commercial payments

Big Tech’s Enterprise Cloud Launches Move AI From Feature to Framework
Big Tech’s Enterprise Cloud Launches Move AI From Feature to Framework
May 21, 2025  |  Artificial Intelligence

Dynamic and uncertain times can help build nimble companies. Modern finance, IT and treasury departments are under pressure to manage a range of workloads. From...

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Circle Launches Stablecoin-Powered Cross-Border Payments Network
Circle Launches Stablecoin-Powered Cross-Border Payments Network
May 21, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

The Circle Payments Network (CPN) announced in April is now live, Circle said in a Wednesday (May 21) blog post. Designed to facilitate the use...

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Airwallex Valued at $6.2 Billion After $300 Million Funding Round
Airwallex Valued at $6.2 Billion After $300 Million Funding Round
May 21, 2025  |  Investments

Payments and banking startup Airwallex is aiming to expand after raising $300 million. The company’s Series F funding round values Airwallex at $6.2 billion, and will allow...

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Visa Launches AR Manager Tool, Targeting Suppliers’ Biggest Business Payments Bottleneck
Visa Launches AR Manager Tool, Targeting Suppliers’ Biggest Business Payments Bottleneck
May 21, 2025  |  Accounts Receivable

B2B payments are the lifeblood of global business, and few innovations have scaled as rapidly (and as unevenly) as virtual cards across B2B. “Virtual cards...

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Visa Debuts Program to Help Businesses Embed Payments
Visa Debuts Program to Help Businesses Embed Payments
May 21, 2025  |  Payment Methods

Visa launched Visa Commercial Integrated Partners, a program to help businesses embed payments into their products and platforms. The program is designed to cover companies...

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Bank of America Sees Mobile-First Security Surge as Firms Embrace QR Sign-In
Bank of America Sees Mobile-First Security Surge as Firms Embrace QR Sign-In
May 21, 2025  |  B2B Payments

Business-to-business (B2B) transactions typically involve higher volumes and more complex authorization than consumer payments. Companies must balance usability with security, often managing multiple layers of...

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Keep Raises $78 Million for Financial Platform for Canada’s Small Businesses
Keep Raises $78 Million for Financial Platform for Canada’s Small Businesses
May 20, 2025  |  SMBs

Keep has emerged from stealth mode and announced it raised 108 million Canadian dollars (about $78 million) to support the development of its financial platform...

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Trade Finance Automation Looks to Recode Supply Chain Payments
Trade Finance Automation Looks to Recode Supply Chain Payments
May 20, 2025  |  Supply Chain

For untold decades, global trade has run on an unlikely fuel: paperwork. And for an equal amount of decades, trade finance, which hinges on mitigating...

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Ontik Raises $3.7 Million to Expand Digital Trade Credit Platform
Ontik Raises $3.7 Million to Expand Digital Trade Credit Platform
May 20, 2025  |  Investments

Ontik has raised $3.7 million in a seed round to expand its digital trade credit platform that helps B2B wholesalers request, track and collect payments...

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