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APAC Middle-Market Leaders Embrace External Financing for Growth
Loans // May 14, 2024

We are in the midst of a working capital revolution — one that is increasingly driven by innovation and made more necessary by the macroeconomic backdrop, particularly for those middle-market firms generating annual revenues between $50 million and $1 billion. As more firms seek out and put external capital to work,...

Expensify Adds Unlimited Virtual Cards to Spend Management Platform
B2B Payments // May 13, 2024

Expensify has added unlimited virtual cards to its spend management platform. With the new Expensify Visa Commercial Card, businesses can manage all their expenses across employees and merchants, including both one-time and recurring expenses, the company said in a Monday (May 13) press release. “Managing...

PhotonPay and Discover Partner on Commercial Card for Cross-Border Businesses
B2B Payments // May 10, 2024

Hong Kong-based global payment platform PhotonPay and Discover Global Network have partnered to launch a new commercial card designed for cross-border businesses. With this collaboration, the new PhotonPay Commercial Card can be used on the Discover Global Network, providing cardholders with seamless B2B and B2C...

AP Automation and Virtual Cards Shine This Week in B2B
B2B Payments // May 09, 2024

The B2B landscape is responsible for around $125 trillion of annual money movement. And those B2B payments are working overtime in the background to power much of the world’s economy. But even two decades and a handful of years into the 21st century, much of that...

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APAC Middle-Market Leaders Embrace External Financing for Growth

May 14, 2024
We are in the midst of a working capital revolution — one that is increasingly driven by innovation and made more necessary by the macroeconomic backdrop, particularly for those middle-market firms generating annual revenues between $50 million and $1 billion. As more firms seek out and put external capital to work, they are finding that today’s working capital solutions are providing […]

Virtual Cards Close Middle-Market Cash Flow ‘Unpredictability Gap’

May 07, 2024
Virtual cards are at a tipping point. That’s the sentiment expressed by several finance leaders in the B2B space, as the current environment of stubborn inflation and strict access to...

Virtual Cards Set to Transform Buyer-Supplier Relationships

April 23, 2024
Management guru Peter Drucker once said that “wherever you see a successful business, somebody made a courageous decision.” That’s the spirit behind the Certainty Project, a study from PYMNTS Intelligence highlighting...

Mastercard Brings Commercial Cards to Digital Wallets

April 18, 2024
Continuing the industry’s migration of business payments and expense management to digital platforms, Mastercard announced today (April 18) that it is bringing its commercial cards to mobile wallets. The move comes in...

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Worldline and Visa Partner on Virtual Card Issuing Solution

May 14, 2024
Worldline has partnered with Visa to launch a virtual card issuing solution focused on the online travel agency (OTA) market. With access to this dedicated B2B virtual card program, OTAs will be able to pay suppliers more quickly and securely, the companies said in a Tuesday (May 14) press release. “[This partnership] will transform the […]

Expensify Adds Unlimited Virtual Cards to Spend Management Platform

May 13, 2024
Expensify has added unlimited virtual cards to its spend management platform. With the new Expensify Visa Commercial Card, businesses can manage all their expenses across employees and merchants, including both...

PhotonPay and Discover Partner on Commercial Card for Cross-Border Businesses

May 10, 2024
Hong Kong-based global payment platform PhotonPay and Discover Global Network have partnered to launch a new commercial card designed for cross-border businesses. With this collaboration, the new PhotonPay Commercial Card...

Checkout.com and Mastercard Offer Virtual Cards for Travel Agents

May 02, 2024
Checkout.com has teamed with Mastercard to offer virtual cards to online travel agents.  “As part of the Mastercard Wholesale Program, which reduces costs for travel businesses through virtual card technology and an innovative pricing model,...