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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.”
November 22, 2024
Mastercard’s MTM Connects to J.P. Morgan’s Kinexys Digital Payments for Settlement
Mastercard
“Mastercard’s Multi-Token Network (MTN) has connected to Kinexys Digital Payments as a payment settlement solution to enhance the availability of B2B cross-border payments to business applications on MTN. Kinexys Digital Payments is a next-generation payment rail powering real-time value transfer using commercial bank money, offered through Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, the firm’s blockchain business unit.”
TreviPay Embeds Dynamic Trade Credit Application into B2B Buyer Onboarding Process
TreviPay
“TreviPay, a B2B payments and invoicing network, has expanded its order-to-cash (O2C) offering by enhancing the buyer onboarding experience through automation. With TreviPay’s proprietary Risk Management Platform, business buyers can now apply for trade credit through a dynamic self-serve application, making the onboarding experience easier, faster and more tailored.”
November 14, 2024
ConnexPay Receives Patent for Unified Payments Platform
ConnexPay
“ConnexPay, an all-in-one B2B payments platform, has received a U.S. patent for a payments technology invention that unifies incoming payments and outgoing payments inside a single system.”
November 11, 2024
Mastercard and Emirates NBD Partner to Empower a Virtual Future for B2B Travel Payments
Mastercard
“Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the MENAT (Middle East, North Africa and Türkiye) region and Mastercard have partnered to introduce the Emirates NBD Wholesale Travel Solution, an innovative virtual card based B2B payment product now available to travel agencies.”
November 5, 2024
Checkbook Joins J.P. Morgan Payments Partner Network
Yahoo Finance
“Checkbook announced it is joining the J.P. Morgan Payments Partner Network. Checkbook and J.P. Morgan Payments will help revolutionize the landscape of digital check payments by enabling J.P. Morgan Payments corporate clients to easily send digital checks from their J.P. Morgan bank accounts, transforming the way payments are made in both B2B and B2C environments.”
October 29, 2024
Crater Unveils Groundbreaking AI-Driven AR/AP Automation, Payments workflow automation and Universal Payments API for B2B Platforms and Financial Institutions at Money 20/20
PR Newswire
Crater, announced the launch of several advanced AI-driven solutions designed to streamline financial operations for B2B platforms, banks, and credit unions. The new offerings include an AI-powered Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable (AR/AP) automation, payments workflow automation, and a Universal Payments API, all aimed at enhancing financial efficiency and simplifying payment processes for enterprises and financial institutions.
October 22, 2024
Payments Landscape Series: Frictions in B2B Payments
FedPayments Improvement
“Enhancing business payment efficiency and promoting electronic payment adoption are two ongoing priorities within the payment system. While industry stakeholders have been working to help ease frictions in B2B payments, underlying challenges need to be addressed before most businesses can fully adopt electronic payments.”
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