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.

WEX Says Embedded Payments Are Easier to Launch Than to Scale

WEX Says Embedded Payments Are Easier to Launch Than to Scale
WEX Says Embedded Payments Are Easier to Launch Than to Scale
August 19, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: Need to Know With WEX’s Eric Frankovic Embedded payments can look simple at launch. A company identifies a customer pain point, integrates a...

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Emerging Middle Market Growth Needs Credit That Moves With Inventory
Emerging Middle Market Growth Needs Credit That Moves With Inventory
August 19, 2026  |  Working Capital

A distributor can know what inventory it needs to order next week before its financing system knows that the purchase exists. That disconnect becomes more...

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SEC Proposes Rules to Streamline Capital Formation for Digital Asset Entrepreneurs
SEC Proposes Rules to Streamline Capital Formation for Digital Asset Entrepreneurs
August 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new rules that it said in a Tuesday (Aug. 18) press release would create a clear framework for...

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Currency Just Became Treasury’s Newest Superpower
Currency Just Became Treasury’s Newest Superpower
August 18, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

A global business shouldn’t have to choose between local checkout for its customers and manageable treasury for its chief financial officer. For years, the cross-border...

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Citi Debuts New Custody Tools to Meet Demand for Faster Settlement
Citi Debuts New Custody Tools to Meet Demand for Faster Settlement
August 18, 2026  |  Banking

Citi has debuted Custody+, a suite of near or real-time custody solutions. The banking giant announced this new offering Tuesday (Aug. 18), noting that it...

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At 3%-Plus Rates, Forecasting Errors Have a Real Price Tag for CFOs
At 3%-Plus Rates, Forecasting Errors Have a Real Price Tag for CFOs
August 18, 2026  |  CFO

Corporate cash forecasting was easier to tolerate as an imperfect discipline when idle cash earned almost nothing. After all, for most of the zero-rate era,...

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Visa and Mastercard Join Rain’s Agentic Commerce Coalition
Visa and Mastercard Join Rain’s Agentic Commerce Coalition
August 18, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Stablecoin payments infrastructure company Rain has formed a group to promote agentic commerce development. The Agentic Payments Alliance (APA) was announced Tuesday (Aug. 18), listing Visa, Mastercard, Fiserv, Circle, Solana and Remitly among its founding members....

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The GENIUS Act Gives Stablecoins a Corporate Cash Audition
The GENIUS Act Gives Stablecoins a Corporate Cash Audition
August 18, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

A Fortune 500 treasurer considering whether to leave $100 million in stablecoins overnight would probably ask a different set of questions than a payments executive...

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