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AI Targets Trade Finance’s Paperwork Bottleneck

AI Targets Trade Finance’s Paperwork Bottleneck
AI Targets Trade Finance’s Paperwork Bottleneck
October 05, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is being harnessed to tackle the document review that determines whether a transaction moves forward, one of the most manual parts of trade...

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Mastercard Intros B2B Analytics Tool for Supplier Payment Insights
Mastercard Intros B2B Analytics Tool for Supplier Payment Insights
September 28, 2026  |  B2B Payments

Mastercard has introduced a card acceptance analytics platform to offer customers insights into supplier payments. Advanced B2B Analytics is designed to let issuers “drive commercial...

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HSBC Deploys AI to Enhance Trade Finance Operations
HSBC Deploys AI to Enhance Trade Finance Operations
September 28, 2026  |  Artificial Intelligence

HSBC has unveiled Smart Checking, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tool focused on enhancing trade finance operations. The new offering is designed to “transform and standardize”...

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Half of Suppliers Remain Invisible to Corporate CFO Systems
Half of Suppliers Remain Invisible to Corporate CFO Systems
September 25, 2026  |  B2B Payments

A chief financial officer can only optimize the cash they can see. An invoice arriving outside an integrated B2B environment gives finance less time and...

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Amazon Adds Walmart Orders to Its View of Sellers
Amazon Adds Walmart Orders to Its View of Sellers
September 25, 2026  |  Working Capital

Merchant lending has traditionally been built around the sales a platform can see. Multichannel commerce is widening that view. A small- to medium-sized business (SMB)...

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Buyers Want to Pay Later. Suppliers Want Cash Earlier. Who Funds the Difference?
Buyers Want to Pay Later. Suppliers Want Cash Earlier. Who Funds the Difference?
September 24, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The oldest tension in B2B payments is becoming one of its newest business models. A dollar cannot simultaneously stay longer on the buyer’s balance sheet...

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Agentic AI Could Make Net 30 Obsolete
Agentic AI Could Make Net 30 Obsolete
September 23, 2026  |  B2B Payments

It’s the year 2026, and net-30 terms still dominate the corporate landscape. Companies have digitized invoices, automated accounts payable, connected bank accounts through APIs, and...

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The Fed Rate Hike Is Making Corporate Cash Too Expensive to Ignore
The Fed Rate Hike Is Making Corporate Cash Too Expensive to Ignore
September 17, 2026  |  B2B Payments

The Federal Reserve just made corporate cash strategic again. The Fed on Wednesday (Sept. 16) raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point,...

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