Cross-border payments platform Nium and payments processor Thredd have expanded their partnership. As Thredd said in a Wednesday (April 24) news release, this expansion will allow Nium issue virtual cards in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. “APAC presents a substantial opportunity for global travel intermediaries that will in turn spur robust...
Standard Chartered has partnered with Visa to facilitate cross-border B2B payments for the bank’s corporate clients. The bank has joined the Visa B2B Connect multilateral payment network and has become Visa’s new settlement partner for a set of currencies, the companies said in a press release emailed to PYMNTS....
Management guru Peter Drucker once said that “wherever you see a successful business, somebody made a courageous decision.” That’s the spirit behind the Certainty Project, a study from PYMNTS Intelligence highlighting the implications of decision-making in financial operations. And according to a recent panel discussion of industry heavyweights...
Zil US said Monday (April 22) that its B2B payment platform facilitates global business growth by allowing Swedish entrepreneurs and freelancers to open U.S. payment accounts remotely. The platform also makes it easier for Swedish businesses to pay U.S. vendors, affiliates, employees and partners, the...
Global bank payment company GoCardless has launched an integration with Intuit QuickBooks in the United States. This regional integration builds on the existing relationship the two companies have in the United Kingdom, GoCardless said in a Monday (April 22) press release. The GoCardless app allows...
The B2B landscape is on the cusp of the next era in payments innovation. As PYMNTS readers already know, this new and exciting era is being driven by an ongoing digital transformation of historical processes and an electronic streamlining of traditional workflow hiccups. In order...
Modern technology makes modern business strategies possible. And with the news on Thursday (April 18) that Mastercard is bringing its commercial cards to mobile wallets, gaining a competitive edge by embracing B2B payments innovation is increasingly top of mind for both buyers and suppliers. After...
Digitization is increasingly revolutionizing the B2B landscape with streamlined procurement processes, and even better payments workflows. Don’t believe it? Look no further than the U.S. government, the world’s single largest buyer, which is expanding its $6 billion eCommerce initiative to include more online marketplaces — opening up...
Spend management platform Ramp says it is now a $7.6 billion company. The firm on Thursday (April 18) announced it had reached that valuation as it wound down a $150 million Series D-2 funding round. “This new funding will allow us to triple down on the next wave of innovation...
