New data from the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) found the U.K.’s alternative finance market grew by 43 percent in 2016, and researchers are pointing to small businesses (SMBs) as a key driver of that expansion. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
The U.S. Federal Reserve System has appointed its Payments Security Strategy leader, the agency announced Friday (Dec. 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
Financial services firm FIS is linking customers of Fifth Third Bank to real-time payments, the companies said late last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
In total, B2B venture capitalists placed (or announced plans to place) $85 million in funding to businesses, with startups in the U.S., Asia and the Middle East taking the lead this week. It was a mixed bag of funding, with a few startups working in...
Payment Rails is making its official step into the cross-border payments market through the launch of its application program interface (API) and payment platform, the company said Thursday (Dec. 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
New research suggests the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could threaten small businesses in the U.K. if they find themselves out of compliance with the data protection rules. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
Financial services application program interface (API) platform FI.SPAN is collaborating with B2B payments company Beanworks to create a corporate payments hub, the companies announced Thursday (Dec. 8). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
Talk is growing of the potential for virtual card technology to address several key points of friction in business payments, especially in corporate travel. That’s because business travel is often booked online in card-not-present scenarios, which demand heightened security; proponents of virtual cards and their...
The more things change in payments, the more they stay … anything but the same. Cambridge Global Payments CEO Gary McDonald weighs in on the ways cross-border transactions have evolved in B2B and what’s next after its acquisition by FLEETCOR.
