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.

Finastra Makes Trade Finance Technology More Accessible for Regional Banks
Finastra Makes Trade Finance Technology More Accessible for Regional Banks
October 20, 2026  |  Banking

Finastra has launched a cloud-enabled solution designed to help U.S. banks digitize and automate their standby letter of credit (SBLC) flows, without having to deploy...

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Boost Turns to Airwallex to Enhance B2B Payments Capabilities
Boost Turns to Airwallex to Enhance B2B Payments Capabilities
October 20, 2026  |  B2B Payments

B2B payments company Boost Payments Solutions has launched a partnership with financial operating system Airwallex. The collaboration is designed to enhance Boost’s international commercial card...

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Visa Launches Agentic Payments Pilot With BILL and Billtrust
Visa Launches Agentic Payments Pilot With BILL and Billtrust
October 20, 2026  |  Partnerships

Visa has launched an agentic payments partnership with accounts payable and receivable solutions providers BILL and Billtrust. The collaboration is the first live pilot to allow artificial intelligence (AI)...

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Cross River Plans to Buy Accrue to Merge Payments With Loyalty
Cross River Plans to Buy Accrue to Merge Payments With Loyalty
October 20, 2026  |  Acquiring

Cross River Bank plans to add branded wallet, stored value and loyalty rewards technology to its regulated financial infrastructure by acquiring FinTech company Accrue, Cross River said...

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Axya’s $12 Million Bet on Fixing Procurement’s Broken Data
Axya’s $12 Million Bet on Fixing Procurement’s Broken Data
October 20, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Watch more: Digital Shift With Félix Bélisle-Dockrill of Axya A supplier promises to deliver parts on the 18th of the month. The shipment gets pushed...

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Banks’ Growing Fraud Tech Stacks Create an Integration Challenge
Banks’ Growing Fraud Tech Stacks Create an Integration Challenge
October 20, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Banks have plenty of fraud technology, but getting all of it to work as a cohesive line of defense is becoming a problem. The PYMNTS...

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Ramp Seeks National Trust Bank Charter for Digital Asset Custody
Ramp Seeks National Trust Bank Charter for Digital Asset Custody
October 19, 2026  |  Bank Regulation

Finance platform Ramp aims to form a national trust bank that would offer fiduciary investment management and custody of digital assets, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 19) post on...

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Relay and Nium Handle $500 Million in Cross-Border Payments in Partnership’s First Year
Relay and Nium Handle $500 Million in Cross-Border Payments in Partnership’s First Year
October 19, 2026  |  Cross-border Payments

Users of Relay’s small business banking and money management platform have sent over $500 million in cross-border payments through Nium’s global money movement platform since...

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Square Shifts Business Credit Cards to Marqeta Platform to Speed Credit Innovation
Square Shifts Business Credit Cards to Marqeta Platform to Speed Credit Innovation
October 19, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Square has consolidated its credit and debit programs on Marqeta’s card issuing platform, saying this will enable the company to bring new credit features to market more...

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