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April 11, 2025
Visa, USSC Money Services Enable Visa Direct for Cross-Border B2B Payments
Asian Banking & Finance
“Visa has partnered with USSC Money Services Inc. (UMSI) to launch Visa Direct in the Philippines. With Visa Direct, UMSI’s business clients can reportedly make faster cross-border outbound payments. Visa Direct facilitates the transfer of funds directly to eligible Visa Direct cards, bank accounts, and wallets in many jurisdictions around the world.”
March 31, 2025
Transcard Transforms B2B Payments with Agentic AI Power
PR Web
“Transcard has enhanced its SMART Exchange vendor network management solution with powerful generative and agentic AI capabilities. Solution benefits for buyers replace call centers for vendor onboarding and enablement, streamlines and automates the supplier KYB process, and eases maintenance of vendor information and payment instructions, ensuring information is up-to-date and safeguarded. It also integrates seamlessly […]
March 18, 2025
Visa Partners With Major Banks to Launch Vbip in Australia
IT Brief Australia
“Visa has announced a partnership with ANZ, NAB, HSBC, and Westpac to introduce Visa B2B Integrated Payments (VBIP) in Australia, aimed at enhancing and simplifying business-to-business transactions for companies of varying scales. The VBIP solution is integrated within the SAP Business Technology Platform, which helps businesses automate their B2B payments.”
March 14, 2025
Amex Trendex: B2B Payments Study Finds 8 in 10 Businesses Plan to Improve Payments Processes in 2025
American Express
“The new Amex Trendex: B2B Payments Edition reveals that there is an opportunity to enhance the payments experience on both sides of the transaction. Top Findings: The vast majority (91%) of business decisionmakers say that easy, streamlined and secure payments drive business growth. One quarter (26%) of business decisionmakers cite late or slow payments as […]
March 7, 2025
HSBC Hooks up With Trevipay to Expand B2B Payments
Digital Commerce 360
“HSBC has announced a partnership with global B2B payments and invoicing network TreviPay to enhance digital purchasing options for businesses. The collaboration aims to provide flexible payment solutions and financing at the point of sale. The initiative is intended to support businesses navigating the evolving ecommerce market by integrating trade credit options into online sales […]
February 26, 2025
Study: Gen Z's Payment Revolution Hits New Milestone as Digital Methods Dominate
PR Newswire
“A new study released by B2B order-to-cash software and digital payments market leader Billtrust reveals how Generation Z is fundamentally transforming payment behaviors and expectations.”
PayPal Plans to Use Stablecoin for Merchant Payments, Mass Payouts
Ledger Insights
PayPal held its first investor day under new CEO Alex Chriss, where it briefly touched on its cryptocurrency activities. To date, the stablecoin has mainly been used within the crypto ecosystem, despite being available via the PayPal app and Venmo. PayPal intends to change that by rolling it out for B2B use cases. Currently the market capitalization is […]
January 14, 2025
XTransfer Officially Receives MPI License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore
PR Newswire
“XTransfer, the World’s Leading & China’s No.1 B2B Cross-Border Trade Payment Platform, was granted the Major Payment Institution (MPI) License under the Payment Services Act 2019 by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This significant milestone strengthens XTransfer’s leading position in the B2B cross-border payments industry.”
January 9, 2025
Nium Launches Diners Club International® Card, Expanding B2B Payments Offering for Travel Industry
PR Newswire
“Nium, the leading global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments, announced the launch of the Diners Club International® Card for its travel customers.”
B2C Embedded Payments Are a Crowd Favorite, but What Does the B2B Landscape Look Like in 2025?
Tearsheet
“Embedded payments are becoming a staple in the B2C world, and more businesses are also jumping on board, aiming to streamline and automate processes from payroll (automated invoicing) to procurement (trade credit).”
January 8, 2025
Nuvei Enters Strategic Partnership With Gaming Innovation Group (Gig)
PR Newswire
“Nuvei Corporation has entered a new strategic partnership with GiG, a leading B2B technology provider to the iGaming industry. This collaboration enables iGaming operators to optimize their payments functionality through their existing integration with GiG’s CoreX solution.”
January 7, 2025
Visa, Qashio Join Forces on B2B Travel Payments
Yahoo Finance
“Visa has collaborated with spend management solutions provider Qashio to launch a B2B travel payments solution. The solution will empower travel companies to obtain Qashio cards, facilitating transactions in multiple currencies such as AED, SAR, USD, EUR, and GBP, all issued from the UAE.”
Elite Acquires Tranch, a Leading B2B Payments Platform, to Transform Billing and Payment Processes for Law Firms
Business Wire
“Elite, a leading provider of financial management and business operations solutions to the world’s most successful law firms, today announced its acquisition of Tranch, a leading B2B invoice automation and payments platform offering seamless invoice management and turnkey payment options for law firms and their clients.”
December 17, 2024
Nordic Fintech Two Collaborates With Leading Dutch Banking Leader ABN AMRO to Modernise B2B E-Commerce Payments
Fintech Finance
“Two, a European leader in B2B payments technology today announces a strategic collaboration with ABN AMRO, a leading financial institution in the Netherlands. Together, they are launching a state-of-the-art “Pay on Invoice” solution, designed to bring seamless, secure, and flexible payment options to B2B e-commerce transactions.”
December 16, 2024
CARD.com Corporation Announces Collaboration with Visa for Visa Direct Cross-Border Payments
PR Newswire
“This agreement brings expanded access to global, fast, and secure payment options for CARD.com’s customers, aligning with its mission to deliver innovative financial solutions for its B2C and B2B White Label customers.”
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