B2B Payments

The highly complex payments processes and networks that power $120 trillion in payments flows that move between businesses globally each year. The B2B Payments ecosystem is undergoing a massive digital transformation as corporates move away from paper-based processes and payments methods to digital workflows that more efficiently move money and data between trading partners. These efficiencies give corporates more visibility into their cash position across their supply chain and innovations in accounts payments and receivables are helping buyers and suppliers to align on payments terms and trade credit.

Edenred Upgrades Forecast as Tech-Heavy Strategic Plan Delivers Early Gains

Edenred Upgrades Forecast as Tech-Heavy Strategic Plan Delivers Early Gains
Edenred Upgrades Forecast as Tech-Heavy Strategic Plan Delivers Early Gains
July 24, 2026  |  Earnings

Edenred, which provides digital solutions for employees, fleet managers and corporate payments across 44 countries, is seeing early results from its tech-heavy strategic plan Amplify...

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Businesses Are Borrowing Again and Regional Banks Are Cashing In
Businesses Are Borrowing Again and Regional Banks Are Cashing In
July 24, 2026  |  Banking

Businesses are borrowing more from their banks again. Second-quarter earnings from KeyCorp, Regions Financial and PNC show the increase came through new loans, larger credit...

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Voice AI Turns the B2B Back Office Into a Conversation
Voice AI Turns the B2B Back Office Into a Conversation
July 24, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Conversational artificial intelligence (AI) started out handling simple tasks. For much of its decades-long commercial life, from Siri to Alexa and beyond, consumers used voice...

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Wise Prepares Second US Bank Charter Bid After OCC Rejection
Wise Prepares Second US Bank Charter Bid After OCC Rejection
July 24, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

Cross-border payments platform Wise said Friday (July 24) that it will submit a new application for a U.S. national trust bank charter after the Office...

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Lithic Says Everything Payments Assumes About Shopping Is About to Break
Lithic Says Everything Payments Assumes About Shopping Is About to Break
July 24, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

For the past 25 years, card-not-present payments have been built around a defensive premise: Prove the buyer is human, authorized and in control of the...

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Bitwave Begins Rollout of Agentic Suite to Power Autonomous Financial Operations
Bitwave Begins Rollout of Agentic Suite to Power Autonomous Financial Operations
July 23, 2026  |  CFO

Bitwave has announced the first releases from its Bitwave Agentic product suite, which is focused on accounting tools, financial data and infrastructure for AI-native financial operations. Get the Full...

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Best-Run Middle Market Firms Turn Uncertainty Into Advantage
Best-Run Middle Market Firms Turn Uncertainty Into Advantage
July 23, 2026  |  CFO

The health of the U.S. middle market is usually measured in familiar terms: revenue growth, hiring, capital spending and credit conditions. Those indicators matter. But...

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Stripe Eyes $10 Billion Deal for AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter
Stripe Eyes $10 Billion Deal for AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter
July 23, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that could sell for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal....

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