Adjusting To The New Normal
The world is an ever-changing place — an observation that is not exactly news, though the tempo of late seems a bit brisker. The EU must soon reconcile with a U.K.-shaped hole, which may provide an...
View ArticleIngo Money And Prelude Software Pair Up To Kill The Insurance Check
When Prelude Software was getting its start 30 years ago, fixing payments for insurance carriers meant solving for what EVP Bill Clausen called a “benign but important request,” which was finding a way...
View ArticleSage: Changing B2B Payments Behavior
In its latest research, business intelligence firm RFI found that most millennials in the U.K. actually trust PayPal more than they do traditional banks – at least, when it comes to managing their...
View ArticleWhy Checks Are Still Golden For High-Risk Sellers
Paper checks have become the ugly (yet popular) duckling of the B2B payments industry. They are slow and cumbersome, require manual data entry and are often blamed for delayed vendor payments. But...
View ArticleIntellectual Property Paper Chase Makes Way For Smart Contracts
Paul McCartney sang: “You never give me your money. You only give me your funny paper.” The sentiment could apply to royalties — the kind paid on music, published works and intellectual property of any...
View ArticleThe Transition From Tellers To Digital Touchpoints In LATAM
Mass payments are no novel concept. Readers of this space know that many verticals and functions, from insurance to payroll – where payments are on the grandest scale in terms of volume – could see...
View ArticleNEW DATA: An Inside Look At The B2B Payments Satisfaction And Usage Disconnect
Paper checks have long been used in the B2B industry, serving as one of the few ubiquitous payment methods in an otherwise highly fragmented market. Now, many businesses are looking to change that....
View ArticleKeeping Tabs On B2B Payments’ Tipping Point
We all have a tipping point. And as Malcolm Gladwell writes, the tipping point comes when critical mass or a boiling point is reached. To paraphrase “Network,” the tipping point comes when we’ve...
View ArticleSMBs Claim Control Over Finances With B2B Payments Innovation
There is a disconnect between the payment options businesses offer their customers and the options businesses use to pay each other. Between real-time payment options, one-click buy buttons and instant...
View ArticleToday In Data: Digital Payments Take Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
That digital payments are moving forward fast is inarguable at this point. You can see it in the explosive growth of P2P payments in the U.S. and around the world, and in the rapid onset acceptance and...
View ArticleNexus Explores Unexpected Challenges Of Faster Supplier Payments
Late and delayed supplier payments are often discussed as a problem that can plague any industry. While that may be true, in the real estate sector, suppliers are considered such valuable partners that...
View ArticleThe Roil Over B2B Payments Rails
B2B payments innovators and Warren Buffet have something in common: They are both obsessed with rails. Warren Buffet made rails sexy again when he bought a railroad in 2009. That was the year Buffett...
View ArticleTipalti On Automating The Yin And Yang Of B2B Payments
Call it the yin and yang of B2B payments — inseparable and contradictory opposites. Buyers want to hang onto payables, saving cash in the till until the very last minute. Suppliers, of course, want to...
View ArticleIntuit On Why Small Biz Can Lead The Way For B2B Payments Change
People learn to live with their messes, whether that means piles of old clothes stuffed into the closet, emotional baggage from high school or that wine stain on the carpet. The same goes for...
View ArticleNEW DATA: Why One-Third Of Businesses Want Real-Time Payments
Paper checks are still the norm when it comes to B2B payments — and companies aren’t happy about it. After all, paper checks are neither easy to use, nor convenient. Twenty percent of companies...
View ArticlePayroll In Entertainment A Challenging Production, Says GreenSlate
Payroll is not a one-size-fits-all function of the enterprise. That’s not only true for businesses of different sizes, as a payroll tool that works for a small business won’t function properly for a...
View ArticleTRENDING: Freelancers Give Gig Economy An Instant Payments Push
Whether picking up extra hours driving for Uber or consulting for a financial service firm, everyone has a side gig nowadays — with patience to receive that cash next to nil. The influx of freelancers...
View ArticleThe Three Reasons Why Businesses Still Use Checks
Checks, despite their near extinction in consumer payments, remain alive and well when it comes to businesses paying each other. And that, TransCard CEO Greg Bloh noted, is for a good – if often...
View ArticleMastercard Weighs In On B2B Payments’ Tipping Point
In B2B payments, the tipping point looms — away from checks and toward payments done electronically. At least, if the tipping point is not here yet, then we are tipping rapidly toward the tipping...
View ArticleFaster Payments, Real-Time Payments And A Few Glitches
The move toward faster payments is an inexorable one. The movement is not always smooth, however. As reported earlier this month, Hong Kong’s newly debuted Faster Payments System (FPS) has seen its...
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