Watch more: Need to Know With Boost Payment Solutions’ Rene Stynen At first glance, Europe appears to have solved one of modern finance’s most stubborn problems: moving money. Compared with the United States, where legacy systems have historically slowed transfers, Europe’s payment rails are widely...
Squarefi emerged from stealth Tuesday (March 10) and announced its stablecoin-based financial infrastructure for global business payments. This infrastructure is currently serving FinTechs and global platforms, and it has reached $250 million in transaction volume, the company said in a Tuesday press release. “In our conversations with businesses, the...
Even small improvements in payments behavior can materially affect working capital. At a time when capital efficiency has become paramount, companies are starting to pay closer attention to the trillions of dollars tied up in receivables globally. For many B2B companies, the real cost of...
The month-end close remains one of the most labor-intensive processes in finance. It is the ritual sprint that follows every reporting period. Spreadsheets proliferate, data is pulled from multiple systems, discrepancies are chased down, and reconciliations stretch late into the night. Despite years of enterprise...
Revolut debuted its first “ultra-premium” corporate card for customers in the United Kingdom, according to a Tuesday (March 3) press release. The company’s Titan card is designed to address concerns among business decision makers about a lack of spending visibility when employees travel, per the...
Watch more: Need to Know With Ameris Bank’s Keith Flynn In an economy where timing is everything, even incremental acceleration can reshape the entire financial rhythm of a business. Many companies are still getting paid the old-fashioned way. Paper-based invoicing and rigid payment workflows are...
Embedded finance has shifted from a differentiator to a baseline capability across the FinTech sector. Every financial technology firm surveyed reports offering at least one embedded finance feature, as we’ve found, underscoring how deeply payments, lending and related tools are now woven into digital platforms....
The biggest risk in B2B payments today isn’t failing to modernize. It’s assuming that modernization alone delivers value. The real test arrives in what many finance leaders privately call the “year-two problem,” or the period after regulatory migration deadlines pass and new systems go live....
Trade finance has a dirty secret. While containers can be tracked in real time across the world’s oceans, the documentation required to release those goods often moves at the speed of courier envelopes and manual approvals. Bills of lading, inspection certificates and letters of credit...