Commercial Payments news and trends

eInvoicing Mandates Turn Bills Into B2B Payment Data
B2B Payments // October 23, 2026

European eInvoicing mandates seek to standardize how businesses deliver the information used to approve and collect payments. Invoice amounts, tax details and transaction references enter defined fields that accounting software reads and processes, establishing a common basis for exchange between suppliers, buyers and their providers....

Stord Acquires AMS Fulfillment to Expand AI-Driven Logistics Network
Acquiring // October 22, 2026

Stord has acquired third-party logistics provider AMS Fulfillment, adding more than 1 million square feet of warehouse space and expanding its capacity to handle orders for consumer brands as it invests in artificial intelligence and robotics. The Atlanta-based commerce technology company announced the acquisition Wednesday...

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

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 quickly. With this move, Square migrated its Square Credit Card to Marqeta, which already enables Square’s debit and prepaid programs, the companies...

Mastercard CEO Says Stablecoins Solve Cross-Border Payment Delays
Cross-border Payments // October 09, 2026

Cross-border payments are proving to be the strongest use case for stablecoins, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said Friday (Oct. 9), Bloomberg reported. During an interview with Bloomberg TV, Miebach said stablecoins provide an alternative to traditional methods of cross-border payments that take days and have unclear fees. “From a working...

Interviews & Exclusives
Going Global Exposes Payments’ Weak Spots

October 05, 2026
Watch more: Need to Know With Spreedly’s Nick Daley Selling in another country can force a merchant to find out how much growth its payments infrastructure can actually support. New markets bring local payment preferences, new providers and different transaction economics, while every connection adds another system that has to be integrated, reconciled and maintained. […]

Virtual Cards Become the Permission Layer for Agent-Driven B2B Payments

September 25, 2026
Corporate cards provided a scalable answer to the question of who is allowed to spend company money. Virtual cards are taking that answer even further, to the question of “what”...

57% of Firms Find Payment Fraud After Settlement

September 01, 2026
Uncertainty can turn a routine payment problem into a cost that is twice as large. That gap sits at the center of “Early Detection: Why Top Performing Firms Focus on...

Tariff Refunds Turn Old B2B Invoices Into Claims on Cash

August 20, 2026
The $100 billion U.S. tariff unwind isn’t just a legal exercise for enterprise firms; it’s exposing a crucial piece of B2B infrastructure. More than 40 S&P 500 companies reported $9.6...

Quick Reads
Elavon Targets SAP Customers With Embedded Payments

October 26, 2026
Elavon has joined the SAP PartnerEdge program and plans to embed its payments capabilities into SAP applications, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 26) press release. The planned integration with SAP Digital Payments Add-On and Open Payment Framework will help enterprises manage payments across finance, commerce and other core business operations. The companies plan to extend the integration to other SAP solutions over time, Elavon said in […]

Stord Acquires AMS Fulfillment to Expand AI-Driven Logistics Network

October 22, 2026
Stord has acquired third-party logistics provider AMS Fulfillment, adding more than 1 million square feet of warehouse space and expanding its capacity to handle orders for consumer brands as it...

Square Shifts Business Credit Cards to Marqeta Platform to Speed Credit Innovation

October 19, 2026
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 quickly. With this move, Square...

Mastercard CEO Says Stablecoins Solve Cross-Border Payment Delays

October 09, 2026
Cross-border payments are proving to be the strongest use case for stablecoins, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach said Friday (Oct. 9), Bloomberg reported. During an interview with Bloomberg TV, Miebach said stablecoins provide an alternative to...