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”...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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,...
A well-prepared finance department typically implies a well-prepared business. And that’s supported by new PYMNTS Intelligence research in the June 2026 edition of the Growth Corporates Working Capital...
The payments industry has traditionally talked about transaction data as something companies can analyze after money moves. But card networks are now beginning to test using...