Business payments, increasingly, are being transformed by a number of innovations that take their cue from the consumer realm. B2B transactions, of course, are complex and certainly considerable in size and scope — running into the thousands of dollars (or more), as buyers interact with...
About a year after launching Walmart Luminate, a data monetization platform for merchants and suppliers, Walmart has announced that it will make additions to the subscription-based product suite and that it expects to launch a free basic package for suppliers in 2023. One data set...
Today in B2B payments, Balance and Mirakl partner to enable seamless payments on B2B marketplaces, Procurant and Uber Freight Team to streamline logistics for suppliers of fresh produce, and Tempo France and Orokii open a remittance corridor. Plus, Jiko raises $40 million to “transform the...
Ebury’s new Parallel Forward program will help to ease trade with Chinese suppliers, a company blog post said Monday (May 10). The program will work to help Western businesses establish long-term supply chain relationships in China and will help the company’s dedication toward lubricating global...
February 03, 2020
As is so often the case with technological disruption, the digital evolution of supply chains remains slow and steady. That’s not to say, however, that the impact of that transition is subtle. At the onset of Industry 4.0, the way manufacturers, industrial suppliers and corporate buyers connect and conduct business is not what it used […]
January 09, 2020
When Sabre and Visa announced a new partnership in April to pair Visa virtual commercial cards with the Sabre Virtual Payments gateway, the goals were fairly big: create a virtual B2B...
December 06, 2019
For Eyal Shinar, CEO of Fundbox, understanding the burden that cash-flow bottlenecks and delayed invoice payments have on B2B companies came through personal experience. His mother, who owned a small...
October 23, 2019
Visa is rolling out a new card product suite focused on small businesses (SMBs) — more specifically, high-spending SMBs. David Simon, Visa’s senior vice president and global head of small...
March 24, 2025
Walmart and Target are reportedly haggling with suppliers over proposed price hikes in the face of tariffs. As Reuters reported Monday (March 24), the outcome of these negotiations will decide when prices on products go up — and by how much — and could even determine which merchandise the retailers choose to keep in stock. […]
October 12, 2022
About a year after launching Walmart Luminate, a data monetization platform for merchants and suppliers, Walmart has announced that it will make additions to the subscription-based product suite and that...
April 28, 2021
Walmart said on Wednesday (April 28) that it is launching “an expanded early payment program” with an eye toward “supporting the long-term growth and success of diverse and minority-owned businesses.”...
July 15, 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on retailers is obvious as companies report plummeting sales, but the pandemic has also delivered a blow to the middlemen, which include makers of apparel and...
