Corporate news and trends

Gett, Curb Team To Let Business Travelers Book Taxis
Partnerships / Acquisitions // April 19, 2021

Taxi and for-hire ride mobility platform Curb is teaming with Gett to add tens of thousands of vehicles and licensed drivers onto the latter firm’s corporate ground transportation platform. Curb will fuel on-demand trips for corporate travelers in 65 cities throughout the United States, encompassing...

Coronavirus Expected To Trigger $820B In Corporate Travel Losses
Coronavirus // March 11, 2020

As the coronavirus continues to spread, international corporate trips have largely been suspended as the travel sector braces for an estimated revenue hit of $820 billion, Reuters reported on Wednesday (March 11), citing an industry survey. A survey by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)...

Why Real Time Is The Game-Changer For Corporate Cash Pros
Faster Payments // October 02, 2019

Instant payments are more promise than reality in the US.  Citi’s global head of payments and receivables, Manish Kohli, tells Karen Webster that lack of ubiquity is a hindrance, but interoperability and enhanced messaging can help set the stage for widespread adoption – and transformation,...

Corporate Cash Holdings Declined In 2018
Investments // June 10, 2019

U.S. corporate balance sheets have declined since the 2017 tax overhaul signed into law by President Donald Trump, as companies allocated more money to share buybacks, dividend hikes, acquisitions and capital spending. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing Moody’s Investors Services,...

Interviews & Exclusives
Why Real Time Is The Game-Changer For Corporate Cash Pros

October 02, 2019
Instant payments are more promise than reality in the US.  Citi’s global head of payments and receivables, Manish Kohli, tells Karen Webster that lack of ubiquity is a hindrance, but interoperability and enhanced messaging can help set the stage for widespread adoption – and transformation, especially for B2B, is in the offing.

Fiserv Goes Direct With Disbursements

July 24, 2017
Paul Diegelman, VP of business development & partnerships at Fiserv, says that the story of bringing B2C digital disbursements to corporates at the financial services company started four years ago...

Quick Reads
LinkedIn Faces Flood of AI-Generated Fake Profiles

October 05, 2022
Fake LinkedIn executive profiles are creating an issue for the business networking site, a report from KrebsOnSecurity said. The fake identities, pairing AI-generated profile photos with text from legitimate accounts, have made for trouble for corporate HR departments, and those which work with invite-only groups on LinkedIn. KrebsOnSecurity has looked into numerous fake profiles, which […]

Coronavirus Expected To Trigger $820B In Corporate Travel Losses

March 11, 2020
As the coronavirus continues to spread, international corporate trips have largely been suspended as the travel sector braces for an estimated revenue hit of $820 billion, Reuters reported on Wednesday...

Corporate Cash Holdings Declined In 2018

June 10, 2019
U.S. corporate balance sheets have declined since the 2017 tax overhaul signed into law by President Donald Trump, as companies allocated more money to share buybacks, dividend hikes, acquisitions and...

FLEETCOR Buys Nvoicepay To Expand Corporate Payments

March 05, 2019
FLEETCOR Technologies, a global provider of commercial payment solutions, announced Tuesday (March 5) it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Nvoicepay, a player in full AP automation for businesses. Terms...