Spend Management news and trends

Coast Secures $35 Million to Expand Financial Platform for Physical Economy
Investments // October 22, 2026

Financial technology firm Coast announced in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release that it has raised $35 million in a new growth equity funding round to expand its payment and expense management platform built for physical economy businesses. Thomvest Ventures led the growth round. New...

Mastercard and Extend Team to Improve Bank and Business Software
Banking // October 19, 2026

Mastercard has chosen spend management/virtual card FinTech Extend as one of its financial operations platform partners. The collaboration, announced Monday (Oct. 19), is designed to bring new spend and expense management tools directly to commercial card issuing banks in the U.S. and Canada. “Banks start...

Ramp Valued at $60 Billion Following New Funding Round
Fintech Investments // October 11, 2026

Ramp has reportedly reached a $60 billion valuation with its newest funding round. That’s according to a report Friday (Oct. 9) by Bloomberg News, citing sources familiar with the matter. They said the spend management platform brought in $1.85 billion in the round, and that...

Credit Union Chatbot Adoption Jumps From 3% to 46%
SMBs // August 21, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be climbing the strategic agenda at credit unions, but the most consequential gap is no longer one of awareness. It is the widening distance between what business members are asking for and what their financial institutions are prepared to deliver. Findings...

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Credit Union Chatbot Adoption Jumps From 3% to 46%

August 21, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) may be climbing the strategic agenda at credit unions, but the most consequential gap is no longer one of awareness. It is the widening distance between what business members are asking for and what their financial institutions are prepared to deliver. Findings in the June/July 2026 edition of the Credit Union Tracker® Series, […]

Why High-Growth Businesses Can’t Use the Credit They Already Have

May 05, 2026
Traditional thinking holds that the defining challenge for middle market businesses is around achieving growth. But traditional thinking can be wrong, and today, that equation has flipped. Findings in a...

For Small Businesses, Slow Money Is Expensive Money

April 07, 2026
For many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), financial health is not determined solely by total revenue, but by the precise timing of that revenue’s arrival. PYMNTS Intelligence research indicates that...

Amazon’s New Card Challenges Traditional Small Business Rewards

March 31, 2026
For small businesses, access to credit is, in many cases, available. The problem is that many of the products offered do not reflect how those businesses operate. PYMNTS Intelligence, in...

Quick Reads
Ripple Adds 24/7 Stablecoin Returns to Treasury Platform

October 26, 2026
Blockchain company Ripple has announced new capabilities for its treasury product. The updated Ripple Treasury allows businesses to manage cash, payments and liquidity around the clock, the company said in its announcement Monday (Oct. 26). “The way businesses move money is changing, and treasury needs to evolve with it,” said Renaat Ver Eecke, senior vice […]

Coast Secures $35 Million to Expand Financial Platform for Physical Economy

October 22, 2026
Financial technology firm Coast announced in a Thursday (Oct. 22) press release that it has raised $35 million in a new growth equity funding round to expand its payment and...

Mastercard and Extend Team to Improve Bank and Business Software

October 19, 2026
Mastercard has chosen spend management/virtual card FinTech Extend as one of its financial operations platform partners. The collaboration, announced Monday (Oct. 19), is designed to bring new spend and expense...

Ramp Valued at $60 Billion Following New Funding Round

October 11, 2026
Ramp has reportedly reached a $60 billion valuation with its newest funding round. That’s according to a report Friday (Oct. 9) by Bloomberg News, citing sources familiar with the matter....