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.

Banks Turn Fewer AML Alerts Into Bigger Financial Crime Leads
Banks Turn Fewer AML Alerts Into Bigger Financial Crime Leads
August 14, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Financial institutions have spent years trying to see more suspicious activity. New data from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) suggests the more valuable question...

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The Cloud Risk CFOs Aren’t Measuring: What Happens When a Vendor Disappears?
The Cloud Risk CFOs Aren’t Measuring: What Happens When a Vendor Disappears?
August 14, 2026  |  B2B Payments

There’s a new nightmare scenario in enterprise cloud computing, and it’s not an AI-driven cyberattack. It’s a vendor simply going out of business and disappearing....

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Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years
Nearly 4 in 10 CFOs See Gen AI Paying Off Within Two Years
August 14, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

CFOs have stopped treating generative artificial intelligence returns as one date circled on the calendar. By December, 39.1% expected very positive returns within one to...

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Citi Plans to Acquire Kard to Deliver More Personalized Rewards
Citi Plans to Acquire Kard to Deliver More Personalized Rewards
August 13, 2026  |  Acquiring

Citi’s U.S. Consumer Cards business plans to expand its customer engagement and commerce media capabilities by acquiring Kard Financial, a commerce media and rewards platform for...

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Databricks Raises $5 Billion to Expand Enterprise AI Agent Platform
Databricks Raises $5 Billion to Expand Enterprise AI Agent Platform
August 13, 2026  |  Investments

Data and artificial intelligence (AI) company Databricks raised $5 billion in a strategic funding round at a $190 billion valuation, the firm said in a Thursday (Aug. 13) press...

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Microsoft Unifies Consumer and Enterprise Copilot in Push for Single Platform
Microsoft Unifies Consumer and Enterprise Copilot in Push for Single Platform
August 13, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft has begun combining its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps into a single product, starting a gradual transition that will culminate in a super app...

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Airwallex Adds Affirm Pay-Over-Time Options for US Shoppers
Airwallex Adds Affirm Pay-Over-Time Options for US Shoppers
August 13, 2026  |  BNPL

Airwallex is adding Affirm’s installment payment options to its checkout platform, giving merchants in 35 countries a way to offer pay-over-time financing to eligible customers...

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DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs
DOJ Deploys 500 Prosecutors to Stop Fraud Against Government Programs
August 13, 2026  |  Fraud Prevention

The Department of Justice’s National Fraud Enforcement Division, which was created earlier this year, will have about 500 attorneys by Aug. 24 and will continue...

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What IBM’s Quantum Breakthrough Means for the $100 Million CFO
What IBM’s Quantum Breakthrough Means for the $100 Million CFO
August 13, 2026  |  Technology

CFOs with a soft spot for science fiction have traditionally viewed quantum computing as something both intriguing conceptually and consequential enough to monitor. No matter...

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