management software BELLIN Group , according to a press release. “I found that the solutions available to treasury professionals were wholly inadequate and not user-friendly,” he said, according to the release.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Lingering issues of trust and a foggy regulatory climate continue to hold up B2B adoption of faster payments among financial institutions (FIs), but nothing can hold it back. The latest B2B API Tracker gives numerous examples of how this is playing out. What has emerged are exciting new ways to access and monetize banking services.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The treasury management unit of PNC Bank is joining RippleNet, the firm said on Wednesday (Sept. PNC Treasury Management joined the Ripple cross-border payments network that uses blockchain to facilitate global transactions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions , a unit of Citi, announced Tuesday (March 26) it is developing a new business unit that will enable consumers to make digital payments to institutions. Our mission is to power frictionless payment acceptance with nimble technology.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

For the new B2B Payments Innovation Readiness Playbook: Adapting to Cash Flow Challenges Posed by the Pandemic , a PYMNTS and American Express collaboration, researchers surveyed over 2,200 treasury executives from small to large businesses across several verticals. percent), manual processes (49.2 percent) and process speed (48.4

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Treasury Invoicing B2B Reconciliations 76

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

B2B ’s pain points when it comes to payments are well known — where paper checks dominate, where even the fax machine makes an appearance. Along the way, they said, the B2B payments landscape itself will be transformed, chiefly through digitalization and verticalization. Interconnectivity And Embedded Finance.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

Yet for finance leaders of the enterprise, adoption of digital assets poses plenty of risks and challenges, not least of all the inability for their current treasury infrastructures to manage crypto in an integrated and compliant way. But it may not be smooth sailing ahead. We’re not just talking about the digitization of fiat,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

Treasury will not be rolling out a proposed emergency coronavirus funding scheme that would have sent billions to providers of supply chain finance, according to Sky News. Two months ago, the Treasury had asked for feedback on the scheme to help funnel more money to businesses hurting for cash in the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

In addition to steering their organizations through the murky and rocky waters of an economic downturn, treasury departments are securing a place at the decision-makers' table to offer higher-level guidance. Some may say, 'data is the next oil,' but it can't be if the company doesn't have the platform to optimize its use.".

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

In B2B payments, that can mean discontent in the way traditional banks and FIs do business or a need for disruptive technologies to come to market faster than banks can offer. Deals were made with B2B invoicing and payments firm Viewpost, as well as health care blockchain company Gem and natural language search technology company ClearGraph.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In the bid to modernize B2B payments , accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) need to work together. As part of the ongoing B2B Payments PYMNTS TV programming, Alan Koenigsberg , global head of new payment flows at Visa New Business Solutions, and five panelists weighed in on how business payment flows can be redefined.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

PYMNTS December 2020 Global B2B Payments Playbook done in collaboration with Worldpay makes a simple, somewhat baffling observation: “Many B2B payments are [still] being made over the same rails that firms have leveraged for decades, utilizing familiar payment tools and being supported by the same pre- and post-payment systems.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

26) press release the launch of Ledgermatic, which aims to help modernize corporate treasury solutions. We are excited to be developing Ledgermatic’s suite of treasury technologies to enable enterprises and financial institutions to take advantage of this exciting new era with low risk and high control.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This week's look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaboration and open banking initiatives finds treasury management in the spotlight. Commerce Bank has broadened its partnership with treasury management and order-to-cash solution provider HighRadius to augment its own offerings to corporate clients. HighRadius & Commerce Bank.

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Treasury Banking Cash Management Invoicing 81

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Bank of America is rolling out three new application programming interfaces (APIs) as it supports the growing demand for up-to-the-moment data and processing in business treasury. Furthermore, those who work in treasury can access reports seamlessly and maximize the potency of their information with a CashPro reporting API.

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Treasury Foreign Exchange Banking Reconciliations 75

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

FinTech firm Fiserv is partnering with software company SAP to help worldwide B2B companies streamline payments and improve working capital, Fiserv announced on Monday (Feb. The solution also computerizes corporate treasury operations. “Brewster Home Fashions exemplifies how our continued commitment benefits customers.”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Financial services firm ION is introducing the industry’s first treasury management solution for cash forecasting, powered by machine learning, the company announced on Thursday (Feb. Developing solutions are on tap to lower costs related to the implementation and time-to-market of a treasury management system (TMS).

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Treasury Forecasting Cash Management Corporate Finance 56

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Recent surveys have found that many bankers and small business (SMB) owners are unaware of how to use business-to-business (B2B) APIs securely and optimally. The February B2B API Tracker explores the hesitancy toward APIs, as well as how third-party providers are using them to provide new business services. Around The B2B API World.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

Anis Rahal, CEO of treasury management firm TreasuryXpress , has been a vocal proponent of API technology in recent months. Citi, for instance, recently revealed an API for its corporate treasurer customers, a way for these clients to link treasury and ERP solutions straight into Citi. Never in my life.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

Today in B2B payments, Citi announces its news Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) head, while Rho lands new funding and adds accounts payable to its business banking technology. Citi Taps Khaliq to Lead Treasury and Trade Solutions. Citi Taps Khaliq to Lead Treasury and Trade Solutions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

With companies paying suppliers on strategic schedules, real-time transactions aren’t always necessary — or beneficial — for the B2B payments space. NACHA found B2B payments made up 6 percent of the nearly 2 million same-day ACH transactions that occurred in the first 11 days the service went live. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

One area where elimination of such processes can be of benefit is treasury management — specifically, reconciliation of transactions and liquidity management. However, with technology in place, Rodrigues explained, treasury can be transformed to become the “24/7 investment arm, to support financial and broader goals for global companies.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

Disruption is hitting both the B2C and B2B arenas, and while it would seem they are two opposite ends of the spectrum, these ecosystems share commonalities in the kinds of trends that force sellers to modernize their market strategies. Treasury is very well-positioned to handle all of these activities,” added Sinha. trillion by 2021.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Their hesitancy isn’t without reason: CFOs and finance teams can find it a monumental task to overhaul manual systems and processes that have been in place for years — and understanding the first step to B2B payments digitization can be a dizzying task. Strengthening B2B Ties. Expanding The Scope. Monetizing The Virtual Card.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

German bank N26 is partnering with financial software firm Eurobase International for its treasury management operations, BobsGuide reported on Monday (Nov. Headquartered in Berlin, N26 will use the Eurobase Siena platform to support its treasury management operations throughout most of the Eurozone, U.K., Switzerland and the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Transactions can now be directed via six rails, including checks, cards, SWIFT, treasury, blockchain and digital wallet, the announcement stated. At that time, the company said it first debuted the technology to the international B2B payments sector to bolster the transaction experience with greater effectiveness, safety and dependability.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Business information technology firm Wipro is stepping into the world of treasury management with an eye on data analytics. 13) that it is rolling out its Treasury DNA platform , which stands for Decisions and Analytics, to provide a cloud-based analytics solution for corporate treasurers. The India- and U.S.-based

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