Vendor Payments news and trends

Fake Invoices Hit 47% of Mid-Market Companies in the Past Year
Cybersecurity // 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 the central takeaway from “Vendors and Vulnerabilities: The Cyberattack Squeeze on Mid-Market Firms,” a PYMNTS...

Capchase Acquires Vartana to Grow Tech-Powered Vendor Financing Offerings
Partnerships // June 24, 2025

Capchase acquired Vartana to accelerate the product roadmap and market expansion of its tech-powered vendor financing offerings. The acquisition brings together Vartana’s vendor financing platform and Capchase’s vendor financing for B2B software and hardware companies, the firms said in a Tuesday (June 24) press release....

CFOs Reimagine Flow of Funds as Volatility Becomes the Norm
B2B Payments // May 19, 2025

The once linear, largely predictable movement of money through corporate ecosystems is being reimagined against today’s increasingly dynamic and uncertain macro backdrop. Even category giants aren’t immune, as evidenced by Walmart Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey’s commentary during the company’s latest earnings call. “The...

‘Net Never’ Terms: Delayed Payments Threaten B2B Supply Chain Stability
B2B Payments // May 12, 2025

What’s worse than shoppers skipping out on a tab? The businesses themselves stiffing the very suppliers keeping them afloat. After all, businesses ranging from multinational enterprises to Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) know they must preserve their supplier ecosystems to remain competitive, yet...

Interviews & Exclusives
Fake Invoices Hit 47% of Mid-Market Companies in the Past Year

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 the central takeaway from “Vendors and Vulnerabilities: The Cyberattack Squeeze on Mid-Market Firms,” a PYMNTS Intelligence report that examined how social engineering has become a […]

Corporates Pressure Banks to Accelerate Instant Payments Adoption

April 21, 2025
Tariffs are here, inflation is sticky, and supply chains and vendor relationships are in flux. For enterprises, it’s critical to have as much certainty as possible when it comes to...

Better DPO Management Emerges as Key Outcome of Working Capital Efficiency

March 14, 2025
For enterprises of all types and across all industries, tariffs, trade wars, reconfigured supply chains and inflation are all top of mind. Dynamic times call for dynamic, sometimes spur-of-the-moment decision...

Push to Debit Brings ‘Emotional Relief’ of Faster Payments to Property Management Sector

September 05, 2023
Property management always has a flurry of activity in the background. Landlords employ and contract with a variety of vendors and suppliers to keep things running smoothly, the grounds maintained,...

Quick Reads
Capchase Acquires Vartana to Grow Tech-Powered Vendor Financing Offerings

June 24, 2025
Capchase acquired Vartana to accelerate the product roadmap and market expansion of its tech-powered vendor financing offerings. The acquisition brings together Vartana’s vendor financing platform and Capchase’s vendor financing for B2B software and hardware companies, the firms said in a Tuesday (June 24) press release. “This acquisition enables us to provide more B2B vendors with […]

BILL to Add 1099 Filing Solution to Financial Operations Platform

December 10, 2024
BILL is adding a 1099 form filing solution to its financial operations platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The new 1099 Filing lets SMBs and their accountants prepare and...

Saks Reportedly Misses Hundreds of Thousands in Vendor Payments 

August 05, 2024
Amid a merger worth $2.6 billion, Saks reportedly owes vendors hundreds of thousands. The luxury retailer, which last month announced it was merging with Neiman Marcus, has missed payments to dozens of the brands it works with,...

Melio Adds Real-Time Payments to B2B Platform

December 13, 2023
B2B payments platform Melio added real-time payments to its suite of offerings. The new service lets payors deliver funds instantly to vendors, according to a Wednesday (Dec. 13) press release...