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.

Kapital Looks to Enhance Finance Platform With $30 Million Woz Deal
Kapital Looks to Enhance Finance Platform With $30 Million Woz Deal
October 19, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Mexico-based B2B financial platform Kapital is set to acquire artificial intelligence startup Woz. The $30 million deal is designed to strengthen Kapital’s financial ecosystem with the addition of...

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Mastercard and Extend Team to Improve Bank and Business Software
Mastercard and Extend Team to Improve Bank and Business Software
October 19, 2026  |  Banking

Mastercard has chosen spend management/virtual card FinTech Extend as one of its financial operations platform partners. The collaboration, announced Monday (Oct. 19), is designed to...

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Fifth Third Plans to Beat AI Disruptors at Their Own Game
Fifth Third Plans to Beat AI Disruptors at Their Own Game
October 19, 2026  |  Banking

The banking industry will respond to the rise of artificial intelligence-driven cash optimization tools by using relationships with customers and offering the same services these...

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Banks Can Slow Stablecoin Growth by Paying Depositors More, BIS Paper Finds
Banks Can Slow Stablecoin Growth by Paying Depositors More, BIS Paper Finds
October 19, 2026  |  Banking

Banks campaigning to prevent stablecoins from draining their deposit base may already hold a simple but powerful competitive tool. A new working paper published by...

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Why B2B Checks Still Move $15 Trillion a Year
Why B2B Checks Still Move $15 Trillion a Year
October 19, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The check was supposed to be dead by now. Instead, it has become a $15 trillion reminder that moving money and settling a business obligation...

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AI Agents Could Fill Treasury’s Looming Talent Gap
AI Agents Could Fill Treasury’s Looming Talent Gap
October 19, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Watch more: Monday Conversation With Fifth Third Bank’s Katherine Weislogel There’s a workforce problem brewing in corporate treasury departments, and it has little to do...

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Regional Banks See Growth in Spite of Economic Gloom
Regional Banks See Growth in Spite of Economic Gloom
October 18, 2026  |  Banking

Several of America’s regional banks posted robust third-quarter earnings last week amid strong commercial loan demand. And as Reuters reported Friday (Oct. 16), these earnings...

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Stablecoins Take Aim at Cash Locked in Prefunding
Stablecoins Take Aim at Cash Locked in Prefunding
October 16, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Cross-border payments carry a working capital cost before money reaches the recipient. Payment providers frequently need funds available in advance to make payouts in other...

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Truist Shifts Investment Toward Deposits and Digital Banking
Truist Shifts Investment Toward Deposits and Digital Banking
October 16, 2026  |  Banking

Truist exited its third quarter with higher deposits, continued growth in consumer spending and stable underlying credit quality. An earnings call Friday (Oct. 16) indicated...

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