Corporate Finance news and trends

Virtual Cards Help Businesses Solve Legacy Spend Management Silos 
Spend Management // October 23, 2023

The more archaic and manual a system, the riper it is for abuse.  Just take, for example, the news of Citi firing a senior analyst for inflating his meal expenses and later lying about it, which became widely reported on last week (Oct. 15). But reimbursement fraud is no joke, and businesses relying...

FIS Says Embedded Finance in ‘First Inning’ of Payments Evolution
Innovation // January 25, 2023

“If the FinTech ‘revolution,’ post-financial crisis, is in its early innings, then embedded finance is in its first inning.” Matthew Valente, head of product strategy at FIS, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that as traditional financial firms and FinTechs band together to offer everything from...

Why Do Large Firms Like — but Not Use — Real-Time Payments?
B2B Payments // September 13, 2022

Real-time payments offer undeniable advantages to businesses of all sizes, and large firms can reap these benefits at scale. PYMNTS’ latest research shows that nearly two-thirds of large companies using real-time payments in at least one context believe the technology offers competitive advantages. Large firms...

PYMNTS Intelligence: Weighing the Benefits and Challenges of Corporate Real-Time Payments
Faster Payments // August 16, 2022

While real-time payments currently account for just 2% of corporate payments sent and 1.3% of those received today, corporate treasurers and billing and payment executives are increasingly interested in real-time payments’ potential for improving such areas as cash flow management and efficiency.  Twelve percent of...

Interviews & Exclusives
FIS Says Embedded Finance in ‘First Inning’ of Payments Evolution

January 25, 2023
“If the FinTech ‘revolution,’ post-financial crisis, is in its early innings, then embedded finance is in its first inning.” Matthew Valente, head of product strategy at FIS, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that as traditional financial firms and FinTechs band together to offer everything from bank accounts to lending products to a broader audience across […]

How Inefficient B2B Payments Systems Hobble Business Growth

January 21, 2019
Business confidence remains strong in the U.S., riding on the optimism of a strengthening economy that brings new opportunity for revenue growth. This is particularly true for small and medium-sized...

What Newton’s First Law Has To Do With B2B Payments

September 26, 2018
Maybe Isaac Newton — the hopelessly hopeful alchemist who came up with some solid rules of physics — was a genius of business and even B2B payments, too. After all,...

Corporate America Hinges On Presidential Election

November 07, 2016
It’s one day to election day in the U.S., and as always, national economic issues are at the top of voters’ minds. The stakes are high for businesses of all...

Quick Reads
Citi Payment Insights Expands To 70 Markets

November 21, 2018
Citi’s Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS) announced that it has expanded its Citi Payment Insights offering to more than 20 new markets, making it available in more than 70 markets. Launched in July, Citi Payment Insights provides real-time payments visibility, including processing status and timelines, charges deducted across correspondent banks, the amount credited to the […]

Why U.S. Corporations Remain Optimistic Amid So Much Uncertainty

July 26, 2018
Trade disputes and other features of rising global uncertainty aren’t enough to deter U.S. corporations from remaining optimistic, according to the New York Times. Reports this week highlighted the National...

Wading Through Business Apps For A Single View Of Finances

February 05, 2018
The discussion around sharing financial data today is most often in reference to major industry happenings, like PSD2, Open Banking and the sudden influx of APIs in the financial services...

Citizens Tracks Mid-Market CFOs’ Real-Time Payments Plans

December 15, 2017
A new survey from Citizens Bank explores how mid-market CFOs in the U.S. are anticipating new technologies and market trends for the year to come, with these professionals signaling interest...