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.

AP Automation Can’t Fix What It Can’t Connect

AP Automation Can’t Fix What It Can’t Connect
AP Automation Can’t Fix What It Can’t Connect
August 05, 2026  |  Accounts Payable

Accounts payable has no shortage of automation. However, the July edition of the Business Payments Tracker® Series, a PYMNTS Intelligence collaboration with WEX, revealed that...

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Marqeta Deal Size Jumps 90% as Enterprise Push Gains Ground
Marqeta Deal Size Jumps 90% as Enterprise Push Gains Ground
August 04, 2026  |  Earnings

Marqeta’s second-quarter earnings call Tuesday (Aug. 4) highlighted embedded finance, multinational issuing, stablecoins and commercial payments as the company’s primary strategic growth initiatives, even as...

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Thredd Brings Pliant’s Embedded Finance Model to the US
Thredd Brings Pliant’s Embedded Finance Model to the US
August 04, 2026  |  Credit Cards

Thredd is helping Pliant expand its commercial credit/embedded finance platform to the U.S. As the issuer processing platform noted in a Tuesday (Aug. 4) news release, Pliant offers businesses...

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Wells Fargo Plans to Launch Tokenized Deposits This Fall
Wells Fargo Plans to Launch Tokenized Deposits This Fall
August 04, 2026  |  Banking

Wells Fargo reportedly hopes to launch tokenized deposits for corporate/commercial customers. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Aug. 4) from the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which calls the...

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AI Now Responsible for a Third of US Economic Growth
AI Now Responsible for a Third of US Economic Growth
August 04, 2026  |  Economy

Artificial intelligence (AI)-related developments could be driving around one-third of America’s economic growth. That’s according to a report Tuesday (Aug. 4) from the Wall Street...

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Italy’s Central Bank Finds Stablecoins Still Can’t Beat Traditional Payments
Italy’s Central Bank Finds Stablecoins Still Can’t Beat Traditional Payments
August 04, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins make perfect sense on paper. It goes without saying that if you replace a chain of correspondent banks with a blockchain transaction, then cross-border...

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Real-Time Payments Help Banks Win the Whole Commercial Relationship
Real-Time Payments Help Banks Win the Whole Commercial Relationship
August 04, 2026  |  Real-Time Payments

Instant payments are no longer simply a payments product. They are becoming commercial banking infrastructure. That’s the case for financial institutions and their clients who...

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Bretton AI CEO Wants Banks to Kick the AI Tool Habit
Bretton AI CEO Wants Banks to Kick the AI Tool Habit
August 04, 2026  |  Banking

Watch more: Need to Know With Bretton AI’s Will Lawrence Every artificial intelligence (AI) tool a bank adds to solve one risk problem gives it...

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