The early bird used to get a supplier discount. These days, it may still be waiting for the customer to pay. Across North America, more businesses are receiving payments on the due date and rethinking when they can afford to pay their own bills. PYMNTS...
A payment request can look perfectly ordinary until someone checks the bank account. By then, the finance team may be one click away from sending money to a fraudster. “Prevention First: Building a Smarter Defense Against Payments Fraud” is a PYMNTS Intelligence report produced in collaboration...
For years, the elevator pitch for B2B payments modernization was speed. Faster approvals. Faster settlement. Faster reconciliation. Faster access to working capital. However, moves from Mastercard and American Express point to a different phase of the B2B payments market, one where corporate payments are shifting...
Businesses that use real-time payments tend to see more value than businesses still deciding whether they need them at all. The divide emerged from the PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Real-Time Perception Gap: How Experience Is Driving the Next Phase of Instant Payments Adoption,” the June...
July 22, 2026
Businesses that use real-time payments tend to see more value than businesses still deciding whether they need them at all. The divide emerged from the PYMNTS Intelligence report “The Real-Time Perception Gap: How Experience Is Driving the Next Phase of Instant Payments Adoption,” the June installment of the Real-Time Payments Tracker and a collaboration with […]
December 17, 2025
An attack that begins with a trusted vendor rather than a masked hacker is becoming one of the most persistent risks facing medium-sized companies in the United States. That is...
December 05, 2025
Companies may be chasing automation, but late payments and cash flow strain are pushing a deeper shift in how finance teams think about modern payables. The persistent drag of manual...
June 12, 2025
The B2B payments landscape has long been characterized by competing interests, with buyers seeking to extend payment terms while suppliers push for prompt remittance. In joint research from WEX and...
September 28, 2026
Mastercard has introduced a card acceptance analytics platform to offer customers insights into supplier payments. Advanced B2B Analytics is designed to let issuers “drive commercial card spend at scale,” capture added revenue and help corporate customers find ways to optimize working capital, Mastercard said in a news release provided to PYMNTS Monday (Sept. 28). “Businesses […]
July 21, 2026
American Express aims to improve the B2B payments experience for buyers and suppliers with two new offerings, including a new B2B payment feature and automated invoice reporting capabilities. Both offerings...
November 06, 2025
Coupa added a new virtual card solution to its spend management platform. The new Coupa Card is embedded natively within Coupa Pay, enabling organizations to manage supplier payments and employee...
October 13, 2025
KNEX and Visa are teaming to embed virtual card capabilities into Oracle’s ERP systems. The collaboration “addresses a longstanding challenge for businesses: costly development of integrations and manual supplier payments that lack visibility,...
