Persistence should be rewarded. But when it comes to the long-standing persistence of both buyers and suppliers relying on checks for their B2B payments, there is no reward — only lost opportunity. While checks may be familiar to traditional businesses happy enough with the way...
Technology is transforming the B2B space, not at a trickle but a flood of new, digital innovation. From accounts payable (AP) and accounts receivable (AR) automation to digital payments solutions and fraud detection advances, a new generation of emergent digital solutions and tools could replace...
There’s a difference between managing your business’s cash flow, and having it manage you. That difference is something small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) know well, particularly those that find themselves facing working capital issues that pose challenges to their operational stability and potential growth. Navigating...
A strong treasury department sees its banks not just as service providers, but as growth partners. Against that backdrop, the digital transformation of the banking sector is increasingly reshaping — and enhancing — the operations of traditional treasury teams. The global banking landscape has seen...
Business management software firm Sage is expanding its AP automation offering. The company, which makes accounting, financial, HR and payroll products for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced the expansion Tuesday (Aug. 13) as part of a series of enhancements and updates for customers of its Sage Intacct offering....
Not all B2B payments have a great user experience (UX). But all great B2B payments elevate the end-user experience. The problem with building convenience into business payments is that, while in theory it sounds relatively simple, in practice it ends up being incredibly difficult. B2B...
B2B operations frequently require a greater level of sophistication than their B2C counterparts. Payments, especially, are typically larger and more complex transactions and must mesh with monolithic, already-existing systems. That’s what makes the whole concept of digitization and the payoff that comes along with it...
When it comes to contemporary business operations, complexity is nearly unavoidable. The bigger a business gets, the more borders it crosses and peers it acquires, the taller the task becomes of integrating its disparate operations and financials — much less surfacing insights and acting in...
The emergence of embedded finance has supercharged the digital transformation of B2B payments and commerce. Embedded payments are, increasingly, everywhere. With the news Tuesday (Aug. 6) that Web Monetization is coming to Google Chrome, allowing website owners to receive embedded micro-payments as an additional way...
